Apache Kafka
Kafka Summit San Francisco 2019
View the recordings and slides from Kafka Summit San Francisco, the premier event for those who want to learn about streaming data.
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A Tour of Apache Kafka
WatchLearn about typical Apache Kafka use cases and how organisations can process large quantities of data in real time using the Kafka Streams API and KSQL.
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Confluent Cloud: Security Overview and Recommendations
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Why Use Apache Kafka® to Migrate to the Cloud
DownloadLearn why organizations are considering Apache Kafka to streamline cloud migrations.
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Stateful, Stateless and Serverless – Running Apache Kafka® on Kubernetes
WatchJoe Beda, CTO of Heptio and co-creator of Kubernetes, and Gwen Shapira, principal data architect at Confluent, will help you decide if running Kafka on Kubernetes is the right approach for your organization.
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Confluent Verification Guide
DownloadThis paper will guide developers who want to build an integration or connector and outlines the criteria used for Confluent to verify the integration.
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Jay Kreps (CEO, Confluent) on Exactly-once Semantics In Apache Kafka
WatchKafka has a set of new features supporting idempotence and transactional writes that support building real-time applications with exactly-once semantics. This talk provides an overview of these features.
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Kafka Summit London 2018
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Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) for Kafka Connect
DownloadEnsure that only authorized clients have appropriate access to system resources by using RBAC with Kafka Connect.
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Divide, Distribute and Conquer: Stream vs. Batch [Philly JUG]
WatchIn this talk, get a short introduction to common approaches and architectures (lambda, kappa) for streaming processing and learn how to use open-source steam processing tools (Flink, Kafka Streams, Hazelcast Jet) for stream processing.
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2018 Apache Kafka® Report
DownloadThe survey of the Apache Kafka community shows how and why companies are adopting streaming platforms to build event-driven architectures.
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End-to-End Encryption with Confluent Cloud
DownloadOur Recommended Approach to Designing for “End-to-End Encryption” into Kafka Clients
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Recommendations for Deploying Apache Kafka® on Kubernetes
DownloadLearn Kubernetes terms, concepts and considerations, as well as best practices for deploying Apache Kafka on Kubernetes.
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Kafka Summit New York 2019
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Event-driven business: How to handle the flow of event data
ReadGet key research stats on why CIOs are turning to streaming data for a competitive advantage.
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Kafka and the Service Mesh
WatchOriginally presented by Gwen Shapira at Gluecon 2018, this talk covers the similarities and differences between the communication layer provided by a service mesh and Apache Kafka and their implementations, as well as ways you can combine them together.
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Bridge to Cloud
DownloadDownload this bridge-to-cloud deployment guide for designing, configuring and managing streaming applications in Confluent Cloud.
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Kafka Summit London 2019
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Kafka Summit San Francisco 2018
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Apache Kafka for Java Developers [Pittsburgh JUG]
WatchIn this talk, we’ll review the breadth of Apache Kafka as a streaming data platform, including, its internal architecture and its approach to pub/sub messaging.
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Kafka Summit San Francisco 2017
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Disaster Recovery for Multi-Datacenter Apache Kafka Deployments
DownloadA practical guide to configuring multiple Apache Kafka clusters so that if a disaster scenario strikes, you have a plan for failover, failback, and ultimately successful recovery.
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KSQL from Confluent | Streaming SQL for Apache Kafka
WatchGet an introduction to and demo of KSQL, Streaming SQL for Apache Kafka.
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Building Microservices with Apache Kafka®
ViewIn this talk, I'll describe some of the design tradeoffs when building microservices, and how Apache Kafka's powerful abstractions can help.
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Kafka: The Definitive Guide
DownloadLearn how to take full advantage of Apache Kafka, the distributed, publish-subscribe queue for handling real-time data feeds. With this comprehensive book, you’ll understand how Kafka works and how it’s designed.
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Kafka Summit San Francisco 2016
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Kafka Summit New York City 2017
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Optimizing Your Apache Kafka® Deployment
DownloadThis whitepaper discusses how to optimize your Apache Kafka deployment for various services goals including throughput, latency, durability and availability. It is intended for Kafka administrators and developers planning to deploy Kafka in production.
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2017 Apache Kafka® Report
DownloadThis survey focuses on why and how companies are using Apache Kafka and streaming data and the impact it has on their business.
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Distributed Stream Processing with Apache Kafka
ViewPresentation from Apache Kafka Meetup at Strata San Jose (3/14/17). Jay Kreps will introduce Kafka and explain why it has become the de facto standard for streaming data.
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Microservices in the Apache Kafka® Ecosystem
DownloadThis white paper provides a brief overview of how microservices can be built in the Apache Kafka ecosystem.
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Deploying Confluent Enterprise on Microsoft Azure
DownloadThis white paper outlines the integration of Confluent Enterprise with the Microsoft Azure Cloud Platform.
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Deploying Confluent Platform with Mesosphere Datacenter Operating System
DownloadA step-by-step guide to deploying Confluent Platform services on a running DC/OS environment.
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Partner Development Guide for Kafka Connect
DownloadBest practices for developing a connector using Kafka Connect APIs.
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Large-Scale Stream Processing with Apache Kafka - 50:46
WatchNeha Narkhede explains how Apache Kafka was designed to support capturing and processing distributed data streams by building up the basic primitives needed for a stream processing system.
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Professional Services: Application Architecture
ViewThis engagement will have a Confluent Kafka expert work alongside your technical teams to assess an upcoming or active Kafka-based project you’re planning.
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Amazon Web Services Cloud Deployment
ViewA Confluent Kafka expert will work alongside your technical teams to assess an upcoming Kafka & Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud deployment. They will review your goals, discuss design tradeoffs and share known best practices drawn from existing AWS deployments.
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Confluent Platform Reference Architecture for Kubernetes
DownloadThe reference architecture provides a detailed architecture for deploying Confluent Platform on Kubernetes and uses the Helm Charts for Confluent Platform as a reference to illustrate configuration and deployment practices.
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Production Health Check
ViewA Confluent Kafka expert will work alongside your technical teams to assess your current Kafka deployment’s health and overall capabilities, making recommendations to meet the ongoing needs of your organization.
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Professional Services: Multi-Datacenter
ViewThe goal of this consulting engagement is to have a Confluent Kafka expert enable you to deploy Kafka clusters across multiple data center (MDC) and/or regions, for georeplication or disaster recovery.
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Professional Services: Security Enablement
ViewA Confluent Kafka expert will analyze your security requirements and discuss Kafka security concepts and to share best practices and known pitfalls.
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Professional Services: Version Upgrade
ViewThe goal of this consulting engagement is to help you prepare for an upgrade to the latest Kafka or Confluent release.
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Recommendations for Developers using Confluent Cloud
DownloadIn this white paper, we offer recommendations and best practices for designing data architectures that will work well with Confluent Cloud.
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Demo: Confluent Cloud Professional | Getting Started
WatchGet up and running with Confluent Cloud Professional in less than three minutes.
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Monitoring Your Apache Kafka® Deployment End-to-End
DownloadIn this white paper, you will learn how you can monitor your Apache Kafka deployments like a pro, the 7 common questions you'll need to answer, what requirements to look for in a monitoring solution and key advantages of the Confluent Control Center.
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Data Streaming: A New Imperative for Information Architectures
ReadThis viewpoint from analyst Ventana Research outlines the importance of streaming data and why it will be a standard component of enterprise information architectures.
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A Real-Time Streaming Platform for Financial Services
ReadA real-time streaming platform for financial services.
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Confluent Cloud: Agility for the modern data-driven enterprise (Hans Jespersen, Confluent) | Confluent Streaming Event, Paris 2018
Watch NowHans Jespersen (VP WW Systems Engineering, Confluent) Opened afternoon presentations: Confluent Cloud: Agility for the modern data-driven enterprise at Confluent’s streaming event in Paris.
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The Total Economic Impact of Confluent Platform
DownloadDownload this Forrester study to understand the economic benefits of Confluent Platform. Learn how you can reduce DevOps costs by $2.4M and accelerate business enablement by $3.8M.
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KSQL from Confluent | Streaming SQL for Apache Kafka
WatchGet an introduction to and demo of KSQL, Streaming SQL for Apache Kafka.
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Confluent Cloud Datasheet
ReadConfluent Cloud™ is a hosted and fully managed Apache Kafka® as a service in the public cloud.
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Confluent Developer Training: Building Kafka Solutions
ViewIn this three-day hands-on course you will learn how to build an application that can publish data to, and subscribe to data from, an Apache Kafka cluster.
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Confluent Operations Training for Apache Kafka
ViewIn this three-day hands-on course, you will learn how to build, manage, and monitor clusters using industry best-practices developed by the world’s foremost Apache Kafka experts.
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Comparing Confluent Platform with Traditional Messaging Middleware
DownloadIn this paper, we explore some of the fundamental concepts of Apache Kafka, the foundation of Confluent Platform, and compare it to traditional message-oriented middleware.
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Confluent Enterprise Reference Architecture
DownloadLearn about the components of Confluent Enterprise, key considerations for production deployments, and guidelines for selecting hardware or deployment with different cloud providers.
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Confluent Platform Datasheet
ReadAn overview of the enterprise-ready event streaming platform.
Stream Processing
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Stream Processing Made Easy With Confluent Cloud and KSQL
DownloadDownload the deployment guide to designing, configuring, and managing stream processing in Confluent Cloud with KSQL.
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Stream Processing and Build Streaming Data Pipelines with Apache Kafka and KSQL
Watch NowIn this talk, we’ll explain the architectural reasoning for Apache Kafka® and the benefits of real-time integration, and we’ll build a streaming data pipeline using nothing but our bare hands, Kafka Connect and KSQL.
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Fives Stages to Streaming Platform Adoption
DownloadUse cases for streaming platforms vary from improving the customer experience - we have synthesized some common themes of streaming maturity and have identified five stages of adoption
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Gartner Report: Adopt Stream Data Integration to Meet Your Real-Time Data Integration and Analytics Requirements
DownloadIn this report, Gartner addresses the increasing complexity of streaming data in organizations and how this creates opportunities for deeper analytics and better operational intelligence.
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Kafka Serialization and Deserialization (SerDes) Examples
DownloadDive into full Kafka examples, with connector configurations and Kafka Streams code, that demonstrate different data formats and SerDes combinations for building event streaming pipelines.
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KSQL Introduction | Level Up your KSQL
WatchThis video offers an introduction to Kafka stream processing, with a focus on KSQL.
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The State of Stream Processing (Gwen Shapira, Confluent) | Confluent Streaming Event - Paris 2018
Watch NowIn this talk Gwen Shapira will break through the clutter and look at how successful companies are adopting centralized streaming platforms, and the use-cases and methodologies that we see practiced right now.
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Streams and Tables: Two Sides of the Same Coin
DownloadIn this paper, we introduce the Dual Streaming Model. The model presents the result of an operator as a stream of successive updates, which induces a duality of results and streams.
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KSQL from Confluent | Streaming SQL for Apache Kafka
WatchGet an introduction to and demo of KSQL, Streaming SQL for Apache Kafka.
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Streaming Microservices: Contracts & Compatibility
Watch videoRecording from QCon New York 2017 Gwen Shapira discusses patterns of schema design, schema storage and schema evolution that help development teams build better contracts through better collaboration - and deliver resilient applications faster.
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Real Time is Happening: Discover How Data Streaming Can Revolutionize Your Business
DownloadBusinesses are discovering that they can create new business opportunities as well as make their existing operations more efficient using real-time data at scale. Learn how real-time data streams is revolutionizing your business.
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Stream Processing with Apache Kafka and .NET
View SlidesIn this talk, Matt Howlett will give a technical overview of Kafka, discuss some typical use cases (from surge pricing to fraud detection to web analytics) and show you how to use Kafka from within your C#/.NET applications.
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Distributed Stream Processing with Apache Kafka
ViewPresentation from Apache Kafka Meetup at Strata San Jose (3/14/17). Jay Kreps will introduce Kafka and explain why it has become the de facto standard for streaming data.
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Application Development in the Emerging World of Stream Processing - 46:45
WatchMichael Noll provides an introduction to stream processing, use cases, and Apache Kafka.
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I Heart Logs: Event Data, Stream Processing, and Data Integration
DownloadJay Kreps, CEO of Confluent and co-creator of Apache Kafka, shows you how logs work in distributed systems, and provide practical applications of these concepts in a variety of common use cases.
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Making Sense of Stream Processing
DownloadIn this book, O’Reilly author Martin Kleppmann shows you how stream processing can make your data processing systems more flexible and less complex.
Connecting to Apache Kafka
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Confluent Verification Guide
DownloadThis paper will guide developers who want to build an integration or connector and outlines the criteria used for Confluent to verify the integration.
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Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) for Kafka Connect
DownloadEnsure that only authorized clients have appropriate access to system resources by using RBAC with Kafka Connect.
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Deploying Confluent Enterprise on Microsoft Azure
DownloadThis white paper outlines the integration of Confluent Enterprise with the Microsoft Azure Cloud Platform.
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Deploying Confluent Platform with Mesosphere Datacenter Operating System
DownloadA step-by-step guide to deploying Confluent Platform services on a running DC/OS environment.
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Partner Development Guide for Kafka Connect
DownloadBest practices for developing a connector using Kafka Connect APIs.
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10 Principles for Streaming Services
DownloadThis paper provides 10 principles for streaming services, a list of items to be mindful of when designing and building a microservices system
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Moving from Batch to Event Streaming
ReadThis perspective from analyst Ventana Research outlines how organizations are modernizing their architectures to combine event streaming with historical context.
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Apache Kafka® Delivers a Single Source of Truth for The New York Times
WatchJoin The New York Times' Director of Engineering Boerge Svingen to learn how the innovative news giant of America transformed the way it sources content—all through the power of a real-time streaming platform.
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Capital One Delivers Risk Insights in Real Time with Stream Processing
WatchJoin us for this online talk on lessons learned, best practices and technical patterns of Capital One’s deployment of Apache Kafka®.
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Apache Kafka® and Stream Processing at Pinterest
WatchIn this talk, members of the Pinterest team share details of their results, offer lessons learned from their Confluent Go client migration and discuss their use cases for adopting Kafka Streams.
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Top 3 Streaming Use Cases for Real Time Streams in Financial Services Architectures
DownloadRead this white paper to learn about the common use cases Confluent is seeing amongst its financial services customers.
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Designing Event-Driven Systems
DownloadLearn how service-based architectures and stream processing tools such as Apache Kafka can help you build business-critical systems.
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Building Real-time Retail & Supply Chain IoT Platforms with Confluent Cloud
Read the Case StudyWith its ViZixⓇ item chain management platform, Mojix is helping major retailers store, analyze and act on inventory data collected from IoT sensor streams in real time.
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RBC's Data-Driven Transformation with Confluent Platform
WatchOne of the largest banks in the world—with 16 million clients globally—RBC built a real-time, scalable and event-driven data architecture for their rapidly growing number of cloud, machine learning and AI initiatives.
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Alight Solutions Increases the Pace of Digital Deliveries with a Unified Data Platform
Read the Case StudyAlight Solutions, recently embarked on an initiative to align the company’s internal organization with its next-generation digital strategy.
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HomeAway uses Confluent & Apache Kafka® to Transform Travel
WatchHomeAway, the world’s leading online marketplace for the vacation rental industry, uses Apache Kafka® and Confluent to match travelers with 2 million+ unique places to stay in 190 countries.
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Confluent & Apache Kafka® Power Funding Circle's Lending Marketplace
WatchLearn about the impact of Confluent and Apache Kafka® on Funding Circle’s lending marketplace, from Kafka Connect to Exactly-Once processing.
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Microservices Explained
WatchWhat is microservices? And how does it work in the Apache Kafka ecosystem.
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Building Microservices with Apache Kafka®
ViewIn this talk, I'll describe some of the design tradeoffs when building microservices, and how Apache Kafka's powerful abstractions can help.
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Microservices in the Apache Kafka® Ecosystem
DownloadThis white paper provides a brief overview of how microservices can be built in the Apache Kafka ecosystem.
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Leveraging Mainframe Data for Modern Analytics
DownloadConfluent and Attunity provide seamless mainframe integration and query offload for modern, distributed analytics environments via Apache Kafka.
Partner Solutions
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Streaming Analytics Platform - Altair and Confluent
ReadThis brief describes a comprehensive streaming analytics platform for visualizing real-time data with Altiar Panopticon and Confluent Platform.
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Real-Time Visual Analytics on Kafka - Arcadia Data and Confluent
ReadThis brief describes a solution for real-time visual analytics on data in Kafka with Arcadia Data and Confluent.
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Real-time Data Streaming into Confluent Platform - Attunity and Confluent
ReadThis brief describes a solution to stream data from over 40 sources using CDC into Kafka and Confluent Platform, in partnership with Attunity (a Qlik company) and Confluent.
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Enabling Operational Data Flows with NoSQL - Couchbase and Confluent
ReadThis brief describes how to enable operational data flows with NoSQL and Kafka, in partnership with Couchbase and Confluent.
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Event driven enterprise architecture - DataStax and Confluent
ReadThis brief describes a modern datacenter to manage the velocity and variety of data with an event driven enterprise architecture with DataStax and Confluentj
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Real-time Data Integration into Kafka - HVR and Confluent
ReadThis brief describes a solution for data integration and replication in real time and continuously into Kafka, in partnership with HVR and Confluent.
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End-to-End Streaming Analytics - Imply and Confluent
ReadThis brief describes an end-to-end streaming analytics solution with Imply, Druid providing the data querying and visualizations and Kafka data streaming.
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Streaming Data Analysis and Visualization - Kinetica and Confluent
ReadThis brief describes streaming data analysis and visualization accelerated by Kinetica's GPU in-memory technology, in partnership with Confluent.
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Modernize data architectures - MongoDB and Kafka
ReadThis brief describes a modern data architecture with Kafka and MongoDB
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Event Streaming and Graph Databases - Neo4j and Confluent
ReadThis brief describes a solution with Neo4js graph database and Confluent Platform.
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High-throughput Low-latency NoSQL solution - Scylla and Confluent
ReadThis brief describes a solution for real-time data streaming with ScyllaDB's NoSQL database paired with Confluent Platform.