Airties, a wireless networking company, transitioned from Kafka to Amazon Kinesis Data Streams to enhance scalability and cost-efficiency.Airties focuses on AI-driven solutions for home connectivity, offering proactive customer care and network optimization through Airties Home.By leveraging AWS managed services, Airties improved Wi-Fi experiences, reduced help desk calls, and cut operational costs.The migration to Kinesis Data Streams allowed for serverless operations, automatic scaling, and cost reduction.Challenges with the previous Kafka-based architecture included operational overhead, scaling complexities, and cluster capacity issues.Kinesis Data Streams brought auto-scaling capabilities, stream isolation, dynamic shard management, and Application Auto Scaling for Airties.Airties implemented a decoupled architecture for historical data access, utilizing Kinesis Data Streams, Amazon S3, and Amazon DynamoDB.The new architecture provided scalability, performance, reliability, operational efficiency, and cost optimization benefits for Airties.The transition resulted in a 33% reduction in infrastructure costs, enhanced system reliability, and reduced environmental impact.The move to Kinesis Data Streams showcases Airties' commitment to operational excellence, sustainability, and efficient operations on AWS.