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Robert Metzger

Robert Metzger

Robert Metzger

Robert Metzger is a PMC member of the Apache Flink project and a co-founder and an engineering lead at Ververica. He is the author of many Flink components including the Kafka and YARN connectors. Robert studied Computer Science at TU Berlin and worked at IBM Germany and at the IBM Almaden Research Center in San Jose. He is a frequent speaker at conferences such as the Hadoop Summit, ApacheCon and meetups around the world.

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Ververica Platform

Announcing Ververica Platform 2.8

by Daisy Tsang October 17, 2022

The latest minor release includes an improved High Availability service, improvements to user experience, and vulnerability fixes! The patch release of Apache Flink 1.15.2 includes several bug fixes,...

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Ververica Platform

Announcing Ververica Platform 2.7 for Apache Flink® 1.15

by Daisy Tsang July 12, 2022

The latest minor release includes full support for Flink 1.15, several improvements to the user experience, and a brand new look! The recent release of Apache Flink 1.15 brings a number of exciting...

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General | Company Updates

Introducing Ververica’s New Brand Identity

by Alexander Walden June 21, 2022

Today we are extremely excited to introduce our new visual brand identity for Ververica and our products, such as Ververica Platform! This has been in the works for many months, and a project we...

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Apache Flink, Ververica Platform

Security Advisory - Log4Shell

by Konstantin Knauf December 17, 2021

What is Log4Shell? A Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability was discovered in the popular Java logging library, Log4j. It is tracked via CVE-2021-44228 and is known as Log4Shell. This is a serious...

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Ververica Platform

Announcing Ververica Platform 2.6 for Apache Flink® 1.14

by Konstantin Knauf November 02, 2021

New release enables Apache Flink users to address new mixed batch/stream application use cases and simplify operation of stream processing systems at scale. On September 29, the developers at...

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Apache Flink
by Robert Metzger November 18, 2019

Announcing Flink Community Packages

Today, we are excited to announce the launch of Flink Community Packages — a website that showcases...

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Ververica Platform, enterprise software, Flink on Kubernetes, Flink on K8s, Kubernetes stream processing deployment, DevOps
Ververica Platform
by Robert Metzger September 05, 2018

Announcing Data Artisans Platform 1.2 with major new Enterprise Security features

Today, data Artisans is announcing the availability of data Artisans Platform 1.2, with major new...

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Google GKE, Kubernetes Engine, Ververica Platform, Flink on Kubernetes, Flink on K8s.
Ververica Platform
by Robert Metzger June 18, 2018

Getting Started with Ververica Platform on Google Kubernetes Engine

Overview Ververica Platform is a production-ready platform for stream processing with Apache...

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how to size a Flink cluster, Flink cluster, Flink Kubernetes scaling, Flink on K8s, Apache Flink
Apache Flink
by Robert Metzger January 11, 2018

How To Size Your Apache Flink Cluster Back-of-the-Envelope Calculation

A favorite session from Flink Forward Berlin 2017 was Robert Metzger's "Keep It Going: How to...

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Kafka, Flink, Apache Kafka, Apache Flink, event streaming, data streaming
Apache Flink
by Robert Metzger September 02, 2015

Kafka + Flink: A Practical, How-To Guide

A very common use case for Apache Flink™ is stream data movement and analytics. More often than...

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