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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

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
Blog

Running Kafka Without ZooKeeper in KRaft Mode

Get an overview of KRaft mode and find how it differs from ZooKeeper, which is longer be supported in Kafka 4.x releases.
Apache Kafka
Blog

Solving Complex Kafka Issues: Enterprise Case Studies

In this blog, read case studies about some of the complex Apache Kafka issues that the OpenLogic Professional Services team was able to resolve for finance, marketing, and aerospace customers.
Apache Kafka
Blog

Exploring Redis Alternatives

In this blog, our expert compares Redis, an open source key-value database, to other open source data technologies.
Databases