Flink Distro Now Available from data Artisans

The company behind Apache Flink, data Artisans, today launched the first commercial distribution of the upstart stream processing engine. The new software product, called the dA Platform, is identical to the open source Read more…

Apache Flink Gears Up for Emerging Stream Processing Paradigm

We're close to the next release of Apache Flink, the stream processing engine developed by the Apache Software Foundation. Flink version 1.1.0 will bring new SQL interface for working with streaming data, while bigger ch Read more…

Concord Claims 10x Performance Edge on Spark Streaming

Organizations that are looking for a stream processing engine upon which to build fast data applications featuring high-throughput and low-latency may want to check out Concord, a new framework that emerged from the ad-t Read more…

Merging Batch and Stream Processing in a Post Lambda World

It wasn't long ago that developers looked to the Lamba architecture for hints on how to design big data applications that needed elements of both batch and streaming data. But already, the Lamba architecture is falling o Read more…

Apache Kafka Gains Traction Among Enterprise Users

The embrace of stream processing and real-time data access is driving enterprise adoption of the Apache Kafka distributed messaging system, according to an industry survey released at a Kafka summit this week. Conflue Read more…

Distributed Stream Processing with Apache Kafka

We’re only three months into 2016, but it has been an exciting year in open source and big data. With a marked jump in growth, usage and queries on Apache Kafka (Redmonk), the demand for engineering and DevOps jobs req Read more…

Kafka Gets a Stream-Processing Makeover

A new library for building streaming applications seeks to shift the focus from analytics to developing core application used to process data streams. Confluent Inc. announced a technical preview this week of a new te Read more…

What’s Driving the Rise of Real-Time Analytics

Hadoop gave us a taste of the types of insights big data analytics can deliver, and provided a competitive advantage to early adopters. But as data volumes grow, as the time-to-insight window shrinks, and as technology c Read more…

LinkedIn Spinoff Confluent to Extend Kafka

The LinkedIn team that built the Apache Kafka real-time messaging service has left to form a new company called Confluent. The startup said it would offer a "real-time data platform" built around Apache Kafka. Along w Read more…

Zoomdata Raises $17M

Venture capitalists remain bullish on data analytics startups. Stream processing engine specialist Zoomdata Inc. said Oct. 6 it has raised $17 million in a Series B funding round led by Accel Partners. Zoomdata, Re Read more…