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6 days ago

Real-Time Advertising with Apache Kafka and Flink

An advertising platform requires real-time capabilities to provide dynamic targeting, ad personalization, ad fraud detection, budget allocation, and event-driven marketing. This blog post explores how data streaming with Apache Kafka and Apache Flink enables context-specific advertising at any scale. Real-world success stories from Pinterest, Uber, Reddit, Unity, buzzwil, and TV-Insight…

Kafka

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Real-Time Advertising with Apache Kafka and Flink
Real-Time Advertising with Apache Kafka and Flink
Kafka

12 min read


Nov 16

Modernizing SCADA Systems and OT/IT Integration with Apache Kafka

SCADA control systems are a vital component of IT/OT modernization. The old IT/OT infrastructure and SCADA system are monolithic, proprietary, not scalable, and miss open APIs based on standard interfaces. This post explains the modernization of such a system based on the real-life use case of 50Hertz, a transmission system…

Software Development

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Modernizing SCADA Systems and OT/IT Integration with Apache Kafka
Modernizing SCADA Systems and OT/IT Integration with Apache Kafka
Software Development

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Nov 3

The State of Data Streaming for Energy & Utilities in 2023

This blog post explores the state of data streaming for the energy and utilities industry in 2023. The evolution of utility infrastructure, energy distribution, customer services, and new business models requires real-time end-to-end visibility, reliable and intuitive B2B and B2C communication, and integration with pioneering technologies like 5G for low…

Kafka

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The State of Data Streaming for Energy & Utilities in 2023
The State of Data Streaming for Energy & Utilities in 2023
Kafka

9 min read


Oct 20

The State of Data Streaming for the Public Sector in 2023

This blog post explores the state of data streaming for the public sector in 2023. The evolution of government digitalization, citizen expectations, and cybersecurity risks requires optimized end-to-end visibility into information, comfortable mobile apps, and integration with legacy platforms like mainframe in conjunction with pioneering technologies like social media. Data…

Kafka

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The State of Data Streaming for the Public Sector in 2023
The State of Data Streaming for the Public Sector in 2023
Kafka

6 min read


Oct 5

Apache Kafka as Mission Critical Data Fabric for GenAI

Apache Kafka serves thousands of enterprises as the mission-critical and scalable real-time data fabric for machine learning infrastructures. The evolution of Generative AI (GenAI) with large language models (LLM) like ChatGPT changed how people think about intelligent software and automation. This blog post explains the relation between data streaming and…

Kafka

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Apache Kafka as Mission Critical Data Fabric for GenAI
Apache Kafka as Mission Critical Data Fabric for GenAI
Kafka

13 min read


Sep 22

The State of Apache Kafka for Companies Born in the Cloud

This blog post explores the state of data streaming in 2023 for digital natives born in the cloud. The evolution of digital services and new business models requires real-time end-to-end visibility, fancy mobile apps, and integration with pioneering technologies like fully managed cloud services for fast time-to-market, 5G for low…

Kafka

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The State of Apache Kafka for Companies Born in the Cloud
The State of Apache Kafka for Companies Born in the Cloud
Kafka

9 min read


Sep 10

The State of Data Streaming for Telco in 2023

This blog post explores the state of data streaming for the telco industry in 2023. The evolution of telco infrastructure, customer services, and new business models requires real-time end-to-end visibility, fancy mobile apps, and integration with pioneering technologies like 5G for low latency or augmented reality for innovation. …

Telecommunication

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The State of Data Streaming for Telco in 2023
The State of Data Streaming for Telco in 2023
Telecommunication

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Sep 1

Quix Streams — Stream Processing with Kafka and Python

Over 100,000 organizations use Apache Kafka for data streaming. However, there is a problem: The broad ecosystem lacks a mature client framework and managed cloud service for Python data engineers. Quix Streams is a new technology on the market trying to close this gap. …

Kafka

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Quix Streams — Stream Processing with Kafka and Python
Quix Streams — Stream Processing with Kafka and Python
Kafka

12 min read


Aug 18

Data Streaming from Smart Factory to Cloud

A smart factory organizes itself without human intervention to produce the desired products. Data integration of IoT protocols, data correlation with other standard software like MES or ERP, and sharing data with independent business units for reporting or analytics is crucial for generating business value and improving the OEE. …

Kafka

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Data Streaming from Smart Factory to Cloud
Data Streaming from Smart Factory to Cloud
Kafka

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Aug 7

Apache Kafka as Workflow and Orchestration Engine

Business process automation with a workflow engine or BPM suite has existed for decades. However, using the data streaming platform Apache Kafka as the backbone of a workflow engine provides better scalability, higher availability, and simplified architecture. This blog post explores the concepts behind using Kafka for persistence with stateful…

Kafka

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Apache Kafka as Workflow and Orchestration Engine
Apache Kafka as Workflow and Orchestration Engine
Kafka

16 min read

Kai Waehner

Kai Waehner

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Technology Evangelist — www.kai-waehner.de → Big Data Analytics, Data Streaming, Apache Kafka, Middleware, Microservices => linkedin.com/in/kaiwaehner

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