Capacity Planning Your Apache Kafka Cluster
How do you plan Apache Kafka® capacity and Kafka Streams sizing for optimal performance? When Jason Bell (Principal Engineer, Dataworks and founder of Synthetica Data), begins to plan a Kafka cluster,...
30 Aug 20221h 1min
Streaming Real-Time Sporting Analytics for World Table Tennis
Reimagining a data architecture to provide real-time data flow for sporting events can be complicated, especially for organizations with as much data as World Table Tennis (WTT). Vatsan Rama (Director...
25 Aug 202234min
Real-Time Event Distribution with Data Mesh
Inheriting software in the banking sector can be challenging. Perhaps the only thing harder is inheriting software built by a committee of banks. How do you keep it running, while improving it, refact...
18 Aug 202248min
Apache Kafka Security Best Practices
Security is a primary consideration for any system design, and Apache Kafka® is no exception. Out of the box, Kafka has relatively little security enabled. Rajini Sivaram (Principal Engineer, Confluen...
11 Aug 202239min
What Could Go Wrong with a Kafka JDBC Connector?
Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) is the Java API used to connect to a database. As one of the most popular Kafka connectors, it's important to prevent issues with your integrations. In this episode...
4 Aug 202241min
Apache Kafka Networking with Confluent Cloud
Setting up a reliable cloud networking for your Apache Kafka® infrastructure can be complex. There are many factors to consider—cost, security, scalability, and availability. With immense experience b...
28 Jul 202237min
Event-Driven Systems and Agile Operations
How do the principles of chaotic, agile operations in the military apply to software development and event-driven systems? As a former Royal Marine, Ben Ford (Founder and CEO, Commando Development) is...
21 Jul 202253min
Streaming Analytics and Real-Time Signal Processing with Apache Kafka
Imagine you can process and analyze real-time event streams for intelligence to mitigate cyber threats or keep soldiers constantly alerted to risks and precautions they should take based on events. In...
14 Jul 20221h 6min
