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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
July 19, 2024
Utilities can benefit from Kafka by leveraging adaptable architecture and cost-effective data streaming solutions
Utilities can benefit from Kafka by leveraging adaptable architecture and cost-effective data streaming solutions

Utilities are constantly seeking innovative ways to manage and analyze vast amounts of data efficiently. By leveraging Kafka's adaptable architecture and cost-effective data streaming solutions, utility companies can significantly enhance their ability to process real-time data, improve operational efficiency, and make more informed decisions. This transformative approach enables utilities to stay competitive and responsive in an ever-evolving industry landscape.

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Rachel van Egmond
July 12, 2024
Kubernetes Simplifies Your Apache Kafka Deployment with Strimzi
Kubernetes Simplifies Your Apache Kafka Deployment with Strimzi

Kubernetes emerges as a great tool in the extensive technical Kafka landscape. It’s all about streamlining the deployment. As organizations increasingly adopt Kubernetes for container orchestration, deploying complex systems like Apache Kafka becomes more complicated.

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Rachel van Egmond
July 9, 2024
Vendor Selection for Apache Kafka: Exploring the Benefits of Choosing a Smaller Provider
Vendor Selection for Apache Kafka: Exploring the Benefits of Choosing a Smaller Provider

Vendor selection for Apache Kafka can offer significant benefits when opting for a smaller provider. These advantages include cost savings, specialized features, personalized customer support, and greater flexibility. Smaller vendors often provide tailored solutions, rapid innovation, and closer partnerships, ensuring a more responsive and effective Kafka service for your business needs.

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Rachel van Egmond
July 9, 2024
Energy trading with Apache Kafka – how to become faster than the competition
Energy trading with Apache Kafka – how to become faster than the competition

Energy trading; a dynamic process of buying, selling, and moving energy commodities such as electricity, natural gas, and oil across various markets. It involves assessing supply and demand dynamics, market trends, and geopolitical factors to optimize pricing and ensure reliable supply.

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Rachel van Egmond
June 27, 2024
Release blog 2024.2 – the Summer release
Release blog 2024.2 – the Summer release

As the days get longer and the coffee breaks get sunnier, we’re excited to roll out the summer release of Axual Platform 2024.2. This update brings improvements that make managing real-time data as refreshing as a leap into the pool. Our previous release marked the completion of the convergence of Axual Platform and Axual Governance architectures. With the new-and-improved architecture, we have strengthened our whole platform in the past year.

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Rachel van Egmond
May 16, 2024
Migrate Data from Legacy Systems: Apache Integration
Migrate Data from Legacy Systems: Apache Integration

Explore the challenges of legacy systems in banking and insurance and how Apache Kafka can drive modernization. This blog details migration strategies, integration techniques, and the pivotal role of CDC in ensuring seamless data transitions and operational continuity.

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