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May 15, 2025

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May 15, 2025

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May 15, 2025
Release 94.2: Google MSK, Data Inspect, and A+ Docker Health

This minor release from Factor House introduces support for GCP MSK and new feature improvements such as data inspect display options, AVRO Date Logical Type formatting, flat CSV export, and fixes a bug in consumer offset reset!

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May 8, 2025

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May 8, 2025
Set Up Kpow with Confluent Cloud

A step-by-step guide to configuring Kpow with Confluent Cloud resources including Kafka clusters, Schema Registry, Kafka Connect, and ksqlDB.

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May 8, 2025

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February 27, 2025

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February 27, 2025

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February 27, 2025
Release 94.1: Streams Agent, Consumer Offset Management, and Helm Charts

This major version release from Factor House improves consumer offset management, Kafka Streams telemetry, extra data inspect capabilities and new Helm Charts!

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February 27, 2025
Releasing Software at Factor House: Our Java Compatibility and Evolution Strategy

At Factor House, delivering reliable software is at the heart of everything we do. A key aspect of this commitment lies in our approach to managing Java compatibility. This blog post outlines our current release process and future plans for evolving Java support, including our approach to deprecating older versions in a way that respects the needs of diverse customer bases.

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February 27, 2025

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February 27, 2025

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February 27, 2025
Updates to container specifics (DockerHub and Helm Charts)

Discover how our 94.1 release has streamlined DockerHub, Helm Charts, and AWS Marketplace deployments!

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February 27, 2025

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February 27, 2025

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February 27, 2025
A final goodbye to OperatrIO

2025 is a pivotal moment at Factor House (formally Operatr.IO). We've announced our fundraise and have much more to announce about our roadmap this year. This is why we think that now is the perfect time to do a bit of spring cleaning and retire the io.operatr artifacts for good.

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February 27, 2025

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February 27, 2025

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