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SAP is a German multinational software corporation that develops and markets enterprise software to manage business operations and customer relations. SAP is most famous for its enterprise resource planning (ERP)

Apache Kafka® is at the heart of the data transportation layer at Pinterest. The amount of data that runs through Kafka has constantly grown over the years. This growth sometimes

One of the most highly requested enhancements to ksqlDB is here! Apache Kafka® messages may contain data in message keys as well as message values. Until now, ksqlDB could only

Soon, Apache Kafka® will no longer need ZooKeeper! With KIP-500, Kafka will include its own built-in consensus layer, removing the ZooKeeper dependency altogether. The next big milestone in this effort

We’re pleased to announce ksqlDB 0.15, our first release of 2021! This version adds rich support for message key columns and long-awaited improvement to interactive development with the command line

One of the most common relational database systems that connects to Apache Kafka® is Oracle, which often holds highly critical enterprise transaction workloads. While Oracle Database (DB) excels at many

Persisting data in multiple regions has become crucial for modern businesses: They need their mission-critical data to be protected from accidents and disasters. They can achieve this goal by running

We are pleased to announce the release of Confluent Platform 6.1. With this release, we are further simplifying management tasks for Apache Kafka® operators and providing even higher availability for

Kafka Connect is part of Apache Kafka®, providing streaming integration of external systems in and out of Kafka. There are a large number of existing connectors, and you can also

One of the great things about using an Apache Kafka® based architecture is that it naturally decouples systems and allows you to use the best tool for the job. While