Re-evaluating Kafka: issues and alternatives for real-time
Kafka’s challenges have exhausted many an engineer on the path to successful data streaming. What if there was an easier way?
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5 example use-cases for real-time data processing
The applications for real-time data processing are diverse and far-reaching. This article highlights just a few.
Real-time and batch data processing: an introduction
Real-time and batch are two broad categories of data processing. Though they handle data differently, both are vital to the systems that make our businesses and society run.
Why MapReduce is making a comeback
What if we could adapt MapReduce to real-time data processing? Spoiler: it’s awesome and we’re building a next-gen data platform based on it!