In the latest instalment of our interviews speaking to leaders throughout the world of tech, we’ve welcomed Lia Edwards. Lia leads the consultancy side of Threat Protect’s service offering having operated as CIO for several multinational corporations, including Fresnel before co-founding Threat Protect, where she provides consultancy and support on compliance and audit projects, working with clients such as KPMG among others.

There are two big gaps in the Apache Kafka project when we think of operating a cluster. The first is monitoring the cluster efficiently and the second is managing failures and changes in the cluster. There are no solutions for these inside the Kafka project but there are many good 3rd party tools for both problems. Cruise Control is one of the earliest open source tools to provide a solution for the failure management problem but lately for the monitoring problem as well.

Online stores have been on a rise for the past decade, and if the massive success of Amazon has taught us anything, it is that superior design and in-store experience can put you on that high throne. Small and big brands that are launching online stores strive to build visual experiences that are unprecedented and likely to enthrall a wider audience. Plus, they spend a lot in ensuring that the in-store experience is memorable and user-friendly.