Real-Time Data Processing with Stream Analytics
Real-Time Data Processing with Stream Analytics Real-time data processing helps you react to events as they happen. It turns scattered data into quick insights and faster decisions. You design a pipeline that ingests an event, processes it in seconds or milliseconds, and writes results to a dashboard, a database, or an alerting system. The goal is to keep latency low while staying reliable. A typical setup has three parts. First, a streaming source collects events from apps, sensors, or logs. Next, a stream processor runs lightweight calculations and windowed summaries. Finally, a sink stores results or drives live visuals. Popular tools include Kafka or cloud services for ingestion, Apache Flink or Spark Structured Streaming for processing, and dashboards or data stores for output. ...