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Industry insights
February 8, 2022
Reliable data products start with resilient data processing
How to make data processing more resilient for mission-critical applications: it starts with better (and easier to manage) data pipelines.
Industry insights
January 17, 2022
The Stream — January 2022 edition
The January 2022 edition of The Stream: covering this month in stream processing on the internet.
Industry insights
January 11, 2022
The business value of usage-based pricing
Move over, subscription pricing. Usage-based pricing maximizes the value of a service for product-led growth, building trust and transparency in the process.
Industry insights
January 4, 2022
The future of the modern data stack
Five industry experts forecast how our approach to data will be transformed. Batch vs. stream processing? On-prem vs. cloud? Data lake or data mesh?
Industry insights
December 15, 2021
The Stream — December 2021 edition
The December 2021 edition of The Stream: covering this month in stream processing on the internet.
Industry insights
December 7, 2021
You got stream processing to work. Now how do you get it to scale?
Data scientists and engineers are frustrated by the challenges of scaling data infrastructure. They know what’s needed, but they lack the time, resources and expertise to implement and maintain it.
Industry insights
November 30, 2021
How does serverless compute work in stream processing?
Learn more about the infrastructure that accelerates building data driven-products. We break it down with a super-speedy explanation and video.
Industry insights
November 23, 2021
Can stream processing save us from drowning in data lakes?
Stream processing has forever changed the modern data stack. Find out how it’s revolutionizing data management, streamlining business operations and enabling companies to deliver data-driven products and services.
Industry insights
November 17, 2021
The Stream — November 2021 edition
The November 2021 edition of The Stream: covering this month in stream processing on the internet.
Industry insights
October 27, 2021
The Stream — October 2021 edition
The October 2021 edition of The Stream: covering this month in stream processing on the internet.
Industry insights
September 27, 2021
Implementing stream processing: my experience using Python libraries
I tested three Python client libraries — Apache Spark, Apache Flink, and Quix — on performance, scalability and ease of use. Here’s what I learned.
Industry insights
September 7, 2021
What Is Streaming Data? Frequently Asked Questions About Data Streaming
Streaming data is a rapidly evolving field. In this article, we answer the most frequently asked questions about why, how and when to use data streaming technology.
Industry insights
August 16, 2021
Why data scientists can’t take full advantage of real time data streaming
Real time data streaming has obvious benefits for data scientists. However, there is a significant obstacle: most libraries come in Java and Scala, while most data scientists work exclusively in Python. Here’s why real-time data streaming has (until now) been an uphill endeavor.
Industry insights
August 10, 2021
The paradigm shift in streaming data processing: brokers, streams and tables
Discover the three major shifts that streaming data processing requires, and how that delivers insights faster and more efficiently than the traditional batch data processing.
Industry insights
August 4, 2021
Kafka for real time stream processing in the real world
Understand key Kafka concepts and how it delivers unparalleled speed and capabilities for real time data stream processing
Industry insights
July 26, 2021
Why is streaming data so hard to handle?
Handling streaming data is not for the faint of heart or thin of wallet. In this post, Quix CTO Tomáš Neubauer digs into why streaming data can be so difficult to set up, complicated to manage, and costly for teams.
Industry insights
May 25, 2021
How to become a data scientist
How to become a data scientist (or develop your skills if you're already one). Our senior data scientist shares his thoughts on what it takes to start a career in this area.