A lively conversation with Matt Leming, Anthony Papageorgiou, and Dale Lane about Kafka not only running on z/OS, but making the most of it alongside MQ. 
 
Additional Reading Material:
Anthony's blog post abotu mainframe to kafka options: https://medium.com/@anthonypapageorgiou/from-cobol-to-kafka-ac8cfb96f238
Dale Lane's blog (all things Kafka): https://www.ibm.com/products/event-automation/resources
Open Enterprise SDK for Apache Kafka (COBOL, C/C++): https://www.ibm.com/products/open-enterprise-sdk-apache-kafka
MQ Connectors:https://github.com/ibm-messaging/kafka-connect-mq-sourcehttps://github.com/ibm-messaging/kafka-connect-mq-sink
Kafka Connect MQ connectors on z/OS:Overview - https://community.ibm.com/community/user/integration/blogs/amy-mccormick/2023/06/29/unlock-events-in-mission-critical-systemsSetup - https://ibm.github.io/event-automation/es/connecting/mq/zos/Performance - https://community.ibm.com/community/user/integration/blogs/anthony-sharkey1/2023/07/31/ibm-mq-for-zos-933-performance-of-kafka-connectors

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