There are a lot of self-service data platforms out there. And picking the one that best fits your organization’s needs can be challenging. In this article, we’ll discuss what you should expect from a self-service data platform and what features make it a good choice.

52% of customers pay more for a product if they anticipate an easy shopping experience – PWC Adyen’s research reveals a $3.3 trillion global opportunity, representing the potential revenue shift from negative to positive shopping experiences for retailers. Businesses that excel in tailoring services to meet customer needs and desires are adept at offering personalized recommendations and support throughout the entire buying journey.

As an industry built on data, financial services has always been an early adopter of AI technologies. In a recent industry survey, 46% of respondents said AI has improved customer experience, 35% said it has created operational efficiencies, and 20% said it has reduced total cost of ownership. Now, generative AI (gen AI) has supercharged its importance and organizations have begun heavily investing in this technology.

We’re excited to announce a new addition to our Kong Konnect EKS Blueprint Family: the Kong Konnect Mesh EKS Blueprint Add-on to deploy your Mesh Zones. Deploy your zones securely on AWS with the new Mesh Manager offering in Kong Konnect. It gives you an opinionated install of Kong Mesh to quickly ramp up on Kong Konnect’s Mesh Manager on Amazon EKS. Let’s dive in.

If you’re looking to build an app with realtime data APIs but don’t know which data source to use, you may find yourself struggling to get started due to the sheer amount of options available to you. In this blog, we’ll dig into some of our favorite free examples to choose from (it’s worth a quick note to remind you to check their usage license and free tier allowance). Below are data sources split into transport, weather, and currency sources.

As your organization grows, so does the complexity of managing data. It’s a critical challenge—get it wrong, and you’re facing a world of siloed and inaccurate data, compliance nightmares, and security risks. The consequences of poor data governance are not just operational hiccups; they can directly impact an organization’s performance. If you’re looking for a solution to tackle these challenges head-on, you’re in the right place.

Now you can find and purchase Kong Konnect through the Google Cloud Marketplace! Kong Konnect is the unified API platform that allows you to manage multiple gateways across service meshes, ingress, cloud, and Kubernetes providers no matter where they run — on-premises, hybrid, cloud, or multi-cloud.