open source Archives - Kai Waehner

Cyber Situational Awareness with Apache Kafka

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Kafka for Cybersecurity (Part 2 of 6) – Cyber Situational Awareness

ByKai Waehner
8. July 2021

This blog series explores use cases and architectures for Apache Kafka in the cybersecurity space, including situational awareness, threat intelligence, forensics, air-gapped and zero trust environments, and SIEM / SOAR modernization. This post is part two: Situational awareness with continuous real-time data integration and data processing at scale.

De Facto Standard API - Amazon S3 for Object Storage and Apache Kafka for Event Streaming

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Kafka API is the De Facto Standard API for Event Streaming like Amazon S3 for Object Storage

ByKai Waehner
9. May 2021

Real-time beats slow data in most use cases across industries. The rise of event-driven architectures and data in motion powered by Apache Kafka enables enterprises to build real-time infrastructure and applications. This blog post explores why the Kafka API became the de facto standard API for event streaming like Amazon S3 for object storage, and the tradeoffs of these standards and corresponding frameworks, products, and cloud services.

A Connected World with Apache Kafka for Smart City Connected Vehicles Telco Cloud Mobility Services

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Apache Kafka for the Connected World – Vehicles, Factories, Cities, Digital Services

ByKai Waehner
1. March 2021

The digital transformation connects the world. People, vehicles, factories, cities, digital services, and other “things” communicate with each other in real-time to provide a safe environment, efficient processes, and a fantastic user experience. This scenario only works well with data processing in real-time at scale. This blog post shares a presentation that explains why Apache Kafka plays a key role not just in one of these industries or use cases, but also to connect the different stakeholders to each other.

Augmented Reality AR VR and Apache Kafka with ARKit Unity Unreal Engine

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Augmented Reality Demo with Apache Kafka

ByKai Waehner
23. February 2021

Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) get traction across industries far beyond gaming – including retail, manufacturing, transportation, and healthcare. This blog post explores a retail demo that integrates a cutting-edge AR mobile shopping experience with the backend systems via the event streaming platform Apache Kafka.

Real-Time Locating : Tracking System (RTLS) with Apache Kafka and Event Streaming

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Real Time Locating System (RTLS) with Apache Kafka for Transportation and Logistics

ByKai Waehner
7. January 2021

Real-Time Locating System (RTLS) enables identifying and tracking the location of assets or people in real-time. This blog post explores the use cases for RTLS, the challenges of existing implementations, and an open, scalable RTLS architecture based on Apache Kafka.

Apache Kafka Hard vs Soft Real Time for Industrial IoT Robots and Connected Vehicles

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Apache Kafka is NOT Hard Real Time BUT Used Everywhere in Automotive and Industrial IoT

ByKai Waehner
4. January 2021

Apache Kafka is NOT hard real-time in Industrial IoT or vehicles (such as autonomous cars) but integrates the OT/IT world for near real-time data correlation and analytics in hybrid architectures across factories at the edge, multiple clouds, and over countries.

Supply Chain Optimization with Apache Kafka and SCM

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Apache Kafka for Supply Chain Management (SCM) Optimization

ByKai Waehner
15. December 2020

Supply Chain optimization leveraging Event Streaming with Apache Kafka. See real-world use cases and architectures from Walmart, BMW, Porsche, and other enterprises to improve the Supply Chain Management (SCM) processes. Automation, robustness, flexibility, real-time, decoupling, data integration, and hybrid deployments…