Real-Time ETL Processing with Informatica and Kafka

Introduction In today’s fast-paced digital landscape, businesses require real-time data processing to make quick and informed decisions. Traditional batch ETL processes are no longer sufficient to meet the demands of real-time data ingestion and transformation. Informatica PowerCenter, combined with Apache Kafka, provides a powerful solution for real-time ETL processing, ensuring that data is processed and delivered with minimal latency. Why Real-Time ETL Processing? Real-time ETL is essential for organizations dealing with: Live data streams from IoT devices, social media, and transactional systems. Continuous event processing in e-commerce, banking, and fraud detection. Reducing latency in data pipelines for analytics and reporting. Handling dynamic, high-velocity data without delays. Apache Kafka acts as a distributed event streaming platform that allows for high-throughput, fault-tolerant, real-time data streaming , making it an ideal choice for integrating with Informatica ...