Kafka Support Services
Apache Kafka consulting support services with 24/7 live support. Our engineers work side-by-side with your development, DevOps, Ops, and management teams to assist with design, optimization, upgrades, audits, monitoring, training, and troubleshooting.
No licensing fees. We support open source software.
- Resident Solution Architect
An extended support engagement with one or more Kafka experts working with your team for comprehensive advising on the design and implementation of Kafka. - Architecture Design Workshop
A two-day intensive with your team working side-by-side with a Kafka solution architect to design a real-time data and stream processing solution tailored for your use case. - Kafka Team Training
A one-day, instructor-led training on Kafka fundamentals and core concepts for up to 10 team members to achieve a foundational understanding of Kafka. - Tailored Engagements
Contact us to arrange a custom Kafka consulting plan or resident Kafka support engagement.
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Kafka Support & Consulting
Apache Kafka consulting support services, with 24/7 live support. Our engineers work side-by-side with your development, DevOps, Ops, and management teams to assist with design, optimization, upgrades, audits, monitoring, training, and troubleshooting.
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Kafka Support Topics
Kafka consulting services are tailored to meet your goals, whether they are to have a third party, such as Dattell, manage your real-time streaming platform or growing your in-house expertise to manage Kafka internally. A wide variety of services can be covered throughout a Kafka consulting project such as performing a health check on your current solution, implementing optimizations, setting up monitoring, and training your team.
Working together. Each engagement has a dedicated Kafka expert that serves as an extension of your team. Your Kafka engineer will work with you using your preferred messaging service (such as Slack and Microsoft Teams); on video chat (Zoom, Google Meet, etc.); and over email, text, and phone. Both planned meetings and impromptu discussions are encouraged.
Architecture & Development. Audit of your existing solution, review of best practices, optimizations, recommendations for hardware, and assistance with implementation and deployment
Cloud & On-Prem Deployments. Kafka development and optimization on AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, and on-prem
Kafka Upgrades. Review of production upgrade plans and provide guidance to maintain your SLAs
Training & Mentoring. Basic and advanced training tailored to your specific use case and familiarity with Kafka
Health Check & Preventative Maintenance. Assessment of reliability, scalability, latency, throughput, monitoring, log management, hardware, and preventative maintenance
Experts in Supporting Technologies. Such as Elastic Stack support services, Zookeeper, Docker, Elastalert, and more
Security. Meet all of your security goals, including but not limited to authorization, authentication, and encryption
Managed Kafka. 24/7 Live support available with fully managed Kafka as a service on your environment. Learn more about managed Kafka with 99.999% uptime guarantee.
Working together. Each engagement has a dedicated Kafka expert that serves as an extension of your team. Your Kafka engineer will work with you using your preferred messaging service (such as Slack and Microsoft Teams); on video chat (Zoom, Google Meet, etc.); and over email, text, and phone. Both planned meetings and impromptu discussions are encouraged.
Architecture & Development. Audit of your existing solution, review of best practices, optimizations, recommendations for hardware, and assistance with implementation and deployment
Cloud & On-Prem Deployments. Kafka development and optimization on AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, and on-prem
Kafka Upgrades. Review of production upgrade plans and provide guidance to maintain your SLAs
Training & Mentoring. Basic and advanced training tailored to your specific use case and familiarity with Kafka
Health Check & Preventative Maintenance. Assessment of reliability, scalability, latency, throughput, monitoring, log management, hardware, and preventative maintenance
Experts in Supporting Technologies. Such as Elastic Stack support services, Zookeeper, Docker, Elastalert, and more
Security. Meet all of your security goals, including but not limited to authorization, authentication, and encryption
Managed Kafka. Fully managed Kafka as a service on your environment with 99.999% uptime guarantee. Learn more about managed Kafka here.
Resources for new Clients
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Resources for Kafka Education and Optimization
What is Kafka Connect?
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Kafka Uses Consumer Groups for Scaling Event Streaming
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Comparing Confluent Kafka and Apache Kafka
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