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Published February 23, 2023

Apache Kafka has come a long way since its initial development at LinkedIn in 2010 and its release as an open-source project the following year. Over the past decade, it has grown from a humble messaging bus used to power internal applications into the world's most popular streaming data platform.

Evolution of Kafka and Advantages Over Messaging
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Published November 14, 2022

Do you want to use Kafka? Or do you need a message broker and queues? While they can seem similar, they have different purposes. I’m going to explain the differences, so you don’t try to brute force patterns and concepts in Kafka that are better used with a message broker.

Do you want to use Kafka? Or do you need a Queue?
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Published September 14, 2022

Apache Kafka is a high-throughput, low-latency platform for handling real-time data feeds. Its storage layer is in essence a massively scalable pub/sub message queue designed as a distributed transaction log. It can be used to process streams of data in real-time, building up a commit log of changes.

How to use OpenTelemetry for Kafka Monitoring
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Published September 2, 2022

Apache Kafka is an open-source software platform for processing streams of events. Developed for the streaming and archiving of data, Kafka is now supported by a large ecosystem of third-party applications. Developed by the founders of Confluent, Kafka was initially created in 2007 while the three creators were at LinkedIn.

Confluent for Apache Kafka and Confluent for Kubernetes
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Published August 30, 2022

Nastel XRay 1.5 release builds on industry analyst acclaim for leading AIOps & transaction observability vendor.

PLAINVIEW, NY, UNITED STATES, August 19, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Nastel Technologies, the leader in integration infrastructure management (i2M) solutions, announced today significant enhancements to its versatile AIOps and Transaction Observability solution, including machine learning for integration management, and visualization of business flows and IoT locations.

Nastel XRay Delivers Business Flow Visualization & Machine Learning for Integration Infrastructure Management
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Published July 14, 2022

Integration and middleware staffing issues within IT Operations and Service Delivery teams are common, even in the largest enterprises.  Here is the story of one large enterprise:

Talent Issues at a Large Global Financial Services Firm

Because of the complex nature of their messaging middleware and overall integration infrastructure (i2) environment, the organization required specialists for each management tool or platform, whether from a middleware vendor, homegrown solution, or third-party management tool.

Middleware & Integration Staff Issue? – F500 Bank Found a Better Approach
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Published July 11, 2022

Selecting the right middleware for your company can be one of the most important decisions that you can make at the outset of a software project, as this will determine how well your business performs going forward. We look at some of the key features from the major integration software providers below.

How to Choose the Right Middleware
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Published July 8, 2022

Total Economic Impact Study evaluates potential business benefits and cost savings enabled by Nastel’s Integration Infrastructure Management (i2M) Platform

Organizations struggle to effectively manage what is often an invisible layer of integration infrastructure (i2) (e.g., Kafka, MQ, Integration Brokers, REST APIs, PubSub, etc.).

Bank Achieves 199% ROI, $20.3M NPV Over 3 Years and Payback in 6 Mos. with Nastel i2M According to New Independent Study