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How Data Stack Modernization is Helping Kroo Bank Secure its Challenger Status

From the beginning, Kroo’s architecture was designed with future scalability in mind, using PostgreSQL as its database and Apache Kafka as the mechanism for message distribution. By embracing an asynchronous infrastructure, Kroo can also independently scale different parts of its system, improving efficiency and responsiveness. After securing its full UK banking license in 2022, Kroo launched its current account. In the next 12 months alone, it secured an impressive 150,000 customers.

Go Client Library for InfluxDB 3.0

In a world driven by data, efficient time series data management is a growing concern. APIs play a significant role in automating tasks, especially in cloud-based environments. Go, with its high performance and concurrency, is quickly becoming one of the standard languages for writing cloud infrastructure and utilities for managing streams of data.

The Growing Role of Data Science in Technology

Have you ever wondered how your favorite apps predict what you want to watch or buy? In today's world, data drives much of what we experience in technology. From smartphones to smart cities, data science shapes how tools, systems, and services are built and improved. As technology advances, data becomes even more critical in solving problems, improving efficiency, and enhancing user experiences. In this blog, we will share how data science plays a key role in shaping the technology of today and the future.

The Role of Intelligence Analysis in National Security

The United States faces an increasingly complex security landscape, marked by cyberattacks, terrorism, and global political instability. Intelligence analysis has become the backbone of national security efforts, transforming raw data into actionable insights that protect the nation. With agencies collecting vast amounts of information daily, the challenge lies in connecting the dots to foresee threats and inform critical decisions.

Is the Data Economy the World's Greatest Operating Environment?

This is the second piece in our Data Economy series. While the first, available here, looked at the data economy as a whole and why it is important, this piece looks more specifically at the environment around the data economy. This includes both the environment needed for it to thrive and the ecosystem of companies and businesses that are being created in order to evolve it.

Unlocking the Power of Data and Analytics in Australia with Tridant

Data and analytics might sound like tech buzzwords, but they play a huge role in shaping businesses and our everyday lives. Imagine trying to navigate through a dense forest without a map-that's what running a business without data insights feels like. Tridant, a leading data and analytics firm in Australia, helps organizations turn complex data into clear insights, enabling smarter decisions. But how do data and analytics really work, and why are they so crucial? Let's dive into this fascinating world.

Apache DataFusion is Now the Fastest Single Node Engine for Querying Apache Parquet Files

This blog was originally published on Apache DataFusion Project News & Blog I am extremely excited to announce that Apache DataFusion 43.0.0 is the fastest engine for querying Apache Parquet files in ClickBench. It is faster than both DuckDB and chDB/Clickhouse using the same hardware. It also marks the first time a Rust based engine holds the top spot, which has previously been held by traditional C/C++ based engines.

Data Pipelining with InfluxDB

In this blog post, we’ll explore how to build a data pipeline using Kafka, Faust, and InfluxDB to effectively ingest, transform, and store data. We’ll start with an overview of Kafka, a high-performance messaging platform, and Faust, a Python library designed for stream processing, now maintained by the community as Faust-streaming.

The Data Economy: A One Trillion Euro Windfall for Europe in 2025

By all accounts, Europe is expected to land a lottery jackpot next year. Indeed, according to the European Commission, the region is tipped to be almost one trillion Euros (EUR 829 billion) better off on account of the growth in the data economy. At a time when we’re surrounded by uncertainty and conflict, and with the threat of recession stubbornly hanging over the region, it’s also a moment that raises several important questions as we head into 2025.