Hi all,

Hope everyone is enjoying their Summer & looking forward to the 4th of July weekend! For our next event we'll be heading down to the new offices of BounceX. We also welcome back Victor Gamov, who will be speaking about Kafka on Kubernetes. *Please include your FULL NAME & bring a photo ID to the event to access the building. Upon arrival, please enter through the north elevator bank off of Vesey Street. Take the elevators to 64, walk across the bank & take the elevator up to 74.

Looking forward to seeing you there!

Talk #1:
Kafka on Kubernetes: Just because you can, doesn't mean you should!

Abstract:

When it comes to choosing a distributed streaming platform for real-time data pipelines, everyone knows the answer: Apache Kafka! And when it comes to deploying applications at scale without needing to integrate different pieces of infrastructure yourself, the answer nowadays is increasingly Kubernetes. However, with all great things, the devil is truly in the details. While Kubernetes does provide all the building blocks that are needed, a lot of thought is required to truly create an enterprise-grade Kafka platform that can be used in production. In this technical deep dive, Viktor will go through challenges & pitfalls of managing Kafka on Kubernetes as well as the goals & lessons learned from the development of the Confluent Operator for Kubernetes.

Speaker Bio:
Viktor Gamov is a Developer Advocate at Confluent, the company that makes a streaming platform based on Apache Kafka. Working in the field, Viktor Gamov developed comprehensive expertise in building enterprise application architectures using open source technologies. He enjoys helping different organizations design & develop low latency, scalable & highly available distributed systems.

Talk #2: TBD

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About BounceX

BounceX is a global marketing technology company that has been recognized as a best place to work by Glassdoor & Crains, & one of Americas fastest-growing SaaS companies. More than 300 companies, including JetBlue, Uniqlo, HelloFresh, & Comcast use BounceX to orchestrate real-time, multichannel marketing programs customized for every individual web visitor.

About Confluent

Confluent, founded by the original creators of Apache Kafka, pioneered the enterprise-ready event streaming platform. With Confluent, organizations benefit from the first event streaming platform built for the enterprise with the ease-of-use, scalability, security & flexibility required by the most discerning global companies to run their business in real time.