https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Support-Questions/Learning-Apache-Kafka-for-Beginner/m-p/138056#M100695 <P>Apache Kafka is a high-throughput distributed messaging system developed by LinkedIn. Kafka is a distributed, partitioned commit log service, that provides the functionality of a messaging system with a unique design. It is written in Scala and does not follow JMS (Java Message Service) standards.</P><P>The best way to learn about Kafka is read the original design page <A href="http://kafka.apache.org/">http://kafka.apache.org/</A> .That will give you an overview of the motivation behind the design choices and what makes Kafka efficient. It is also a very engaging read if you are interested in systems.</P><P>In terms of adoption, Kafka is currently used in production at LinkedIn, Twitter, Tumblr, Square and a number of different companies. You can read about the uses cases that those companies found for Kafka</P><P> here : <A href="https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/Powered+By">https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/Powered+By</A></P> Sun, 14 Feb 2016 17:32:15 GMT sinha_pranshu 2016-02-14T17:32:15Z