StreamNative August Newsletter

Dear StreamNative Community,

In this edition of our newsletter, we’re bringing you important updates and resources to help you better manage your data streaming needs.

Product Spotlight

StreamNative Cloud Console Navigation:?

The StreamNative Cloud Console Navigation has been updated to enhance your resource management experience. The new interface enables you to focus on what matters. Experience the dynamic display of menus and contextual actions tailored to each level of your information architecture, making your workflow more efficient and intuitive. Watch the video here.

Community Spotlight

The Apache Pulsar community is thriving. The release of Apache Pulsar 3.3.1 is a testament to the dedication and collaboration that drives the project forward. The latest release brings powerful enhancements that directly benefit you. Experience a boost in performance and stability in your data streaming environment, along with the ability to leverage OpenTelemetry metrics for observability. Some of the essential highlights of this release are:

1. Improved Observability via OpenTelemetry: Enjoy better system health and the potential to resolve issues by introducing OpenTelemetry metrics. You can now get deeper insights into your system while adopting a fast-growing industry standard in observability.?
2. Enhanced Performance: Critical broker fixes improve memory management, load balancing, and message replication, ensuring a smoother and more reliable streaming experience.
3. Efficient Geo-replication: Starting geo-replication at the earliest position ensures that all messages are consistently replicated across clusters. This enhances data consistency, which is essential for global deployments.
4. Optimized Resources: Enhancements in Pulsar Functions, like optimized buffer support and improved resource management, allow for efficient use of computing resources, leading to cost savings and smoother operations of functions and connectors.
5. Increased Flexibility and Control: Features like namespace-level cluster restrictions give you more control over your data flows and security, allowing for more tailored and secure deployments.

Review the release notes here to see how these updates can benefit your projects.

Expert Insights

Sijie Guo, CEO of StreamNative, provides actionable insights in his article, Breaking Down Data Silos for Digital Transformation Success. He discusses strategies for overcoming data silos through multi-tenancy data streaming and creating a unified data culture, both critical steps for modernizing your data infrastructure.

Upcoming Events: Save the Date

Introduction to StreamNative and Apache Pulsar: Tune in for this live workshop on Tuesday, September 10th, as Dustin Nest, Technical Trainer at StreamNative, will show you how to leverage Kafka and StreamNative for real-time data processing, event-driven architectures, and more.

Kafka Current: The StreamNative team will be at Current in Austin, Texas, on September 17-18th. Want to meet us in person? Book a meeting with the StreamNative team!

Data Streaming Summit: Mark your calendars for October 28-29th for the Data Streaming Summit!

Best Regards,

StreamNative Team