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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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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
Joey Compeer
February 14, 2022
Getting started with Kafka event streaming: what common data governance mistakes are made?
Getting started with Kafka event streaming: what common data governance mistakes are made?

Even for seasoned experts, Kafka is complicated to learn and use. When it comes to data governance, the stakes are too high to go wrong. In this blog, we outline common data governance mistakes organizations using Kafka can make, what to do if you’re already experiencing compliance issues with Kafka, and how to avoid problems.

Event Streaming
Rachel van Egmond
February 3, 2022
Enterprise Kafka-based event streaming at scale: build or buy?
Enterprise Kafka-based event streaming at scale: build or buy?

When it comes to Kafka-based event streaming platforms, it all comes down to the same old question: Build or buy? This blog post can help you decide for yourself.

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Rachel van Egmond
January 24, 2022
Axual named a representative vendor in the 2022 Gartner market guide for event stream processing
Axual named a representative vendor in the 2022 Gartner market guide for event stream processing

We’re excited to announce that Axual, provider of an all-in-one Kafka platform for enterprises, is listed as a representative vendor in the 2022 Gartner market guide for event stream processing.

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Rachel van Egmond
December 24, 2021
Axual Release Update 2021.3
Axual Release Update 2021.3

2021 is almost a wrap, but not until we have announced our last major release of this year: Axual Platform 2021.3. Read all about it in this blog.

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