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        <title>Aiven Blog | John Hammink</title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Introducing Aiven for PostgreSQL® change data capture]]></title>
            <link>https://aiven.io/blog/introducing-aiven-for-postgresql-change-data-capture</link>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[(Updated) How does PostgreSQL capture changes in data? Read this post for a look at the methods available. ]]></description>
            <dc:creator>John Hammink</dc:creator>
            <dc:creator>Francesco Tisiot</dc:creator>
            <dc:creator>Auri Poso</dc:creator>
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            <title><![CDATA[Aiven launches Karapace for Apache Kafka® schema and cluster management]]></title>
            <link>https://aiven.io/blog/aiven-launches-karapace-for-kafka-schema-and-cluster-management</link>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Karapace is the only open-source, drop-in alternative to Schema Registry and Kafka® REST. Read to find out more about Aiven's open-source contribution.]]></description>
            <dc:creator>John Hammink</dc:creator>
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            <title><![CDATA[Aiven now offers Apache Kafka MirrorMaker® 2.0 as a service]]></title>
            <link>https://aiven.io/blog/aiven-now-supports-kafka-mirrormaker-2</link>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[We now do MirrorMaker! And it's great.]]></description>
            <dc:creator>John Hammink</dc:creator>
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            <title><![CDATA[Apache Kafka® 2.5 now available on Aiven]]></title>
            <link>https://aiven.io/blog/apache-kafka-2-5-available-on-aiven</link>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The latest edition of Apache Kafka, 2.5, is now available on Aiven as a managed service. Find out what they are and how to get it.]]></description>
            <dc:creator>John Hammink</dc:creator>
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            <title><![CDATA[View Apache Kafka® messages live in the Aiven Console]]></title>
            <link>https://aiven.io/blog/kafka-messages-ui-announcement</link>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Viewing Apache Kafka® messages live from the Aiven Console provides a host of benefits. Find out what they are and how to set it up in this post.]]></description>
            <dc:creator>John Hammink</dc:creator>
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            <title><![CDATA[PostgreSQL® 12 performance on GCP and AWS [Benchmark]]]></title>
            <link>https://aiven.io/blog/postgresql-12-gcp-aws-performance</link>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[We look at Aiven for PostgreSQL version 12 plan performance between Amazon Web Service and Google Cloud Platform in terms of transactions per second and cost.]]></description>
            <dc:creator>John Hammink</dc:creator>
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            <title><![CDATA[Aiven expands Elasticsearch plan sizes and lowers costs]]></title>
            <link>https://aiven.io/blog/larger-aiven-for-elasticsearch-plans-available-at-lower-cost</link>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[You can now run larger Elasticsearch workloads out of the box at lower cost. Read this post to find out more about our new plan sizes and pricing.]]></description>
            <dc:creator>John Hammink</dc:creator>
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            <title><![CDATA[Adeo takes development speed to new level with Aiven [Case Study]]]></title>
            <link>https://aiven.io/blog/adeo-and-aiven-case-study</link>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 03 Feb 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Find out how and why the third largest global player in the home improvement market use Aiven.]]></description>
            <dc:creator>John Hammink</dc:creator>
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            <title><![CDATA[How to build a data pipeline with StreamSets and Aiven]]></title>
            <link>https://aiven.io/blog/how-to-build-a-pipeline-with-streamsets-and-aiven</link>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 16 Dec 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[It used to take months to design and build a data pipeline. Now you can do it in minutes with open source tools and Aiven managed services.]]></description>
            <dc:creator>John Hammink</dc:creator>
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            <title><![CDATA[Aiven supports managed PostgreSQL® 12]]></title>
            <link>https://aiven.io/blog/aiven-releases-postgesql-12</link>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 15 Nov 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[PostgreSQL 12 is now available on Aiven. Find out how it'll greatly improve space usage and partitioning, and how you can access it today!]]></description>
            <dc:creator>John Hammink</dc:creator>
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            <title><![CDATA[Aiven adds SOC 2 to list of security standards]]></title>
            <link>https://aiven.io/blog/aiven-adds-soc2-to-list-of-security-standards</link>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 10 Oct 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[By achieving SOC 2 status, Aiven further demonstrates dedication to data assurance. Learn more about why this important in our latest post.]]></description>
            <dc:creator>John Hammink</dc:creator>
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            <title><![CDATA[Aiven supports SAML login]]></title>
            <link>https://aiven.io/blog/aiven-supports-saml-authentication</link>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 07 Oct 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Customers can now include their Aiven projects in their SAML authentication workflows; find out how to implement it in the Aiven platform.]]></description>
            <dc:creator>John Hammink</dc:creator>
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            <title><![CDATA[Aiven now provides Kafka Connect as separate service]]></title>
            <link>https://aiven.io/blog/aiven-kafka-connect-as-a-service</link>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 11 Sep 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[With Kafka Connect as a Service, you can remove resource competition from your primary clusters, find out how.]]></description>
            <dc:creator>John Hammink</dc:creator>
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            <title><![CDATA[Migrate your Apache Cassandra® data into Aiven with sstableloader]]></title>
            <link>https://aiven.io/blog/aiven-now-supports-sstableloader</link>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 31 Jul 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Find out how to simply and quickly migrate your external Apache Cassandra® data into Aiven using sstableloader.]]></description>
            <dc:creator>John Hammink</dc:creator>
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            <title><![CDATA[An introduction to Apache Cassandra®]]></title>
            <link>https://aiven.io/blog/an-introduction-to-apache-cassandra</link>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 22 Jul 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[What exactly is a wide column data store? We take a close look at Cassandra, and cover the ins and outs of this open source database.]]></description>
            <dc:creator>John Hammink</dc:creator>
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            <title><![CDATA[The data continuum, examined]]></title>
            <link>https://aiven.io/blog/the-data-continuum-examined</link>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jul 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[To know which data store is best for your data, it's helpful to understand where your data lies on the continuum of structured to unstructured data.]]></description>
            <dc:creator>John Hammink</dc:creator>
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            <title><![CDATA[Aiven Kafka now supports SASL authentication]]></title>
            <link>https://aiven.io/blog/aiven-kafka-now-supports-SASL-authentication</link>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 24 Jun 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Aiven Kafka users can now enable SASL authentication between their applications and Aiven Kafka; find out more about it in this post.]]></description>
            <dc:creator>John Hammink</dc:creator>
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            <title><![CDATA[External Elasticsearch logging output now supported by Aiven]]></title>
            <link>https://aiven.io/blog/external-elasticsearch-logging-output-now-supported-by-aiven</link>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Aiven customers now send their service logs to external Elasticsearch services; find out more about it in this post.]]></description>
            <dc:creator>John Hammink</dc:creator>
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            <title><![CDATA[Using traditional Unix tools with the Aiven CLI]]></title>
            <link>https://aiven.io/blog/command-line-magic-with-the-aiven-cli</link>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Got bash, grep, cat and wc and want the the simplest commands to select, run and administer your Aiven services? Learn how.]]></description>
            <dc:creator>John Hammink</dc:creator>
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            <title><![CDATA[Data streaming made easy with Apache Kafka®]]></title>
            <link>https://aiven.io/blog/data-streaming-made-simple-with-apache-kafka</link>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Data streaming made easy with Apache Kafka®]]></description>
            <dc:creator>John Hammink</dc:creator>
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            <title><![CDATA[Paf chooses Aiven Kafka to reduce complexity [Case Study]]]></title>
            <link>https://aiven.io/blog/paf-chooses-aiven-kafka-to-reduce-complexity</link>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Find out why Paf trusts Aiven Kafka to help make sure that their data architecture is open and easily interfaceable.]]></description>
            <dc:creator>John Hammink</dc:creator>
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            <title><![CDATA[7 challenges that data pipelines must solve]]></title>
            <link>https://aiven.io/blog/7-challenges-that-data-pipelines-must-solve</link>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2018 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The current data landscape presents many challenges for data pipelines to overcome. Read this post to find out what they are.]]></description>
            <dc:creator>John Hammink</dc:creator>
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