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Industry Apache Kafka 4.3.0: A guide for platform engineers
Kafka 4.3.0 covers broker cordoning, partition size metrics, share group tuning, and tiered storage fixes. Here's what platform engineers need to act on.
Product Data lineage support in Factor Platform
Learn how Factor Platform brings OpenLineage metadata into your Kafka environment, making data ownership, PII classification, and lineage visible by default.
Industry What the IBM-Confluent deal means for Kafka users
IBM's $11B Confluent acquisition raises questions for Kafka users. Assess your lock-in risk across Schema Registry, managed connectors, and operational tooling.
Best Flink tools for self-managed Apache Flink
Flex ranks first of five tools for self-managed Apache Flink, scored on governance per person and job, one view across clusters and staying out of the data path.
Best Kafka management tools for transport and logistics companies
Kpow ranks first of six Kafka management tools for transport and logistics companies such as Schneider, Knight-Swift, US Foods and 90POE, scored on the data path, search, clusters and access.
Best Kafka management tools for sports betting and iGaming operators
Kpow, used by FanDuel, ranks first of six Kafka management tools for sports betting and iGaming operators, scored on the data path, production access, audit, masking and search.
Best Kafka management tools for technology and SaaS companies
Kpow ranks first of six Kafka tools for technology and SaaS companies, scored on the data path, multi-cluster reach and monitoring. HPE, ServiceNow, Garmin, TripleLift and JobNimbus run Kpow.
Best Kafka management tools for telecommunications companies
Kpow ranks first of six Kafka management tools for telecommunications companies such as Belong, scored on subscriber data masking, topic inspection and staying out of the data path.
Best Kafka tools for Apache Kafka Connect
Kpow ranks first of seven Kafka tools for Apache Kafka Connect, scored on the data path, production access, per-person audit, sign-in, shared clusters and connector operations, with TD Bank's use.
Best Kafka UI tools for Apicurio Registry
Kpow ranks first of seven Kafka UI tools for Apicurio Registry, scored on data path, access, audit, sign-in and work through Apicurio's Confluent-compatible API.
Best Kafka UI tools for Azure Event Hubs
Kpow ranks first of seven Kafka UI tools for the Azure Event Hubs Kafka endpoint, scored on the data path, production access, per-person audit, sign-in, shared namespaces and Event Hubs fit.
Best Kafka UI tools for Confluent Schema Registry
Kpow ranks first of seven Kafka UI tools for Confluent Schema Registry, with TD and NORD/LB among its users, on data path, access, audit and registry depth.