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MQTT vs Kafka: An IoT Advocate’s Perspective (Part 2 – Kafka the Mighty)
In Part 1 of this series, we started to compare the uses of Kafka and MQTT within an IoT infrastructure. It was concluded that in a basic publish-and-subscribe model of an IoT device, Kafka might simply be overkill. However, we also...
MQTT vs Kafka: An IoT Advocate's Perspective (Part 1 - The Basics)
With the Kafka Summit fast approaching, I thought it was time to get my hands dirty and see what it’s all about. As an advocate for IoT, I heard about Kafka but was too embedded in protocols like MQTT to investigate...
Come See Us at Kafka Summit London 2022
Get ready, because InfluxData and the InfluxDB maintainer team are preparing for Kafka Summit London 2022, April 25 – 26, and we want to see you there. You can find us at booth G6, where our team will be available to...
Using Google Workspace Data for Security Observability
This article was originally published in The New Stack. Keeping your systems secure is a never-ending challenge. Not only is it necessary to monitor and secure your own tech stack, but each new service a company uses creates another potential avenue...
Managing Time Series Data in Industrial IoT
Thsi article was originally published in The New Stack. Posted here with permission. The industrial revolution was a watershed period in human history. The shift from piecemeal, cottage-industry work to mechanized manufacturing transformed the way humans work. Since the 18th century,...
How to Time Your Data Collection with Telegraf Agent Settings
Many Telegraf and InfluxDB users often spend a lot of time finding that perfect balance of getting the data they want in while not writing in too much data that they have to deal with unnecessary data in their database. This...
Modernizing Network Monitoring with InfluxDB and Telegraf
This article was originally published in The New Stack. As the technology landscape continues to change at a rapid pace, enterprise companies are in a rush to catch up and modernize their legacy IT and network infrastructure to capture the benefits...
WP Engine Uses InfluxDB to Power Observability on a Global Scale
The WP Engine platform provides brands the solutions they need to create remarkable sites and apps on WordPress that drive their business forward faster. It hosts over 1.5 million websites, serving over 175,000 customers in more than 150 different countries, and...
Getting Started with R and InfluxDB
This article was written by Gourav Singh Bais and was originally published in The New Stack. As a data professional, you may come across some datasets with few independent variables (input variables). One variable would be time, and the other can...
TL;DR InfluxDB Tech Tips: Converting InfluxQL Queries to Flux Queries
If you’re a 1.x user of InfluxDB, you’re most likely more familiar with InfluxQL than you are with Flux. To gain a deep understanding of Flux, it’s important to understand: The basics of the language Annotated CSV, the output format of...