MEETUP CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER What is Apache Kafka and Wayfair's Journey wit

*** THIS MEETUP HAS BEEN POSTPONE DUE TO POOR WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED AT THE TIME OF THE EVENT.

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We deeply apologize for this convenience and promise that we will be revealing a different date for this meetup soon.

We will be seeing you soon.

Join us for an Apache Kafka meetup on Tuesday February 12th from 6.30pm, hosted by Wayfair in Boston MA. The address, agenda and speaker information can be found below. See you there!

Agenda:

EVENT POSTPONED

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First Talk

Speaker:
Viktor Gamov

Title:
What is Apache Kafka, and What is a Streaming Platform?

Abstract:
Streaming platforms have emerged as a popular, new trend, but what exactly is a streaming platform? Part messaging system, part Hadoop made fast, part fast ETL and scalable data integration, with Apache Kafka at the core, streaming platforms offer an entirely new perspective on managing the flow of data. This talk will explain what a streaming platform such as Apache Kafka is and some of the use cases and design patterns around its use—including several examples of where it is solving real business problems. New developments in this area such as KSQL will also be discussed.

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Second Talk

Speakers:
Fred Oettinger & Vinay Narayana

Title:
The Kafka Journey at Wayfair

Abstract:
Kafka is the messaging platform of choice at Wayfair. Kafka went through an extraordinary growth at Wayfair over the last 2 years growing from 1 data center to 7. Attend this session to understand why Wayfair decided to implement Kafka, how our approach has evolved over time, configurations choices we made, some common issues, and touch on where we’re headed going forward. By breaking down our reasons and approach with Kafka, it will help describe some of the challenges we face, and provide color to the decisions we’ve made.

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