Dbvisit is a New Zealand-based company with offices worldwide that provides software to replicate data from Oracle databases in real-time to Apache Kafka. Their Dbvisit Replicate Connector is a plugin for Kafka Connect that allows minimal impact replication of database table changes to Kafka topics. The connector also generates metadata topics. Dbvisit focuses only on Oracle databases and replication, has proprietary log mining technology, and supports Oracle back to version 9.2. They have over 1,300 customers globally and offer perpetual or term licensing models for their replication software along with support plans. Dbvisit is a good fit for organizations using Oracle that want to offload reporting, enable real-time analytics, and integrate data into Kafka in a cost-effective manner

1. Real-time Data Streaming From
Oracle to Apache Kafka
Mike Donovan – CTO
Kathy Howes – Marketing Manager
Mark Ripma – GM USA

2. Who is Dbvisit?
• Making your Oracle data competitive
• New Zealand-based, US office, Asia sales office, EU office (Prague)
• Low cost solutions; flexible licensing
• Software that’s easy to use
• People who are easy to work with
• Great support

3. 1,300+ Customers in 6 Continents

4. IN THE CLOUD, ON-PREMISE OR HYBRID
Reduce business
disruption
Enable real-time operational
intelligence
• Disaster Recovery for Oracle SE
• High Availability
• Database upgrade and migrations
• Migrate to the Cloud
Dbvisit Solution Space
• Offload reporting
• Improve customer experience
• Better business decisions
• Continuous data integration
• Load data warehouse real-time
• Feed data streaming platforms
• Predictive analytics
• Event stream transactional data
• Feed Big Data/Hadoop
Deliver continuous data
streaming

5. The World We Live In
The Situation:
ü The enterprise is increasingly powered by data
ü The use of real-time data for competitive advantage is disrupting most
industries
ü OLTP transactional data essential
ü Traditional databases are not going away, new database technologies are
being added
ü Continuous replication data streams becoming a “first class citizen”

6. Reality of RDBMS
RDBMS
ü Millions of Oracle databases out there
ü OLTP databases are ingrained in the business
ü Pervasive
ü ERPs, CRMs
ü Oracle #1 in most sales
ü Oracle is reported to have over 50% of all RDBMS sales
ü Oracle is here to stay

7. The (New) World

8. 8Confidential
Confluent Platform: It’s Kafka ++
Feature Benefit Apache Kafka Confluent Platform 3.0 Confluent Enterprise 3.0
Apache Kafka
High throughput, low latency, high availability, secure distributed
message system
Kafka Connect
Advanced framework for connecting external sources
and destinations into Kafka
Java Client Provides easy integration into Java applications
Kafka Streams
Simple library that enables streaming application development within
the Kafka framework
Additional Clients Supports non-Java clients; C, C++, Python, etc.
Rest Proxy
Provides universal access to Kafka from any network connected device
via HTTP
Schema Registry
Central registry for the format of Kafka data – guarantees all data is
always consumable
Pre-Built Connectors
HDFS, JDBC and other connectors fully Certified
and fully supported by Confluent
Confluent Control Center Includes Connector Management and Stream Monitoring
Support
Connection and Monitoring command center provides advanced
functionality and control
Community Community 24x7x365
Free Free Subscription

9. 9Confidential
Confluent Platform with Dbvisit Connectivity
Confluent Platform
Alerting
Monitoring
Real-time
Analytics
Custom
Application
Transformations
Real Time
Applications
Apache Kafka Core
Connectors
Control Center Clients & Developer Tools
Hadoop
ERP
CRM
Data Warehouse
RDBMS
Data
Integration
Connectors
Database
Changes
Mobile DevicesloTLogs Website Events
Confluent Platform Confluent Platform Enterprise External Product
Support, Services and Consulting
Kafka Streams
Source Sink

10. Dbvisit Replicate Connector
• Minimal impact on
source Oracle OLTP
systems
• Easy to install, configure
and administer
• Release Date
• Evaluation version
Plugin for the Kafka Connect framework (Confluent Platform)

11. Dbvisit Replicate Connector
• Database TABLE to
Kafka TOPIC mapping
• Separate automatic
Kafka metadata TOPIC
(transaction information)
• Delivers row changes &
existing information, plus
meta data (transaction
id, type (I, D, U))
Plugin for the Kafka Connect framework (Confluent Platform)

12. License
Type
Price Per
Database USD
Perpetual
License
$21,000
1 Year Term
License
$12,600
Monthly
Rental
$2,250
• Per database pricing – minimum 1 database
• Perpetual license never expires, support is 25% per year additional
• Term and Monthly Rental includes Support & Maintenance.
• Supported Dbvisit Replicate for Kafka Connect - $5250 per year
Dbvisit Replicate and Replicate for Kafka Connect Pricing

13. Why Dbvisit?
• 100 % focused:
- Oracle
- Database replication
• Proprietary log mining technology
• Support Oracle databases back to 9.2
• Total cost of ownership
• Installed base of 1300 in 110 countries on 6 continents
• Growing, flexible, friendly

14. Dbvisit vs Others
• Oracle
- High Cost of Ownership
- Not always welcome for anything beyond their database
- Big company
• Attunity
- Not focused on Oracle
- Not focused on replication
• Striim
- Not focused on Oracle
- Not focused on replication
- Only support more recent Oracle database versions

15. When Dbvisit?
• Oracle source databases
• Oracle expertise is important to the prospect
• Other Confluent partners are providing the intelligence and analytics tools
• Cost is important
• Keeping Oracle footprint to a minimum is important
• Vendor support reputation is important
• Flexibility is a consideration
• Medium to large enterprises
• Any area of the world.

16. Discussion