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Producing Protobuf data to Kafka

Until recently, teams were building a small handful of Kafka streaming applications. They were usually associated with Big Data workloads (analytics, data science etc.), and data serialization would typically be in AVRO or JSON. Now a wider set of engineering teams are building entire software products with microservices decoupled through Kafka. Many teams have adopted Google Protobuf as their serialization, partly due to its use in gRPC.

How to level up your team's skillset with John Sundell | Mobile DevOps is a Thing! Podcast

John Sundell is a well-known authority on Swift development. He's the author of the popular swiftbysundell.com website, hosts his own podcast, produces video, and is a regular speaker at conferences around the world. All with the aim of supporting and contributing to the iOS developer community.

Does mobile need its own DevOps? with Vladimir Ivanov | Mobile DevOps is a Thing! Podcast

Our very first guest is Vladimir Ivanov, Solutions Architect from Saint Petersburg, Russia. In this episode, we discuss some of the unique challenges in mobile development that Vladimir has experienced, specifically when compared to developing for the web, as well as the main ideas behind DevOps, and the tools, processes, and technologies that can help teams adopt this new culture. Thank you for watching! Please feel free to comment your thoughts below.

Hybrid API Management: Run Your API Gateways Anywhere

With the fast-growing popularity of cloud computing, an increasing number of organizations are now moving towards cloud-based solutions. Gartner predicts that1, "by 2020, 90 percent of organizations will adopt hybrid infrastructure management" where some parts of a solution would be in the cloud while other parts would be in traditional on-premises data centers.

The Case for Open Source IAM

Current estimates suggest widespread adoption of open source software (OSS) in organizations worldwide. Compared to sectors such as operating systems and big data, adoption in the security and identity management sector has been low until now. While there were a number of open source projects around libraries for security and identity management-related functionalities, there were only a few projects based on an end-to-end security or identity and access management (IAM) solution.

How To Extract Data From AWS Redshift Through SQL With Ease

SQL is one of the most widely adopted domain languages (i.e., used by over 65 percent of data scientists and analysts), which can help you access and interpret valuable data from AWS Redshift. As a modern-day decision-maker, AWS Redshift and SQL are vital components that drive your SDK. Through PostgreSQL, you can make data-based decisions with Amazon Redshift while minimizing the overall cost of your operations.