In this section, we will examine the architectural components and related terminology in Kafka. Basically, Kafka consists of the following components: Kafka Cluster—a collection of one or more servers ...

These days, massively scalable pub/sub messaging is virtually synonymous with Apache Kafka. Apache Kafka continues to be the rock-solid, open-source, go-to choice for distributed streaming ...

Confluent Inc. is pressing forward with its goal of making Apache Kafka easier and safer to use, updating its commercial version of the open-source streaming data processing software with ...

Organizations building real-time stream processing systems on Apache Kafka will be able to trust the platform to deliver each messages exactly once when they adopt new Kafka technology planned to be ...

Shiny new objects are easy to find in the big data space. So when the industry’s attention shifted towards processing streams of data in real time–as opposed to batch-style processing that was popular ...

The latest trends and issues around the use of open source software in the enterprise. This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Open Source Inside blog written by by Ben Slater in his role as ...

Confluent Inc. said today it’s introducing a new “cluster linking” feature to its event streaming platforms. The idea is to make event data globally available to businesses, no matter if it resides in ...

AWS Announces General Availability of Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK) Amazon MSK provides a fully managed, highly available, secure, and compatible service for Apache Kafka ...

The open-source technology behind hot startup Confluent, which allows companies to stream vast amounts of data for near-instant use, has earned it supporters at a who’s who of tech companies (think ...

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