Ted Dunning & Ellen Friedman 
Streaming Architecture [EPUB ebook] 
New Designs Using Apache Kafka and MapR Streams

More and more data-driven companies are looking to adopt stream processing and streaming analytics. With this concise ebook, youll learn best practices for designing a reliable architecture that supports this emerging big-data paradigm.Authors Ted Dunning and Ellen Friedman (Real World Hadoop) help you explore some of the best technologies to handle stream processing and analytics, with a focus on the upstream queuing or message-passing layer. To illustrate the effectiveness of these technologies, this book also includes specific use cases.Ideal for developers and non-technical people alike, this book describes:Key elements in good design for streaming analytics, focusing on the essential characteristics of the messaging layer New messaging technologies, including Apache Kafka and Map R Streams, with links to sample code Technology choices for streaming analytics: Apache Spark Streaming, Apache Flink, Apache Storm, and Apache Apex How stream-based architectures are helpful to support microservices Specific use cases such as fraud detection and geo-distributed data streams Ted Dunning is Chief Applications Architect at Map R Technologies, and active in the open source community. He currently serves as VP for Incubator at the Apache Foundation, as a champion and mentor for a large number of projects, and as committer and PMC member of the Apache Zoo Keeper and Drill projects. Ted is on Twitter as @ted_dunning.Ellen Friedman, a committer for the Apache Drill and Apache Mahout projects, is a solutions consultant and well-known speaker and author, currently writing mainly about big data topics. With a Ph D in Biochemistry, she has years of experience as a research scientist and has written about a variety of technical topics. Ellen is on Twitter as @Ellen_Friedman.