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February 17, 2026
Rapid Kafka Diagnostics: A Unified Workflow for Root Cause Analysis

The Context Gap caused by fragmented tools hinders effective Kafka monitoring and troubleshooting, as it forces engineers to manually piece together logs and metrics. This guide demonstrates how to close that gap using Kpow's unified workflow to identify the stall, inspect the data, and resolve the incident in a single interface.

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February 17, 2026

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February 17, 2026

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February 6, 2026

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How NORD/LB transformed Kafka operations and cut debugging time in half

A German financial institution overcomes critical compliance gaps and operational inefficiencies to build a scalable, enterprise-grade streaming data platform.

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February 6, 2026

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February 6, 2026

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February 2, 2026
Kafka Observability with Kpow: Driving Operational Excellence

Apache Kafka is the central nervous system of the modern enterprise, yet operating it at scale often leads to reactive maintenance cycles. Identifying three critical gaps in context, data quality, and governance, this article introduces a comprehensive strategy to transform reactive troubleshooting into proactive operational excellence with Kpow.

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February 2, 2026

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February 2, 2026

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January 19, 2026

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January 19, 2026

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January 19, 2026
Release 95.3: Memory leak fix for in-memory compute users

95.3 fixes a memory leak in our in-memory compute implementation, reported by our customers.

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January 12, 2026

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January 12, 2026

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January 12, 2026
Release 95.2: quality-of-life improvements across Kpow, Flex & Helm deployments

95.2 focuses on refinement and operability, with improvements across the UI, consumer group workflows, and deployment configuration. Alongside bug fixes and usability improvements, this release adds new Helm options for configuring the API and controlling service account credential automounting.

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December 8, 2025

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December 8, 2025
Integrate Kpow with Oracle Compute Infrastructure (OCI) Streaming with Apache Kafka

Unlock the full potential of your dedicated OCI Streaming with Apache Kafka cluster. This guide shows you how to integrate Kpow with your OCI brokers and self-hosted Kafka Connect and Schema Registry, unifying them into a single, developer-ready toolkit for complete visibility and control over your entire Kafka ecosystem.

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December 8, 2025

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