# AWS Big Data !!! tip "Nubenetes V2 Elite Portal" You are browsing the AI-Curated V2 Elite Edition. Looking for the exhaustive list of references? Check out the [**V1 Historical Archive**](/v1/aws-data/). !!! info "Architectural Context" Detailed reference for AWS Big Data in the context of Cloud Providers (Hyperscalers). ## Cloud Infrastructure ### AWS #### Event Streaming - **(2016)** [**Querying Amazon Kinesis Streams Directly with SQL and Spark Streaming**](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/big-data/querying-amazon-kinesis-streams-directly-with-sql-and-spark-streaming) [SCALA CONTENT] [ADVANCED LEVEL] 🌟🌟🌟🌟 [ENTERPRISE-STABLE] — Technical blueprint detailing Spark Streaming integration with Amazon Kinesis streams. Discusses record-processing window optimizations, checkpoint configurations, and SQL querying on live event pipelines. ### Event Streaming (1) #### Comparison - **(2021)** [**whizlabs.com: AWS Kinesis vs Kafka Apache**](https://www.whizlabs.com/blog/kinesis-vs-kafka) [NONE CONTENT] 🌟🌟🌟🌟 [ENTERPRISE-STABLE] — Comparative architectural review between AWS Kinesis and Apache Kafka. Analyzes data retention policies, throughput capabilities, scaling overheads, and total cost of ownership (TCO) profiles. --- 💡 **Explore Related:** [Googlecloudplatform](./GoogleCloudPlatform.md) | [Edge Computing](./edge-computing.md) | [Oraclecloud](./oraclecloud.md) 🔗 **See Also:** [About](./about.md) | [Angular](./angular.md)