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ksqlDB is a new kind of database purpose-built for stream processing apps, allowing users to build stream processing applications against data in Apache Kafka® and enhancing developer productivity. ksqlDB simplifies […]

Today marks a new release of KSQL, one so significant that we’re giving it a new name: ksqlDB. Like KSQL, ksqlDB remains freely available and community licensed, and you can […]

The relationship between Apache Kafka® and machine learning (ML) is an interesting one that I’ve written about quite a bit in How to Build and Deploy Scalable Machine Learning in […]

Static Membership is an enhancement to the current rebalance protocol that aims to reduce the downtime caused by excessive and unnecessary rebalances for general Apache Kafka® client implementations. This applies […]

First, what is event sourcing? Here’s an example. Consider your bank account: viewing it online, the first thing you notice is often the current balance. How many of us drill […]

We know that Apache Kafka® is great when you’re dealing with streams, allowing you to conveniently look at streams as tables. Stream processing engines like KSQL furthermore give you the […]

We’re excited to announce Tutorials for Apache Kafka®, a new area of our website for learning event streaming. Kafka Tutorials is a collection of common event streaming use cases, with […]

One of KSQL’s most powerful features is allowing users to build their own KSQL functions for processing real-time streams of data. These functions can be invoked on individual messages (user-defined […]

The Kafka Streams API boasts a number of capabilities that make it well suited for maintaining the global state of a distributed system. At Imperva, we took advantage of Kafka […]

Have you ever realized that, according to the latest FBI report, more than 80% of all crimes are property crimes, such as burglaries? And that the FBI clearance figures indicate […]