Apache Kafka is used for building real-time data pipelines and streaming apps. It is horizontally scalable, fault-tolerant, and incredibly fast. And when coupled with Heroku and MuleSoft, developers can easily publish and consume data without writing any code.

In this article, we’ll walk-through the process of configuring the MuleSoft Kafka connector to connect to Apache Kafka on Heroku through SSL. Using the MuleSoft Kafka Connector, developers can streamline business processes and move data between Kafka and enterprise applications and services.

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Postman has become the standard for any developer working with APIs. It provides an intuitive interface that allows developers to easily configure, interact, and test APIs.

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PostgreSQL is one of the world’s most popular relational database management systems. Millions of developers and companies rely on PostgreSQL as their transactional data store of choice to drive application health and decision making. With Heroku Postgres, you gain the advantages of Heroku’s operational expertise of scaling applications and allow your team to quickly access data in the cloud. But how can you get data in and out of Heroku Postgres quickly and easily?

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As companies embrace omnichannel strategies, achieving a 360-degree view of their customers has become increasingly challenging. Customer 360 is a continuous discipline around delivering a reliable view of their customers and relevant attributes so that any employee or system has access to the customer information it needs to manage the customer journey. The discipline is iterative in nature and involves 5 steps as illustrated below. In this article, we will provide a detailed guide regarding one strategy you can use to capture customer information (step 2,

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In part one of this blog, I walked you through the process of setting up an Ethereum client and generating two Ether wallets for the purpose of testing. In this blog, I’ll show you how easy it is to leverage MuleSoft to connect to and send funds from one wallet to another using an Ethereum connector that was developed using Anypoint DevKit.

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In my last article, I provided an example of how you can use Anypoint Platform to connect and expose a Blockchain Proxy Layer API. The proxy layer, on top of MultiChain, provides all the benefits of Anypoint Platform and gives you granular control to share data and monitor transactions. MultiChain is just one of a growing number of blockchain platforms in the market. Within the market, there are two types of blockchain networks: public and private.

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Blockchains are slowly creeping their way into the enterprise and gaining acceptance. As Harvard researchers reveal, “No matter what the context, there’s a strong possibility that blockchain will affect your business. The very big question is when.” But what are Blockchains?

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Everyone is very excited about chatbots as the future of messaging, customer service, information delivery, etc. Facebook touts Messenger bots as AI (e.g. Jarvis) and the press gets excited about how they will change the world. But really, bots are essentially an ESB that listens for keywords and routes responses back to the user. This project will show you how to build one using Anypoint Platform.

This example project provides a framework to build a Facebook Messenger Bot that can leverage APIs built on Anypoint Platform.

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