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Data Products, Data Contracts, and Change Data Capture
Change data capture is a popular method to connect database tables to data streams, but it comes with drawbacks. The next evolution of the CDC pattern, first-class data products, provide resilient pipelines that support both real-time and batch processing while isolating upstream systems...
Unlock Cost Savings with Freight Clusters–Now in General Availability
Confluent Cloud Freight clusters are now Generally Available on AWS. In this blog, learn how Freight clusters can save you up to 90% at GBps+ scale.
Unleash Real-Time Agentic AI: Introducing Streaming Agents on Confluent Cloud
Build event-driven agents on Apache Flink® with Streaming Agents on Confluent Cloud—fresh context, MCP tool calling, real-time embeddings, and enterprise governance.
Confluent Recognized as a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Streaming Data Platforms, Q4 2025
This blog post highlights how Forrester Research has named Confluent a leader in The Forrester Wave™: Streaming Data Platforms, Q4 2025, and explains the value and benefits of the Confluent Data Streaming Platform.
The Secret to Scaling Data Streaming at BMW Group
Scale data streaming within your organization by building an internal community. Align leaders, engage teams, and sustain adoption—featuring BMW Group’s blueprint and outcomes—to accelerate ROI and keep your platform relevant.
Confluent Expands in Brazil to Help More Companies Harness Real-Time Data
Learn why Confluent is expanding its team in Brazil so customers like iFood & Stone Pagamentos can use real-time data to modernize and out-innovate the competition.
Data Streaming Platforms: The Cornerstone of Enterprise AI
Discover how a data streaming platform helps you unlock the full potential of your AI—and translates it into measurable business value.
How to Monetize Enterprise Data: The Definitive Guide
Learn how to design and implement a real-time data monetization engine using streaming systems. Get architecture patterns, code examples, tradeoffs, and best practices for billing usage-based data products.
Detecting the Unexpected: Built-in Real-Time Anomaly Detection With Confluent Cloud for Apache Flink®
Learn how the built-in anomaly detection ML function in Confluent Cloud for Apache Flink® enables event-driven AI agents to detect and act on outlier system events faster.
Context-Driven AI Reigned Supreme at Current New Orleans
Catch up on Current New Orleans—and how executives, architects, developers, and data engineers alike learned about why AI should be powered by event-driven, context-rich data streams.
How Superwall Uses WarpStream and ClickHouse Cloud to Scale Subscription Monetization
Learn why Superwall chose to scale its subscription monetization business model with Warpstream and Clickhouse Cloud.
Introducing Real-Time Context Engine: Simplified Context Engineering With Real-Time, Processed Data for AI
Unlock real-time context for AI with Confluent’s Real-Time Context Engine. Evaluate, process, and serve trustworthy context continuously in Confluent Cloud.
Faster, Smarter, More Context-Aware: What’s New in Streaming Agents
Explore new Streaming Agents features — Agent Definition, Observability & Debugging, and access to Real-Time Context Engine — to build intelligent, context-aware AI on Confluent.
Streaming Data to AI-Ready Tables: Tableflow for Delta Lake and Databricks Unity Catalog Is Now Generally Available
Transform real-time Kafka data into governed, AI-ready Delta Lake tables with Confluent Tableflow and Databricks Unity Catalog. Simplify pipelines, ensure governance, and unlock real-time analytics and AI.
New in Confluent Cloud: Data in Motion for AI in Action
Explore updates from Confluent Cloud’s Q4 2025 release, including new capabilities and availability for Streaming Agents, new Real-Time Context Engine, and more.
Unified Stream Manager: Manage and Monitor Apache Kafka® Across Environments
Unified Stream Manager is now GA! Bridge the gap between Confluent Platform and Confluent Cloud with a single pane of glass for hybrid data governance, end-to-end lineage, and observability.
Tableflow is Production Ready: Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, Azure Early Availability (EA), and More Enterprise-Grade Features
Tableflow on Confluent Cloud now supports Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, and Azure (EA) for secure, governed, real-time analytics from Apache Kafka data - no ETL or custom pipelines required.