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Migrating Kafka clusters doesn't have to be a complex or high-risk operation. In this technical walkthrough, we demonstrate how Lenses K2K managed through Lenses 6 simplifies the migration of mission-critical banking applications from Strimzi to AWS Express Brokers with minimal downtime and zero data loss.

In this episode, Drew Oetzel sits down with Ryan Anguiano, Staff Architect at @WhatIfMediaGroup to discuss their massive migration of from legacy EC2 instances to using the @Strimzi operator. Ryan shares deep technical insights into how they optimized their data streaming architecture, including their use of EKS, EBS storage striping, and why the 12-Factor App methodology was the key to migrating over 100 services in just a few months.

AI agents are only as good as the data they can access. In this video, we explore the Model Context Protocol (MCP) and how it creates a bridge between AI models and Apache Kafka. Learn how MCP allows AI agents to securely produce, consume, and manage Kafka topics in real-time—transforming your event streams into actionable context for LLMs.

What’s New in Lenses 6.1.