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Strimzi 1.0.0: CRD Versioning, Conversion, and GitOps Operations

A technical overview of the Strimzi 1.0.0 CRD migration path, including CRD versioning, conversion tooling, storage updates, and operational considerations for ArgoCD-managed GitOps Kubernetes environments.

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7 Reasons Europe Doesn’t Trust AWS’s “Sovereign” Cloud

This blog explores why many European organizations and policymakers remain skeptical of AWS’s “sovereign” cloud initiative. From concerns around US jurisdiction and the CLOUD Act to questions about operational independence, data governance, and true digital sovereignty, we break down the key reasons behind Europe’s hesitation. The article also examines the broader push for European cloud alternatives and what this means for enterprises navigating compliance, security, and infrastructure strategy.

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Release Blog 2026.1 - The Spring Release

The Axual 2026.1 release builds on the improvements in governance, observability, and self-service introduced in 2025.4, and takes things a step further. This release adds audit event coverage across platform resources, giving teams more visibility and control over what’s happening in the platform. We’ve also extended OAuth support to all data plane components, making security more consistent end to end. On top of that, updates to Connector management and the Overview Graph make the platform easier to use and give clearer insight into platform activity.

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Jurre Robertus
July 3, 2023
Event driven ETL vs batch driven ETL
Event driven ETL vs batch driven ETL

In the world of data integration, ETL (extract, transform, load) processes play a foundational role. There are two main types of ETL: event driven ETL and batch driven ETL. While both have their advantages and disadvantages, the choice between them largely depends on the use case and specific requirements of your organization. In this article, we will explore the differences between event driven ETL and batch driven ETL, and their respective pros and cons.

Apache Kafka
Richard Bosch
June 1, 2023
Axual at the Kafka Summit London 2023 – feedback from the Kafka community
Axual at the Kafka Summit London 2023 – feedback from the Kafka community

Axual was a sponsor of the Kafka Summit London 2023. It was a great conference and we got loads of feedback. Let's dive into it.

Apache Kafka for Business
Joey Compeer
April 20, 2023
Release blog 2023.1 – the spring release
Release blog 2023.1 – the spring release

We are well into spring again and the flowers start popping up around us. What a wonderful moment to bring another platform release to the public. We are happy to announce Axual Platform 2023.1.

Apache Kafka
Joey Compeer
April 13, 2023
Axual launches Axual Governance to help organizations turn Kafka into a competitive advantage
Axual launches Axual Governance to help organizations turn Kafka into a competitive advantage

Axual Governance is now available - data governance & self-service for any Kafka.

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Richard Bosch
March 31, 2023
How are you managing Kafka? How the Axual ownership model makes your job easier
How are you managing Kafka? How the Axual ownership model makes your job easier

Apache Kafka has become the default solution when it comes to enabling event streaming. Operating an Apache Kafka deployment and managing connections and content can interrupt development processes and slow up time. In this blog we explain how the Axual approach to ownership helps to speed up the development of new topics and applications.

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Jurre Robertus
February 22, 2023
Why you should use Apache Kafka for industry 4.0
Why you should use Apache Kafka for industry 4.0

Apache Kafka is the leading open source event streaming platform. This platform enables organizations to use real-time data instead of batch data. This new way of using data has a lot of use cases. In this blog we explore how industry 4.0 can benefit from Apache Kafka®

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