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Joe Carder

Enterprise Solutions Architect

Joe Carder is an accomplished Enterprise Architect and technologist with over two decades of experience designing and implementing large-scale, mission-critical systems. At Perforce OpenLogic, Joe leads enterprise architecture initiatives and consults with Fortune 500 companies and startups alike to modernize their infrastructure, optimize cloud deployments, and adopt open source best practices.

Joe's expertise spans containerization (Kubernetes, Docker), integration technologies (Kafka, Apache Camel, ActiveMQ), and Infrastructure-as-Code automation (Terraform, Ansible). He has designed and delivered training programs on topics ranging from security as code to machine learning enablement and is a sought-after speaker at industry conferences such as ZendCon and DeveloperWeek. With a career that began in web systems administration and grew through senior engineering and architecture roles, Joe combines hands-on technical depth with strategic vision. He is passionate about helping organizations unlock the power of open source, scale with confidence, and align technology with business goals.

Latest Content from Joe Carder

Blog

Improve Kafka Performance by Avoiding These Anti-Patterns

Want to improve Kafka performance? Discover critical Kafka anti-patterns, how to balance throughput vs. latency, and why you should move to KRaft in this blog.
Apache Kafka
Blog

Kafka Migration: Best Practices and Common Challenges

Explore Kafka migration best practices and learn how to overcome the most common challenges teams encounter when migrating between major versions of Kafka.
Apache Kafka
Blog

Using Kafka With ZooKeeper

Learn how Kafka and ZooKeeper worked together before ZooKeeper was deprecated, and the implications for teams still running older versions of Kafka.
Apache Kafka, Middleware
Blog

Kafka 4.1: Enhancements in the Latest Release

Discover what’s new in Kafka 4.1, including Queues for Kafka, enhanced Streams rebalancing, and stronger security with native JWT-bearer authentication.
Apache Kafka
Blog

Optimizing ActiveMQ: Common Problems & Performance Tuning Tips

This ActiveMQ tutorial looks at methods used for ActiveMQ performance tuning, and best practices to keep your deployments performing their best.
ActiveMQ, Middleware, Web Infrastructure
Blog

Keeping Up With the Kafka Lifecycle

Keeping up with the Kafka lifecycle can be challenging, with three new releases every year and only one year of community support. In this blog, get tips for planning your next Kafka upgrade.
Apache Kafka
Blog

8 Essential Kafka Security Best Practices

In this blog, our expert discusses the top security best practices for Apache Kafka, including tips for ensuring ongoing security for your deployments.
Apache Kafka, Middleware
Blog

IBM MQ vs. Kafka vs. ActiveMQ: Comparing Message Brokers

In this blog, our expert compares the major differences and use cases for three message brokers: IBM MQ, which is proprietary software, and Kafka and ActiveMQ, which are open source.
Apache Kafka, ActiveMQ, Middleware
Blog

Exploring Kafka 4: Changes and Upgrade Considerations

Kafka 4 is here. Get details on the major changes, removals, and what to consider as you plan your Kafka upgrade.
Apache Kafka