You will have seen the Nastel Messaging Middleware Performance Benchmark Report comparing the performance of the commonly used messaging middleware platforms – IBM MQ, RabbitMQ, Apache Kafka, ActiveMQ Classic, ActiveMQ Artemis, TIBCO EMS, and Apache Pulsar. Nastel produced this using its CyBench performance benchmarking technology. StreamNative has also produced its own benchmark report focused on comparing Apache Pulsar vs. Apache Kafka using the Linux Foundation Open Messaging benchmark.

In this guide, we’ll explore the basics of using Express.js middleware. We’ll create a simple Express API from scratch, then add the middleware to it and demonstrate how to use each tool. The Express middleware tools we’re going to discuss are must-haves for your initial Express.js app setup. We’ll show you how to get started with them, and you can further configure them according to your application’s unique needs.

The world of web development happens to have ceaseless wonders in it. The arena is now reverberating with a fresh buzzword and it is blockchain technology. With an appropriate implementation of blockchain technology you can help a web page track effective databases with more panache and flamboyance.

Apache ActiveMQ is a free and open-source message broker developed by Apache Software Foundation. It is one of the well-known message brokers that supports multiple protocols such as AMQP, MQTT, Stomp, and OpenWire. It is written in Java and fully compliant with JMS 1.1 standards. Apache ActiveMQ is one of the most popular message brokers that support different types of programming languages that can be deployed on multiple platforms.

Before we go ahead with the topic, the readers must have some prior knowledge about web development and Middleware. As observed by its name, Web development is a field of computer science. The developers are responsible for developing websites, whether they are for the internet, intranet, single-page website, blog sites, or complete social media platforms. Middleware acts as a glow-in as it provides the path between the front end and back end of a computer or android based application.

Enterprises spent US$178 billion on cloud infrastructure services in 2021, 37% more than in 2020. And “global spending on cloud services is expected to reach over US$482 billion in 2022.” Clearly the use of cloud services is on the rise. But what are cloud services exactly, and why are they beneficial? Cloud services are infrastructure, platforms, or software that are hosted by third-party providers and made available to users through the internet.

Blockchains, once considered a nascent, frontier technology, have become increasingly critical infrastructure for enterprises that want to keep pace with the future of information and value transfer. A blockchain is a shared digital ledger of transactions that is duplicated and distributed across a network of computer systems. The ledger is nearly impossible to cheat or hack, because it is verified by multiple participants across the globe and underpinned by cutting-edge cryptography.

What if Aiven doesn’t provide the Apache Kafka® connector you want? Read on to learn how to use an external connector, to gather Twitter messages into Kafka.

We had a fantastic time at the Kafka Summit in London this year. It was so great to be meeting everyone face to face again after such a long break. It was interesting to see how people had progressed with their Kafka implementations. At the 2019 event people were just getting started trying out Kafka in small test environments but no one had enough production experience to know understand their needs for management at scale and production support.