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Integrating data visualization tools with databases like InfluxDB is crucial for developers looking to enhance analytical capabilities and derive actionable insights from complex datasets. Grafana, Tableau, and Apache Superset—all of which you can use with InfluxDB—are popular visualization tools with different features and benefits.

BigQuery continuous queries enable the reverse ETL pattern. You can now stream your enriched data from BigQuery back to the operational data layer using Aiven for Apache Kafka. BigQuery enables customers to quickly generate insights about their data. Its native integration with AI tools allows organizations to transform row assets into valuable information that can be used to generate more accurate decisions, streamlining companies' growth.

Simplify cost management and drive cost reductions across all in-house and managed cloud services.

InfluxDB is all about your data: we bridge the gap between an empty database bucket and business value and provide experts to help you derive value from your data. InfluxDB expert support teams come with contracted InfluxDB 3.0 serverless products (Serverless, Cloud Dedicated) and our Clustered on-prem product. Though no customer is left to figure everything out on their own, your product selection will determine the level of custom support you receive.

Most enjoy the peace of mind cloud backups offer for all the damage the costs can do to their wallets. Microsoft Azure offers Azure Backup service to safely backup your data on Microsoft Azure cloud, allowing you to store Azure VMs and even on-premise machines and workloads. But Azure prices can be confusing, and Azure Backup is no different. To best understand how much you’re paying and why you’re paying that much, read on! Source: Azure.

Trying to refine your org structure and already using VMware Tanzu CloudHealth? You might have stumbled across the word FlexOrgs. If you have, you’re likely scratching your head and wondering what FlexOrgs are and, more importantly, if they can help you. Don’t worry. We have the answers to your FlexOrg questions (and more!). Still unsure how to get started?

Every day, employees and leaders of enterprise IT organizations make multiple decisions that affect their company’s success or failure. To stay ahead of the competition and drive innovation, an increasing number of organizations are turning to decision intelligence (DI), a relatively new field combining data science, decision theory and artificial intelligence, to augment and improve decision-making.

The Apache Kafka community is pleased to announce the release of Apache Kafka 3.8.0. As a release manager for this version, I want to personally thank all users and the team of 200+ contributors for the release of Apache Kafka 3.8.0. This was truly a community effort to bring new features and improvements to an open source streaming platform used by thousands of organizations worldwide.