The Future of Kafka & Streaming
Want to eliminate the "Streaming Tax" and cut Kafka TCO by 50%? Join us on March 25th as we explore how to eliminate your infrastructure debt and modernize your Kafka environment without migration risks.
Date & Time: March 25, 15:00 GMT (16:00 CET, 10:00 ET, 07:00 PT)
We will cover:
- The "Streaming Tax" - We'll deep dive into the hidden costs of eCKUs, networking markups, and block storage replication
- Inkless - We'll look at how diskless kafka can enable high performance without the toil of managing local disks
- Stateless Scaling: Evaluate the benefits of "Zero-Data Rebalancing" to add or replace nodes in minutes, drastically reducing downtime and SRE fatigue.
- Migration Blueprint - We'll show you how to migrate quickly and without risks
Don't miss this opportunity to learn how to break free from vendor lock-in and optimize your streaming economics, ensuring your infrastructure scales with your business - not your bill.
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Get to know our speakers
Senior Engineering Director, Streaming Services, Aiven
Josep Prat is a distinguished leader in the open-source community, serving as the Senior Director for Streaming Services at Aiven. With more than a decade of deep involvement in open source, he is a maintainer of several key projects, most notably Apache Kafka. His leadership journey at Aiven also includes founding and heading its Open Source Program Office (OSPO), where he shaped the company's strategy for open-source engagement and sustainability.
SVP, Customer Growth, Aiven
Jeff Mery leads all customer-facing technical teams at Aiven. He has spent more than a decade focused on open source solutions, ensuring those solutions deliver your required business outcomes. Jeff and his team work hand-in-hand with our product and engineering teams to continuously improve Aiven’s offerings using real feedback from Aiven’s users.

