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Category: Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK)

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How Cornerstone Built a Full-Fledged Apache Kafka Replication Using Amazon MSK Connect

Cornerstone Consulting Group developed a plugin to simplify migrating on-premises or Amazon EC2 self-managed Apache Kafka clusters to Amazon MSK. The plugin automates MirrorMaker 2 replication, scales connectors, and integrates monitoring and notifications. It supports requirements like zero data loss, minimal code changes, auto-scaling, and performance/security parity. The plugin eases complex setup steps, working seamlessly for a smooth cutover to Amazon MSK after replication completes.

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How to Unlock Real-Time Data Streams with CockroachDB and Amazon MSK

Managing an Apache Kafka deployment can be complex and resource intensive, often requiring additional support. Integrating Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK) and CockroachDB in your Kafka deployment enables a plethora of use cases, including real-time analytics, event-driven microservices such as inventory management, and the ability to archive data for audit logging. This post offers a step-by-step guide to integrate Amazon MSK within the CockroachDB platform.

Build Real-Time Streaming Analytics and Event-Driven Architecture with Amazon MSK Delivery Partners

The Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (MSK) Delivery specialization makes it easy for customers find validated AWS Partners with proven success delivering migrations and building solutions on Amazon MSK. Amazon MSK Delivery Partners are proficient in expeditiously implementing Amazon MSK integrations with other AWS services to improve the scope and specificity of real-time analytics.

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Archiving Amazon MSK Data to Amazon S3 with the Lenses.io S3 Kafka Connect Connector

Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK) is a fully managed, highly available, and secure Apache Kafka service that makes it easy to build and run applications that use Kafka to process steaming data. Learn how to use the new open source Kafka Connect Connector (StreamReactor) from Lenses.io to query, transform, optimize, and archive data from Amazon MSK to Amazon S3. We’ll also demonstrate how to use Amazon Athena to query the partitioned parquet data directly from S3.

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Analyze Streaming Data from Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka Using Snowflake 

When streaming data comes in from a variety of sources, organizations should have the capability to ingest this data quickly and join it with other relevant business data to derive insights and provide positive experiences to customers. Learn how you can build and run a fully managed Apache Kafka-compatible Amazon MSK to ingest streaming data, and explore how to use a Kafka connect application to persist this data to Snowflake. This enables businesses to derive near real-time insights into end users’ experiences and feedback.

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How Behalf Met its Streaming Data Scaling Demands with Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka

To be a successful fintech startup, companies have to build solutions fast so the business can achieve its goals. However, you can’t compromise on security, reliability, or support. As an AWS Financial Services Competency Partner, Behalf is committed to delivering reliable, secure, low-cost payment processing and credit options to business customers. Learn how Behalf chose Amazon MSK to meet its increasing streaming data needs in a reliable and cost-efficient manner.