Monthly Archive

If Kafka Is Down, Everything Is Down | Wolt + Aiven

Jul 7, 2026 By Aiven In Aiven

Wolt operates in 30+ countries. Every order, every restaurant, every courier runs on the same infrastructure. When it breaks, it doesn't slow things down, it stops everything. Wolt's VP of Engineering shares why Apache Kafka sits at the heart of their platform, what seven years of partnership with Aiven looks like in practice, and how they're building the data foundation needed to get AI working at scale.

View Video

Aiven

Read more about If Kafka Is Down, Everything Is Down | Wolt + Aiven

Beyond safety and security: Why automotive open source demands dependability

Jul 6, 2026 By Jaume Rafols In Canonical

In the traditional automotive world, teams often work in silos: the cybersecurity experts lock down the ports, the quality assurance teams hunt for bugs, and the functional safety engineers track the ISO 26262 compliance. At Canonical, we believe this fragmented workflow causes friction rather than collaboration. You cannot have a safe vehicle that isn’t secure, and you cannot have a secure vehicle running on poor quality code. This friction results in a slow and rigid development process.

Read Post

Canonical

Read more about Beyond safety and security: Why automotive open source demands dependability

Building an open source chain of trust: new research uncovers key blockers and ways forward

Jul 6, 2026 By Canonical In Canonical

Canonical is pleased to share its latest research report, “The open source chain of trust.” Based on a survey of 500 DevOps professionals, the report highlights how organizations approach their open source software supply chains. While many companies are moving toward verifiable provenance and automated security workflows, internal misalignment and disjointed approaches remain serious challenges for most teams. Read the report.

Read Post

Canonical

Read more about Building an open source chain of trust: new research uncovers key blockers and ways forward

Kafka MCP: Manage Apache Kafka From Your AI Assistant

Jul 6, 2026 By Aiven In Aiven

The Aiven MCP connects Claude, Cursor, and VS Code to Apache Kafka. Inspect topics, track consumer lag, stream a database in with CDC, and manage your cluster. AIVEN DATA PLATFORM The Aiven Platform is more than a collection of open source services for streaming, storing and analyzing data. The platform ensures that all services run reliably and securely in the clouds of your choice, are observable, and can easily be integrated with each other and with external 3rd party tools.