Real-time fast data in a microservice architecture - Mark van Gool, Wehkamp

We’re excited to see you on Tuesday, November 13, for the Merapar Meetup: “Real-time fast data in a microservice architecture - where software-architecture meets data-architecture”. You’re welcome at our office from 18:00 onwards to grab a snack and drinks before we start at 18:45 with the MeetUp.

For this MeetUp we have invited Mark van Gool, data architect and product owner at Wehkamp.

Mark van Gool will take us along in the journey of Wehkamp in changing their e-commerce platform to a micro-service oriented solution. Think about microservices, kafka, (big-) data processing and data lakes, all hosted on AWS. How do you assure in an e-commerce environment in which a lot of data is generated and consumed, data is (near) real-time transported and distributed with as less dependencies and coupling as possible. This is where software-architecture and data-architecture meet each other.
At the end of the presentation he will demonstrate a mobile kafka cluster, and you all will be invited to interact with it.

Agenda
18:00 Start with pizza and drinks
18:45 Part 1 - Hosting an e-commerce platform on AWS
19:45 Break
20:15 Part 2 - Wrap-up and demo
21:00 Drinks

About Mark van Gool
After working for many years as developer and software architect. Mark changed his interest to data, data-architecture and data platforms. For him this means a way to use data, integrate and transport to and from subsystems. This subsystems both consist of microservices, as well as analytics, intelligence, data science and 3rd parties. In his role as technical product owner for the ‘tech data’ team at Wehkamp he is responsible for this.

About Merapar
At Merapar, we are specialised in design and development of scalable backend solutions and responsive front-end applications in cloud environments for the Video distribution (DTV) and IoT industries. From providing consultancy on the initial business cases and technology concepts up to a successful operational implementation. Acting as advanced development group to allow for fast introduction and deployment of new technologies and techniques. It is headquartered in the Netherlands with regional offices and staff in the UK, France and Poland.

Practical information
We have a parking lot with quite some space, yet with the expected attendance, it may be full. If so, please park your car in the direct vicinity of our building, where you’ll find additional parking space.

Any questions?
If you have some questions regarding to the MeetUp don’t hesitate to send an email to meetup@merapar.com. In case you have a last minute change or question, you can reach us at our office number +31 88 134 23 00. We’re looking forward to see you on Tuesday, November 13!