Aiven talks in PostgresConf US 2018

The text discusses a visit to New York and New Jersey by the team of Aiven, a company that provides managed cloud services for open-source data technologies. They attended PostgresConf US 2018 in Jersey City where they networked with customers, partners, and new contacts. They also gave two talks on connecting PostgreSQL with Apache Kafka. The key points from their talks include the benefits of using Apache Kafka as a central piece of a data pipeline, the versatility of PostgreSQL for various workloads, and the relevance of SQL in modern systems. Slides for both talks are available on GitHub. Upcoming events related to these topics will be posted on Twitter and RSS feeds.