Event streaming refers to the practice of capturing, processing, and transmitting a continuous stream of data or events in real time. It involves processing and managing a series of events, often generated by different sources such as applications, systems, sensors or devices, and distributing them to different destinations or applications.
At its core, event streaming encompasses the concept of streaming data as individual events rather than as static datasets. These events can be anything from user interactions on a website, IoT sensor measurements, log files, financial transactions, or any other data point that occurs at any given time.