# Andy Allison

**VP of Product**

## Articles by Andy Allison

- [Your Kafka Investment Is Hiding Costs and Opportunities](https://www.conduktor.io/blog/your-kafka-investment-is-hiding-costs-and-opportunities) (2026-02-20) — Your Kafka investment is hiding costs, unused capacity, and optimization opportunities that no dashboard can surface. AI changes what's possible to ask.
- [Why Your Kafka Architecture Should Not Depend on Any Single Vendor](https://www.conduktor.io/blog/the-case-for-vendor-neutral-architecture) (2025-12-18) — IBM's Confluent acquisition shows why vendor-neutral Kafka matters. Decouple apps from infra to cut costs and stay flexible.