What is it?

• Real-time (streaming) data collection, processing, analysis
• React quickly to new information

How many varieties of Kinesis exist?

• Four:
  • Video streams
  • Data firehose
  • Data streams
  • Data analytics

Kinesis Flavors:

Video Streams

• Stream video: Real-time viewing and video-enabled app
• E.g. smarthome stuff, computer vision, security
• Could be streamed to Rekognition, for example
• Encrypt, index streams of video

Data Firehose

• Dump streaming data into data lakes, warehouses
• Streaming machine learning applications
• Deliver real-time streaming data to s3, redshift, OpenSearch…
• IoT Devices?

Data Streams

• Ordering of records; streaming and manipulation of data
• Scalable, durable
• Can handle gigabytes per second
• E.g. click streams from websites, transactions
• Collect streaming data / big data for OLAP

Data Analytics

• Analyze streaming data for actionable insights
• Log analytics with SQL
• Receive from Data Streams ^