Empowering Data-Driven Organizations with Cloudera Flow Management 4 (powered by Apache NiFi 2.0)
Apache NiFi has long been a cornerstone for data engineering, providing a powerful and flexible framework for data ingestion, transformation, and distribution. As a leading contributor to NiFi, Cloudera has been instrumental in driving its evolution and adoption. With the recent release of Cloudera Flow Management 4.0 in Technical Preview as the first NiFi 2.0-based Cloudera Flow Management release, we are excited to showcase the enhanced capabilities and how Cloudera continues to lead the way in data flow management.
The Value of NiFi 2.0 and Cloudera Flow Management 4.0
Cloudera Flow Management 4.0 (powered by Apache NiFi 2.0) introduces significant improvements, including:
Enhanced Performance: NiFi 2.0 boasts significant performance enhancements, handling data flows more efficiently and scaling to larger workloads. These enhancements give users more power and reliability to ingest, process, and distribute larger and more complex data sets.
Streamlined Development: The new flow canvas interface and improved drag-and-drop functionality make flow development faster and more intuitive. This significantly decreases flow development time, leading to cost savings.
Advanced Security: NiFi 2.0 introduces enhanced security features, including improved encryption and authentication mechanisms. This provides more confidence in a secure and reliable system for processing sensitive data.
Expanded Integrations: NiFi 2.0 seamlessly integrates with a wider range of data sources and systems, expanding its applicability across various use cases. Cloudera Flow Management 4.0 specifically retains components to support integrations to applications in Cloudera where many components such as Hive and Accumulo were removed in Apache NiFi 2.0. In addition, Cloudera Flow Management 4.0 includes new integrations such as Change Data Capture (CDC) capabilities for relational database systems as well as Iceberg. This allows users to design their own end-to-end systems using Cloudera applications as well as external systems .
Native Python Processor Development: NiFi 2.0 provides a Python SDK for which processors can be rapidly developed in Python and deployed in flows. Some common document parsing processors written in Python are included in the release. Cloudera Flow Management 4.0 specifically adds components for embedding data, ingesting into vector databases, prompting several GenAI systems and working with Large Language Models (LLMs) via Amazon Bedrock. This provides users with an impressive set of GenAI capabilities to empower their business cases.
Best Practices in Flow Design: NiFi 2.0 provides a rules engine for developing flow analysis rules that recommend and enforce best practices for flow design. Cloudera Flow Management 4.0 provides several Flow Analysis Rules for such aspects as thread management and recommended components. Cloudera Flow Management administrators can leverage these to ensure well-designed and robust flows for their use cases.
Cloudera and NiFi - Continued Support, Innovation, and Simplified Migration
Cloudera has been a driving force behind NiFi's development, actively contributing to its open-source community and providing expert guidance to users. Cloudera has invested heavily in NiFi, ensuring its continued evolution and relevance in the ever-changing data landscape.
Our commitment to NiFi is evident in our initiatives. We actively participate in the Apache NiFi community, sharing knowledge, best practices and supporting users through mailing lists, forums, and events. In addition to community contributions, Cloudera Flow Management Operator enables customers to deploy and manage NiFi clusters and NiFi Registry instances on Kubernetes application platforms. Cloudera Flow Management Operator simplifies data collection, transformation, and delivery across enterprises. Leveraging containerized infrastructure, the operator streamlines the orchestration of complex data flows.
Cloudera is the only provider with a Migration Tool that simplifies the complex and repetitive process of migrating Cloudera Flow Management flows from the NiFi 1 set of components to use the NiFi 2 set. To these ends, Cloudera provides comprehensive training and consulting services to help organizations leverage the full potential of NiFi.
Driving the Future of Data Flow Management
With Cloudera Flow Management 4.0.0 (powered by Apache NiFi 2.0), Cloudera fortifies its leadership in data flow management. We will continue to invest in NiFi's development, ensuring it remains a powerful and reliable tool for data engineers and data scientists. In addition, Cloudera provides cloud-based deployments of Cloudera Flow Management, optimizing your operational efficiency and allowing you to scale to the enterprise with confidence. Features enabling, integrating with, and enhancing your AI-based solutions are a central focus of Cloudera Flow Management. We also continue to provide support and guidance to our customers, helping them harness the full power of NiFi to drive business-critical data initiatives.
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