July 2019 - Using Apache Kafka and Cassandra to Scale Next Gen Apps

Come out to the Monthly Meeting for the Data Engineering group. We are super excited to have a great presentation that will present on using Kafka and Cassandra to build Next Gen Applications

This month we will have food provided by Instaclustr! Instaclustr delivers reliability at scale through the integrated data platform of open source technologies such as Apache Cassandra, Apache Spark, Apache Kafka and Elasticsearch. Our expertize stems from delivering over 40+ million node hours under management. We provide a range of managed, consulting and support services to help our customers develop and deploy solutions around open source technologies. Learn more at https://www.instaclustr.com/.

Presentation - Using Apache Kafka and Apache Cassandra to Scale Next Gen Applications

Adoption of open source software (OSS) at the enterprise level has flourished, as more businesses discover the considerable advantages that open source solutions hold over their proprietary counterparts, and as the enterprise mentality around open source continues to shift.

Join us as we dive into how to identify good application candidates for Apache Cassandra and Kafka as well as best practices and common pitfalls.

This presentation will also cover:

• The origins of Apache Cassandra and Kafka and how these technologies have come to shape how next-gen applications are built.
• Production use cases of Cassandra and Kafka: Real-time payments and buying a house (Lendi and Worldpay)
• Core concepts that make the magic; Explaining the technical attributes that make your project a good fit for these technologies and the architectural patterns that make the best use of it’s capability.

Speaker - Adam Zegelin, SVP Engineering and Co-Founder, Instaclustr

As Instaclustr's founding software engineer, Adam provides the foundation knowledge of Instaclustr's capability and engineering environment. Adam is also focused on providing Instaclustr's contribution to the broader open source community on which our products and the services rely, including Apache Cassandra, Apache Spark, and other core technologies such as CoreOS and Docker. Prior to founding Instaclustr, Adam worked on large-scale big data projects with Australian Government agencies

Agenda for the Meeting

• Networking (5:30 - 5:45)
• Opening and Intros (5:45 - 6:00)
• Session (6:00 - 7:00)
• After Meeting Conversation (7:15 - 9:00) (Green Flash Brewing, 6550 Mira Mesa Blvd, San Diego, CA 92121)