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Data Inspect Enhancements in Kpow 94.5
Kpow 94.5 enhances data inspection with comma-separated kJQ Projection expressions, in-browser search, and flexible deserialization. It also adds high-performance streaming and new kJQ transforms.
Memory leak fix for compute users
95.3 fixes a memory leak in our in-memory compute implementation, reported by our customers.
Our Java compatibility and evolution strategy
This post outlines our release process and future plans for Java support at Factor House, including how we approach deprecating older versions for diverse customer bases.
Kpow, Flex, and Helm improvements
95.2 focuses on refinement and operability, with improvements across the UI, consumer group workflows, and deployment configuration, plus new Helm options for API and credential automounting.
Integrate Kpow with OCI Streaming for Kafka
Integrate Kpow with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Streaming with Apache Kafka in minutes and gain unified visibility and control over your OCI brokers and ecosystem components.
Unified community license for Kpow and Flex
The unified Factor House Community License works with Kpow and Flex Community Edition, unlocking both products with one license, making it simpler to explore, prototype, and evaluate our products.
Kpow Custom Serdes and Protobuf v4.31.1
This post explains an update in the version of protobuf libraries used by Kpow, and a possible compatibility impact this update may cause to user defined Custom Serdes.
Unified Factor House experience
95.1 delivers a cohesive experience across Factor House products, licensing, and brand, introducing a new license portal, refreshed branding, and a unified Community License for Kpow and Flex.
A final goodbye to OperatrIO
2025 is a pivotal moment at Factor House, formerly Operatr.IO. We've announced our fundraise and have more to share about our roadmap this year, so it's time to retire the io.operatr artifacts.