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Virta’s Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Platform with Real-Time Data Streaming: Scalability for…

Virta’s Electric Vehicle (EV) charging platform with data streaming for predictive maintenance, smart billing, and a seamless user…

1d ago

Virta’s Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Platform with Real-Time Data Streaming: Scalability for…

1d ago

Apache Kafka 4.0: The Business Case for Scaling Data Streaming Enterprise-Wide

Apache Kafka 4.0 marks a shift from infrastructure to business value — powering real-time, event-driven operations at global scale.

3d ago

Apache Kafka 4.0: The Business Case for Scaling Data Streaming Enterprise-Wide

3d ago

How Apache Kafka and Flink Power Event-Driven Agentic AI in Real Time

Agentic AI needs real-time data to act autonomously. Kafka + Flink + MCP + A2A enable scalable, event-driven, context-aware AI.

Jun 9

How Apache Kafka and Flink Power Event-Driven Agentic AI in Real Time

Jun 9

Shift Left Architecture at Siemens: Real-Time Data Streamin in Manufacturing and Logistics

Data streaming architecture at Siemens shows how Shift Left with Kafka and Flink drives real-time, modular, and intelligent manufacturing.

Jun 5

Shift Left Architecture at Siemens: Real-Time Data Streamin in Manufacturing and Logistics

Jun 5

The Importance of Focus: Why Software Vendors Should Specialize Instead of Doing Everything

The Importance of Focus: Why Software Vendors Should Specialize Instead of Doing Everything

Jun 2

The Importance of Focus: Why Software Vendors Should Specialize Instead of Doing Everything

Jun 2

The Top 20 Problems with Batch Processing (and How to Fix Them with Data Streaming)

20+ hidden issues with batch processing — like data loss, duplication, and latency — and why data streaming is the smarter solution.

May 28

The Top 20 Problems with Batch Processing (and How to Fix Them with Data Streaming)

May 28

Replacing Legacy Systems, One Step at a Time with Data Streaming: The Strangler Fig Approach

Modernize legacy systems without the risk of a full rewrite. Strangler Fig + data streaming enables scalable, real-time transformation.

May 23

Replacing Legacy Systems, One Step at a Time with Data Streaming: The Strangler Fig Approach

May 23

Retail Media with Data Streaming: The Future of Personalized Advertising in Commerce

Data streaming fuels retail media with real-time targeting, bidding & attribution, helping retailers like Albertsons boost ad revenue.

May 20

Retail Media with Data Streaming: The Future of Personalized Advertising in Commerce

May 20

The Shift to Open Industrial IoT Architectures with Data Streaming

Modernize OT with Data Streaming, Kafka, MQTT, and OPC-UA to replace legacy middleware, enabling real-time data + scalable cloud…

May 14

The Shift to Open Industrial IoT Architectures with Data Streaming

May 14

CIO Summit: The State of AI and Why Data Streaming is Key for Success

Insights from the CIO Summit: AI needs real-time data, clear ROI, and automation — data streaming is key to unlocking AI’s full potential.

May 9

CIO Summit: The State of AI and Why Data Streaming is Key for Success

May 9

Kai Waehner

Kai Waehner

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

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