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Building Real-Time Data Pipelines with Kafka, Telegraf, and InfluxDB 3

When milliseconds matter and data never stops flowing, you need a pipeline that can handle high-velocity streaming data with reliability and scale. The modern streaming stack of Kafka, Telegraf, and InfluxDB 3 Core delivers exactly that. To give you a concrete example, this blog works with a fictitious use case: “Papa Giuseppe’s Pizzeria.” Every oven, prep station, and order in this pizza restaurant generates data. Our workflow looks like this.

Future-Proofing Your Historian with a Time Series Database

As technology scales and data volumes accelerate, organizations face a pressing challenge: how can they modernize data infrastructure without putting daily operations at risk? Data historians, specialized databases that capture and store time-stamped machine and sensor data, have long been the foundation for reliability and compliance. However, they were not designed for the openness and advanced analytics that modern workloads demand.

Kafka UI: Connect to Kafka Brokers, Produce and View Messages

As part of our mission to help developers "Start with Aiven", we built a new plugin to make working with Apache Kafka easier. The Kafka UI Connect plugin allows you to interact with your Kafka clusters directly from any JetBrains IDE (e.g., IntelliJ, PyCharm). No more juggling multiple applications!

Exploring cloud analytics solutions for efficient data processing

In the ever-evolving digital landscape, organisations are increasingly turning to sophisticated systems that can handle their growing data needs efficiently. Cloud analytics solutions have emerged as a powerful approach for businesses looking to extract value from their information without overwhelming technical complexity or excessive costs. These platforms combine the flexibility of cloud computing with powerful analytical capabilities, creating an environment where data can truly drive decision-making.

How Smart Equipment Is Revolutionizing Drilling and Completion Operations

Drilling technology has advanced significantly. Today, smart equipment is helping operators save millions. For example, companies using automated systems report up to 15% cost savings and 25% faster drilling. So, what exactly is "smart equipment"? In oil and gas, it includes tools with IoT sensors, AI-powered systems, and automated control mechanisms. These tools collect, analyze, and act on real-time data, reducing human error and boosting efficiency.

Structured Data Demystified: A Practical Guide for Better Search Visibility

Structured data is a standardized approach to organizing and annotating information on web pages, making it easier for search engines to interpret and display website content accurately. Rather than being visible to website visitors, structured data exists within the site's code, providing clear, machine-readable cues about what each section, item, or attribute represents. This communication enables search engines to offer more informative and visually compelling search results, setting a strong foundation for discoverability and digital success.

Diskless 2.0: Unified, Zero-Copy Apache Kafka

We’ve added Tiered Storage to Diskless Kafka—using plain old KIP-405 as the read-optimizer, Diskless Kafka materializes fast-to-read segments—unifying Tiered and Diskless into a single path. This leverages production-grade Tiered Storage plugin, removes the need for bespoke components, and simplifies the community discussion. We’ve also upgraded KIP-1150 and KIP-1163 to address the community’s most pressing questions such as transactions and queues support.