In the previous article, we gained an understanding of the main Kafka components and how Kafka consumers work. Now, we’ll see how these contribute to the ability of Kafka to provide extreme ...

The Apache Kafka distributed streaming platform features an architecture that – ironically, given the name – provides application messaging that is markedly clearer and less Kafkaesque when compared ...

SAN FRANCISCO, April 21, 2022 — StreamNative, the cloud-native messaging and streaming platform founded by the original developers of Apache Pulsar, today announced StreamNative Cloud for Kafka, a ...

It’s become almost a standard career path in Silicon Valley: A talented engineer creates a valuable open source software commodity inside of a larger organization, then leaves that company to create a ...

Life happens as a continuous flow of events (a stream). Ted Dunning and Ellen Friedman describe new designs for streaming data architecture that help you get real-time insights and greatly improve the ...

In this section, we will examine the architectural components and related terminology in Kafka. Basically, Kafka consists of the following components: Kafka Cluster—a collection of one or more servers ...

Ensuring that distributed systems like Apache Kafka are resilient is crucial to withstanding disruptions, adapting to changing conditions and maintaining essential functions. Those who implement these ...