Kinesis was released in mid-November 2013 so this team's effort predates that service. I think Kinesis could replace the first three boxes in their diagram, an

Kinesis was released in mid-November 2013 so this team's effort predates that service. I think Kinesis could replace the first three boxes in their diagram, and do it in real-time. (I haven't used kinesis so I could be wrong.) It's amazing how fast big data infrastructure is evolving. For anybody looking to build something it seems your chosen solution will be obsolete by the time you release.