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Instablinks EP 12: Shotover Data-Layer Proxy
In this 11th episode of Instablinks, Ben Slater, CTO of Instaclustr discusses all of the different managed service pricing models, the downfalls of using transaction based models, and how his team at Instaclustr price their managed service offerings.
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Spark and Cassandra working together to provide real-time node performance metrics
At Instaclustr we too have a big data challenge that we are solving with Apache Cassandra® and Apache Spark®. Instametrics provides us with the perfect opportunity to dogfood the Instaclustr technology stack.
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Security Management Flyer
Security management, integrated engineering,and independent certification.
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Elasticsearch Datasheet
Elasticsearch is the most popular and scalable open-source search and analytics engine, which can be used extensively to search, analyze, and visualize all kinds of documents and datasets. Instaclustr Fully Managed Elasticsearch is based on the Apache 2.0-licensed Open Distro for Elasticsearch, providing freedom from vendor lock-in and licensing costs. Our Managed Elasticsearch is supported with industry leading SLAs, and comes with 24x7 expert support and high levels of security, making it easy to deploy, secure, manage, operate, and scale. With our proven managed platform that runs over 3000 nodes of open source distributed data technology, we are the leading managed provider to cover your complete distributed data requirements.
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On-Premise Managed Platform Overview and Initial Questionaire
Instaclustr’s Managed Platform is available through multiple public cloud providers (AWS, GCP, Azure, and IBM Cloud) and also in on-premises and other bespoke data center environments (on-premises from herein). To help potential customers decide if Instaclustr’s on-premises managed platform is the right fit for them, this document provides an overview of Instaclustr’s technical and service delivery approach for on-premises managed platform and some initial questions to help start the process of further qualification and scoping.
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Customer Case Study: Dream11
The company started its operations in 2008 and started offering single match fantasy sports in 2012. It is India’s Biggest Sports Gaming platform with users playing Fantasy Cricket, Football, Kabaddi, Basketball & Hockey. Dream11 is the Official Fantasy partner of the VIVO Indian Premier League (IPL), International Council of Cricket (ICC)
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Getting Started With Instaclustr – Signup and Create Your First Cluster
Interested in getting started with Instaclustr by signing up on our console? This video will help you sign up and create your very first cluster on our console.
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Upsizing Cassandra Clusters
Sometimes clusters need to scale up as well as scale out. In this episode of the AWS video series ”This Is My Architecture”, Ben Slater, CPO Instaclustr, describes to users a pattern to upsize Cassandra clusters transparently and non-disruptively.
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Enterprise Support for Apache Cassandra
We deliver dedicated Enterprise Support Services 24x7 for the open source data layer technologies on our Managed Platform. Learn more.
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Managing Open Source Data Solutions in the Cloud
The leading experts in open source data technology, Instaclustr has harnessed the power of Apache Cassandra to provide world class managed services.
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Introduction to Instaclustr: The Apache Cassandra Experts
Get acquainted with who we are and how we are solving the problems faced by global technology companies as they build their applications.
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Customer Testimonial: PubNub
PubNub offers realtime infrastructure-as-a-service, and provides enterprise-grade security, 99.999% SLA-backed reliability, and global scalability to support the largest realtime deployments, all via simple APIs and 70+ SDKs. In this video, Todd Greene, PubNub CEO shares his experience of working with Instaclustr.
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Instaclustr Managed Platform for Open Source Technologies
Our Managed Platform delivers a complete ecosystem to power mission-critical, highly available applications for our customers, enabling them to concentrate on the development of their business applications and engagement with their customers. Learn more about our Managed Platform.
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TechTalk: Seamlessly Integrate Kubernetes With Data Layer Services Like Apache Cassandra & Kafka
In this video, we delve into a few different strategies for upsizing clusters on your Instaclustr managed Cassandra clusters.
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A Tale of Tech Titans: The Instaclustr Story
The Instaclustr Story, written and narrated as a poem by our very own APAC Sales Director, Tim Palmer. Trust us when we say we have never come across a technology story narrated in this engaging format. Watch and listen to believe!
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TechTalk: How to Deploy and Scale Your Cassandra Cluster?
In this video, James Greenhalgh, Manager Technical Operations at Instaclustr, teaches you how to deploy and scale a Cassandra cluster to accommodate changing business requirements of scale and reliability. He uses the example of an IoT based startup selling gardening widgets.
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TechTalk: Deployment Strategies for Kafka Schema Registry
Not sure of how to deploy Kafka Schema Registry for your use case? In this video, Michael Carter, Lead Software Engineer at Instaclustr, delves into a few different strategies for deploying the schema registry on your Instaclustr Managed Kafka clusters. Find out which one is best suited for your business or use case.
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Customer Case Study: Fractal Labs
Fractal Lab is fundamentally changing the way small business accesses financial services, such as credit products, insurance products, or FX services. Learn about the challenges they encountered on their transformation journey and their reason for choosing Cassandra.
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Deploy a Kafka Cluster in Seconds
In this video, we show you how to deploy a Kafka cluster in seconds on Instaclustr Managed Platform.
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Understanding Cassandra: Part 1 – Basics
In this first video, Ben Slater, Chief Product Officer, Instaclustr will run you through the basics of Apache Cassandra—the function it performs and key concepts and terminology.
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Introduction to InstaBlinks
Watch our new series InstaBlinks where we bring to you short videos describing our blogs, whitepapers, and other resources related to open source data-layer technologies.
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Instablinks EP 01: Why Enterprises Choose Open Source
While the former once enjoyed dominance, the tide has now turned, open source skepticism has rightfully waned, and open source popularity has pulled even among enterprises—for good reason. Tim Palmer, APAC Sales Director, Instaclustr will tell you why.
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Instablinks EP 02: Top 3 Rules for Managing Kafka
In the second episode of InstaBlinks, we review the 3 important rules for managing Apache Kafka and some common Kafka use cases.
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Instablinks EP 03: Open Source Technologies and the Trends in Financial Services
In this third episode of InstaBlinks, Ben Slater, CPO, Instaclustr shares his views about open source technologies and the trends in financial services.
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Instablinks EP 04: All Things Terraform
In this fourth episode of InstaBlinks, Arjun Raj, Senior Software Engineer at Instaclustr gives insight into Terraform Providers.
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Instablinks EP 05: Understanding Cassandra 4.0
In this fifth episode of Instablinks, Ben Bromhead, Co-Founder and CTO, Instaclustr shares insights into the beta release of Cassandra 4.0.
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Instablinks EP 06: All Things Apache Cassandra
In this episode of InstaBlinks, Jordan Braiuka, Senior Software Engineer talks about Apache Cassandra, the database of choice for scalable, highly available, reliable, and high performance applications.
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Instablinks EP 07: Redis—The Most Popular In-Memory Database Technology
In this episode of InstaBlinks, Thomas Griffiths, Product Manager at Instaclustr, talks about Redis—the most popular in-memory database technology.
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Instablinks EP 08: Product Enhancements for Zookeeper, Elasticsearch, and Redis
In this eighth episode of InstaBlinks, Paul Aubrey, VP of Product Management at Instaclustr, talks about product enhancements to Instaclustr's portfolio.
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Instablinks EP 09: The Advantages of Adopting Open Source Software
In this 9th episode of Instablinks, Justin McLean, VP of Training Services at Instaclustr discusses the advantages of using open source software, the Apache Software Foundation, and the comparison between Open Source vs. Traditional Proprietary.
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Instablinks EP 10: The Key Benefits of Adopting Apache Kafka and kPow
We bring to you 10 golden rules that you would find beneficial in managing the Kafka system. These rules cover various components. Download your free white paper to read.
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Shotover Datasheet
IT leaders may look for a broad range of capabilities in open source technologies that aren’t supported natively or through integrations. But building on the open source code base to satisfy these requirements can take months of work and a significant investment of engineering resources.
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Managed Platform
The Instaclustr Managed Platform delivers a complete foundation for deploying your mission critical applications. We make it easy to deploy and manage the most advanced open source data-related technologies, in combination with the right infrastructure and cloud providers, advanced security, and a highly experienced support team.
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Enterprise Support Datasheet
Open source technologies are powerful in their ability to support the data requirements of high-performing applications. But they can be difficult to architect, deploy, and manage. Instaclustr Enterprise Support can fill needed gaps and help you maximize the potential of your data infrastructure.
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SiteMinder
SiteMinder is the global hotel industry’s leading cloud platform.
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Paidy Case Study
Paidy offers accessible, frictionless, and cardless payment methods using only an email, address, and phone number—providing a powerful method for persuading first-time buyers to transact online. The transactions are written in seconds with guaranteed payment to the Merchant. Paidy is currently one of the largest online payment businesses in Japan.
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6 Step Guide to Apache Cassandra® Data Modelling
Apache Cassandra is a powerful technology but can be difficult to implement and manage over time. If you’re considering Cassandra for your data layer, it’s critical that you accurately define your data model from the beginning. This white paper sets out a methodical approach that we have found useful in approaching Cassandra data modeling. Our approach focuses on three simple principles: understand the data, define the entities, and then review and tune
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Maths Pathway
Maths Pathway is a company founded by a couple of classroom teachers who were sick of seeing some of their students left behind.
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Lendi Case Study
Lendi is Australia’s leading online home loan lender, processing over 90% of Australia’s online lending enquiries. With home loan settlements of over $8 billion, the team has already helped thousands of Australians secure their dream properties.
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5 Reasons Why Choosing Apache Cassandra® Is Planning for a Multi-Cloud Future
Thinking about future proofing your architecture? This paper provides 5 reasons why Apache Cassandra is an enabler for true multi-cloud deployments.
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IBM Case Study
IBM is one of the world’s leading system integrators and provides consulting services to its customers worldwide.
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How to Maximize the Availability of Apache Cassandra®
With this white paper, you can learn range of strategies for ensuring that your Apache Cassandra deployment is highly tuned to maximize application uptime and continued high availability.
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CloudTrax Case Study
CloudTrax is a free cloud-based network controller from Open Mesh that enables customers to build, manage, and monitor enterprise-grade wireless networks from anywhere in the world.
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Clear Capital Case Study
Clear Capital, founded in 2001, is a leader in property valuation solutions for North America. The company’s technology platform speeds up loan decision-making, delivers analytical insights into the real estate market, and provides the foundation for the delivery of property valuations with professional expertise on the condition, quality, and value of residential and commercial properties.
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Understanding SLAs – Top 10 Things to Look out for in Service Level Agreements
It is important to thoroughly understand the SLAs and be aware of every clause in it. We have put together a list of top 10 things to look for in an SLA so that as a customer you are aware of the nuances involved.
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Blackberry Case Study
Blackberry is a leading global enterprise providing software for industrial applications and mobile device management solutions. Blackberry has deployed open source Apache Cassandra® as the NoSQL database solution for the core of the Blackberry Internet of Things (IoT) platform.
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An Architect’s Guide for Selecting Scalable Data Layer Technologies
As a solution architect one of our most critical early-stage tasks is selecting the right foundational data-layer components on which to build your application. In this whitepaper, we detail the challenges faced while making technology choices and the basics of selecting the right technology for your application architecture.
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Understanding Open Source Business Models for the C-Suite
This white paper would help you understand things you need to consider before considering a software project.
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Migrating Oracle to PostgreSQL®
You should know a few things before going down the road of Oracle to PostgreSQL migration. This white paper covers the Features and Benefits of PostgreSQL and steps of Migration including technical details.
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Cassandra Data Modeling Guide to Best Practices
Data modeling is a method to analyze, organize, and understand the data requirements for a product or service. The process is analogous to building a house, where you start with a high level “concept” drawing and proceed to drafting detailed blueprints.
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Apache Kafka – A Visual Introduction
This visual introduction to Apache Kafka explains the fundamentals of Apache Kafka in a fun way.
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Apache Cassandra Guide
Apache Cassandra is a high-performance, extremely scalable, fault-tolerant (i.e., no single point of failure), distributed non-relational database solution. Cassandra provides benefits similar to Google Bigtable and Amazon Dynamo to handle the types of database management needs that traditional RDBMS vendors cannot support. This ebook developed in partnership with DZone breaks down everything you need to know about this powerful technology.
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Managed Kafka Connect Datasheet
Apache Kafka Connect® is an easy-to-use data integration solution that streams data between Kafka and other data systems. Using Kafka Connect, engineers, IT admins, and DBAs can stream data into Kafka from sources and out of Kafka to sinks with pre-built or custom Connectors. Kafka Connect gives you the architectural configuration you need to support your organization’s data pipeline with Kafka.
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Managed OpenSearch Datasheet
OpenSearch® is a powerful search and analytics suite that allows for data ingest, logging, search, aggregation, viewing, and analysis. These capabilities enable a wide range of valuable use cases such as logging and application search.
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Partner Program Datasheet
Customers today are increasingly turning to open source technologies for the benefits of community innovation, faster deployment time, and long-term vendor choice. But when searching for a solution, customers often face challenges distinguishing between true open source providers and proprietary vendors that “disguise” as open source. Proprietary solutions lead to lock-in, carry high license fees, and tie customers’ architectural choices to the direction of a single vendor.
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Managed PostgreSQL Datasheet
PostgreSQL is the world’s most advanced open source relational database. It provides a highly available, fault-tolerant database technology with enterprise-grade features to support the most demanding application environments. However, it can be challenging to get the best possible results due to its complexity
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Managed Redis Datasheet
Redis is the leading open source in-memory database that transforms enterprise applications and improves user experiences through low latency operations. Developers frequently choose this beloved data technology because of its high performance, versatility, and data persistence.
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Managed ZooKeeper Datasheet
Apache ZooKeeper is a powerful open source solution for coordinating and managing configuration in distributed applications. It simplifies tasks like maintaining configuration details, enabling distributed synchronization, and managing naming registries. Apache ZooKeeper can be used alongside multiple Apache projects such as Apache Pinot™ and Apache Flink®. Apache ZooKeeper’s applications are not limited to Apache projects, as it can also be used in custom applications.
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Instablinks EP 11: Data Layer Pricing Models
In this 11th episode of Instablinks, Ben Slater, CTO of Instaclustr discusses all of the different managed service pricing models, the downfalls of using transaction based models, and how his team at Instaclustr price their managed service offerings.
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Managed Cassandra Datasheet
Countless organizations rely on Apache Cassandra, the world’s leading NoSQL database, to manage large volumes of data generated by their applications. But to effectively deploy Cassandra, you need access to a mature operational environment with 24x7 staff support.
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2017 Year In Review
We have grown considerably as a company over the last 12 months, here are some of the key key stats, releases and events that have shaped this year and demonstrated our operational expertise.
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2018 Year In Review
We have grown considerably as a company over the past 12 months. Here are some of they key stats, releases and events that have shaped 2018.
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2019 Year in Review
During 2019 our team has grown to over 100 and we opened offices in Boston and Scottsdale. Take a glance at some of our highlights from the year.
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2020 Year in Review
During 2020 our team has grown to over 125+ and we clocked in 100+ million node hours. Take a glance at some of our highlights from the year.
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Managed Apache Kafka Data Sheet
More than 80% of the Fortune 500 rely on Apache Kafka for message streaming and queueing. Kafka is second to none in its ability to support robust, event-driven architectures. But it’s also a sophisticated piece of technology that can require major investment to manage effectively.
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Company Overview
Instaclustr provides open source solutions that are really open source through three primary offerings: a managed platform, consulting, and support. Because we provide true open source solutions, we will never charge license fees or lock customers in with proprietary features.
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10 Rules for Managing PostgreSQL
In this white paper, we will cover ten rules that will help you perfect your PostgreSQL installation and get ahead of the curve.
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The Benefits of Insourcing vs. Outsourcing Open Source Data Layer Management
While there are a number of forms outsourcing can take—such as support plans, consulting, remote database administration, or managed service—managed services often provide the highest value for both initial startup and long-term needs.
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4 Tips For Migrating From Proprietary to Open Source Solutions
If you’re currently using a proprietary data layer solution and are thinking of moving to true open source, this white paper is for you. Read on to explore four valuable strategies for ensuring a successful move to open source.
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Reliable and Scalable Kafka Integrations With Apache Kafka Connect
Kafka Connect is built with similar design principles as that of Kafka and is inherently scalable and reliable. Download this whitepaper to understand few core concepts to when working with Kafka Connect
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The Advantages of Redis as an In-Memory Database for Low-Latency Applications
An in-memory database like Redis can be a powerful addition to your architecture for low-latency applications. This white paper analyzes the business value of low-latency applications, different architecture options, and the pros and cons of Redis specifically.
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The Five Biggest Challenges of Elasticsearch
Download this whitepaper to understand the impressive advantages, use cases, and a few key challenges of Elasticsearch—the popular, high performance search and analytics engine.
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Key Challenges Still Hindering Financial Institutions’ Digital Transformation
Financial institutions are the custodians of their customers’ data and money. This means they may realize significant risks whenever moving to new technologies and platforms. However, to stay competitive in the digital age, organizations have no choice but to modernize their infrastructure. This white paper covers some of the top challenges financial institutions face in digital transformation, and how organizations can best respond to those challenges.
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Real-time Anomaly Detection at Scale: 19 Billion Events per day
The whitepaper takes you through the development of Anomaly detection application that is capable of processing and vetting real-time events at a uniquely massive scale – 19 billion events per day by leveraging open source Apache Cassandra, Apache Kafka and Kubernetes container orchestration.
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Open Source Use Cases In Financial Services
Financial services organizations have to contend with growing data analysis demands while limiting or even reducing costs. These dual pressures require IT and business leaders to find ways to optimize their technology investments. In this white paper, we explore how open source technologies can help financial service organizations rise to meet these challenges.
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Fundamental Principles of Building Next-Generation Applications
Fueled by data, the next generation of applications and solutions is being built for cloud first. Scalable, adaptable, flexible, and constantly transforming, these applications are changing the way businesses are being built and are impacting the way the customers interact and use technology in their daily lives.
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Open Source is Quickly—and Rightfully—Becoming Enterprise’s First Choice
Those leading the technology decision-making within today’s largest organizations face critical decisions on whether to utilize proprietary or open source software solutions. While the former once enjoyed dominance, the tide has now turned such that open source skepticism has rightfully waned, and open source popularity has pulled even among enterprise—for good reason.
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The Unmatchable ROI of Managed Apache Kafka Service
Real-time data streaming is now becoming the standard technology method through which organizations receive and process data. Apache Kafka is quickly becoming the technology of choice for building real-time streaming data pipelines. When deciding on deploying Apache Kafka as a crucial part of your technology stack you have to consider capability management requirements. This white paper explores the best route to deploy Kafka.
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Apache Spark, Apache Kafka and Apache Cassandra Powering Intelligent Applications
Apache Cassandra is well known as the database of choice for powering the most scalable, reliable architectures available. Add Apache Spark and Apache Kafka to power intelligent applications.
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Ten Rules for Managing Apache Kafka
When it comes to rapid innovation, many of your peers in the industry are turning to Apache Kafka as a solution for their applications’ data layer. It’s the top streaming and queueing technology for large-scale, always-on applications, and has been widely adopted across the Fortune 500. Check out this white paper for valuable strategies for getting the most from your Kafka deployment.
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Understanding Apache Kafka
Apache Kafka is a hot technology amongst application developers and architects looking to build the latest generation of real-time and web-scale applications. This whitepaper will explore that statement in a bit of detail to help you understand when and why you would use Kafka in your application and some of the key considerations when developing and deploying Kafka.
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The Unmatchable ROI of Managed Cassandra Service
Scalable data deployment is mission critical irrespective of your strategy – building in-house infrastructure or outsourcing your requirement to a managed service provider? Learn which option would be the best bet to leverage.
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Avoiding the Challenges and Pitfalls of Cassandra Implementation
Big data exceeds the processing capability of the conventional database systems as it requires architecture designed to solve data storage challenges of high scalability. This White Paper outlines the most common pitfalls and mistakes to avoid in order to get the best performance of Apache Cassandra deployment.
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Managing Reliability at Scale
The 'Managing Reliability at Scale' whitepaper sets out to answer the questions on why having DBaaS service provider is more than just having someone to manage your database, how can you select the right platform and provider for your business and other relevant information that would help you make a right decision.
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PSD2: Modernizing Europe’s Payment Market
PSD2 has been built to correct this imbalance and support the build of a European payments ecosystem that enables new innovative thinking, investment and building a more competitive environment, which ultimately bodes well for the customer.
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Managed Cassandra Versus DynamoDB
A common question we hear from potential customers is “how does Cassandra compare to DynamoDB?" This whitepaper provides a detailed comparison of the two technologies to determine the best approach for your application.
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