Open source has been
our passion Since day 1
…and continues to be our entire focus
“Between our project committers, developing incredible new features and engaging with the community at conferences and events all over the world, we are excited to put NetApp Instaclustr at the forefront of taking open source to incredible new heights.”
Our latest blogs
What’s new in Kafka® 4.1.0? Introducing the new Streams Rebalance Protocol
Discover the top Apache Kafka 4.1.X features! Learn how the new Streams Rebalance Protocol (KIP-1071) improves stability, scaling, and performance.
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April 20, 2026
By Paul Brebner
Introducing Kafka Client Telemetry: Centralized client metrics for Instaclustr Managed Apache Kafka®
Kafka Client Telemetry is GA on Instaclustr Managed Kafka! Monitor Kafka client & application metrics directly from the broker using OpenTelemetry. SS
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April 16, 2026
By Varun Ghai
Powering low-latency analytics with ClickHouse® and Amazon FSx
Discover how managed ClickHouse and Amazon FSx for ONTAP power low-latency analytics, eliminate data silos, and balance storage costs effortlessly.
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April 15, 2026
By Jaime Borucinski
Understanding OpenSearch® vector field types—Part 1: knn_vector
Discover how to use the OpenSearch knn_vector field type to build scalable semantic search applications. Learn setup, indexing, and querying in Part 1.
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April 14, 2026
By Ramya Ravi
We’re helping develop the latest and greatest in Open source
The incredible power of the open source community is that it never stops innovating – and we’re proud to be active contributors across several projects.
Here’s what we’ve been up to.
Our contributions to open source projects
Foundation memberships and sponsorships
Instaclustr + The Open SourceCommunity
There’s nothing better than meeting community members face-to-face and talking open source together. That’s why you’ll find us speaking and mingling at community events all over the globe.
Meet with us
Conferences
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Sydney, Australia | July 29-30
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Melbourne, Australia | July 24-25
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Amsterdam, Netherlands | August 28-29
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Vienna, Austria | September 16-18
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San Jose, California | September 8-10
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Minneapolis, Minnesota | September 11-14
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Raleigh, North Carolina | October 12-14
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Seattle, Washington | November 17-21
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Brussels, Belgium | February 2026
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Napa, California | February 2026
Interviews with community
