Enterprises today create more data than ever before. However, harnessing data streams at scale can present a formidable challenge for even the most tech-savvy organizations.
Enter Apache Kafka: the open source, low-latency, highly-durable, big-data stream processing platform. But when should teams use Kafka? And what hurdles should teams expect when deploying Kafka at scale?
About the Webinar
In this recorded webinar, Perforce Chief Open Source and Security Evangelist Javier Perez, OpenLogic Customer Engagement Team Lead Connor Penhale, and OpenLogic Enterprise Architect Joe Carder discuss:
- Common enterprise use cases for Apache Kafka.
- Common issues and how to avoid them.
- Kafka Connect and its importance.
- How Kafka compares to other open source options.
- And more!
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Presenters
Javier Perez
Passionate about technology and open source software, Javier is the Chief Open Source Evangelist and Senior Director of Product Management at Perforce Software. He is responsible for technical thought leadership and advocacy for open source software while driving the OpenLogic by Perforce offering. Javier has been in the application development, open source, cloud, app security, AI, SaaS, and mobile industries for 25+ years. As a speaker and blogger, he has had the opportunity to present at industry events all over the world. Javier holds an honors degree in Computer Systems and an MBA.
Joe Carder
Joe has been working in IT for the past 25 years, with 15 of those years specializing in web and application based enterprise solutions. He focuses currently on Apache Web Server and J2EE technologies.
Connor Penhale
An experienced enterprise software architect working to solve complex business problems since 2005, and focused on the confluence of software engineering and global support operations for the Fortune 500, Connor is enabling cloud native solutions for Perforce customers around the world.