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Release Blog 2026.3: The Autumn Release

Axual’s Autumn Release 2026.3 is here. You can now run multiple Kafka Connect clusters per instance for better isolation and no more noisy neighbors, and create Flink SQL applications to run stream processing jobs directly on the platform. This release also brings self-service service accounts, Strimzi v1 support in the Distributor, Terraform and MCP updates, and more.

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AI didn’t break software security. The volume of vulnerability reports did

Vulnerability reports are growing faster than security teams can process them. This article explores how AI can support vulnerability triage, why fixes take time to reach production and what the Trivy compromise taught us about software supply chain security.

How to configure Kafka Authentication in Strimzi

Learn how to configure secure Kafka authentication in Strimzi for multi-tenant environments. This technical guide covers mTLS, certificate-chain principals, tenant-specific listeners, custom principal builders, OAuth bearer authentication, and the risks of relying on Strimzi internals.

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Joris Meijer
July 15, 2022
Release blog 2022.2 – the summer release
Release blog 2022.2 – the summer release

The summer release is here! Let's dive into all the good stuff that we've shipped for this exciting release.

Axual Product
Joey Compeer
April 6, 2022
Maturing your Kafka platform: From experiments to centralization
Maturing your Kafka platform: From experiments to centralization

As the volumes and origins of must-have data continue to widen, centralized and matured Kafka ecosystems are increasingly attractive for enterprise organizations. Yet securely connecting users from across your organization is a hefty task, as is evolving your Kafka setup to address their varied priorities. Our latest article tracks the typical enterprise journey from dispersed to pervasive Kafka, complete with strategies for addressing these cross-user platform requirements and ensuring controlled, risk-free evolution throughout.

Apache Kafka for Business
Joris Meijer
March 29, 2022
Release blog 2022.1 – the spring release
Release blog 2022.1 – the spring release

Spring has just come around the corner. Not only does it bring pleasant temperatures, green leaves and flowers, but also a new and shiny release of Axual Platform: release 2022.1.

Axual Product
Joey Compeer
March 10, 2022
Axual raises growth capital from investor Holland Capital
Axual raises growth capital from investor Holland Capital

Holland Capital is investing with a private co-investor in software company Axual, which provides customers with a platform that makes real-time data streaming easier and faster. With this funding, Axual aims to realize its growth ambitions.

Axual Product
Joey Compeer
March 1, 2022
Scaling up your Kafka event streaming processing: what can go wrong?
Scaling up your Kafka event streaming processing: what can go wrong?

So, your organization successfully introduced small-scale event streaming processing with Kafka. Now, teams company-wide are knocking down your Kafka architects’ door with ideas for new use cases. But going too fast, too soon is dangerous. Losing track of scale, ownership, and access can rapidly put your customer data and mission-critical applications at risk. So what’s the key to secure Kafka scale-up? Having the right tools in place to track, manage, and safeguard your Kafka expansion.

Event Streaming
Joey Compeer
February 22, 2022
Why is it so easy to make data governance mistakes when using Apache Kafka?
Why is it so easy to make data governance mistakes when using Apache Kafka?

Kafka is the leading solution for real-time data streaming. However, it doesn’t come with a built-in safety net covering data governance and compliance. No matter the expertise level of your internal Kafka team, that’s a tough path to travel — with serious consequences if your organizational protocols aren’t watertight. Our blog on the topic looks at common pitfalls to avoid and steps to take to ensure you won’t lose sleep over Kafka and compliance.

Kafka Security
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