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Release blog 2025.1 - The Spring Release

Axual 2025.1 is here with exciting new features and updates. Whether you're strengthening security, improving observability, or bridging old legacy systems with modern event systems, like Kafka, Axual 2025.1 is built to keep you, your fellow developers, and engineers ahead of the game.

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Kafka Consumer Groups and Offsets: What You Need to Know

Consumer group offsets are essential components in Apache Kafka, a leading platform for handling real-time event streaming. By allowing organizations to scale efficiently, manage data consumption, and track progress in data processing, Kafka’s consumer groups and offsets ensure reliability and performance. In this blog post, we'll dive deep into these concepts, explain how consumer groups and offsets work, and answer key questions about their functionality. We'll also explore several practical use cases that show how Kafka’s consumer groups and offsets drive real business value, from real-time analytics to machine learning pipelines.

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Starting Small with Kafka: Why It’s the Right Choice for Your Enterprise

Apache Kafka is a powerful event-streaming platform, but does your enterprise need to go all in from day one? In this blog, we explore why starting small with Kafka is the best strategy. Learn how an incremental approach can help you reduce complexity, and scale efficiently as your needs grow. Whether you're new to Kafka or looking for a practical implementation strategy, this guide will set you on the right path.

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Rachel van Egmond
August 16, 2024
Linger.ms in Kubernetes Apache Kafka
Linger.ms in Kubernetes Apache Kafka

Linger.ms in Kafka optimizes batch sending delays, balancing throughput and latency. Kafka Operators help manage this setting in Kubernetes, simplifying configuration and performance tuning for efficient data handling.

Kubernetes
Rachel van Egmond
August 15, 2024
Kafka for Government and citizen services
Kafka for Government and citizen services

Apache Kafka transforms government services by enabling real-time data integration, modernizing legacy systems, and supporting smart cities, public administration, and citizen services for more efficient and responsive public sector operations. Apache Kafka transforms government services by enabling real-time data integration, modernizing legacy systems, and supporting smart cities, public administration, and citizen services for more efficient and responsive public sector operations.

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Jeroen van Disseldorp
August 14, 2024
Event Streaming Platform for Eneco’s Energy Transition
Event Streaming Platform for Eneco’s Energy Transition

Read how Eneco is using Axual’s event streaming platform as the next step in their energy transition.

Event Streaming
Rachel van Egmond
August 13, 2024
Use Case | PostNL notification services
Use Case | PostNL notification services

PostNL modernized its parcel tracking by partnering with AppyThings and Axual. They implemented a centralized platform using Axual Cloud and KSML, processing over 100 million messages daily. The system is now transitioning to PostNL’s private AWS cloud.

Apache Kafka Use Cases
Rachel van Egmond
August 9, 2024
Transactional Outbox Pattern
Transactional Outbox Pattern

The Transactional Outbox Pattern addresses the dual-write problem by ensuring that database and message broker updates are atomic, consistent, and reliable, streamlining data synchronization between systems.

Apache Kafka
Rachel van Egmond
August 9, 2024
Transforming Healthcare IT: Apache Kafka for Legacy Modernization
Transforming Healthcare IT: Apache Kafka for Legacy Modernization

Apache Kafka powers real-time data streaming and modernizes legacy healthcare systems. It enables seamless integration across platforms, improving efficiency and patient care by supporting standards like HL7, FHIR, and JSON. Kafka bridges old and new, enhancing data-driven healthcare.

Apache Kafka for Business
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