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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...
Introducing Confluent Cloud Freight Clusters
Learn how the latest innovations in Kora enable us to introduce new Confluent Cloud Freight clusters, which can save you up to 90% at GBps+ scale. Confluent Cloud Freight clusters are now available in Early Access.
Contributing to Apache Kafka®: How to Write a KIP
Learn how to contribute to open source Apache Kafka by writing Kafka Improvement Proposals (KIPs) that solve problems and add features! Read on for real examples.
Streaming Data Pipelines: Reinventing Data Flows
The worlds of data integration and data pipelines are changing in ways that are highly reminiscent of the profound changes I witnessed in application and service development over the last twenty years.
4 Must-Have Tests for Your Apache Kafka CI/CD with GitHub Actions
Millions of developers code on GitHub, and if you’re one of those developers using it to create Apache Kafka® applications—for which there are 70,000+ Kafka-related repositories—it is natural to integrate […]
Announcing ksqlDB 0.27.1
We are excited to announce the ksqlDB 0.27.1 release! This iteration brings forth new functionality for dynamic data access against multi-schema topics, a host of improvements relating to working with […]
The Confluent Q3 ’22 Launch: Confluent Terraform Provider, Independent Network Lifecycle Management, and More
The Confluent Q3 ‘22 Launch, our latest set of Confluent Cloud product launches, is live and packed full of new features to help your business innovate quickly with real-time data […]
Introducing Confluent Platform 7.2: Enhanced Cloud-Native Security and Geo-Replication
We are pleased to announce the release of Confluent Platform 7.2. With this release, we are further simplifying management tasks for Apache Kafka® operators, providing even more flexible options to […]
How to Find, Share, and Organize Your Data Streams with Stream Catalog
In a modern data stack, being able to discover, understand, organize and reuse data is key to obtaining the most value from your data. These requirements have led to the […]
Building Kafka Storage That’s 10x More Scalable and Performant
As part of our series walking through how we built Confluent Cloud into a 10x better Apache Kafka® service, we explored how Confluent Cloud uses Intelligent Storage to achieve 10x […]
Confluent India’s Head of HR: “Working here has helped me grow both professionally and personally as a woman in tech”
An interview with Nisha Natarajan, Human Resources Manager, India When Nisha joined Confluent India’s team as Workplace Manager in December 2019 there were fewer than ten people in the office […]
Introducing the Data Streaming Awards: Time to Nominate!
We are delighted to announce the inaugural Data Streaming Awards, where winners will be announced at Current 2022! Here, a panel of judges from across the data streaming industry will […]
How streaming data and a lakehouse paradigm can help manage risk in volatile trading markets
As we are witnessing, global capital markets are subject to a number of different forces that can impact market and portfolio volatility and risk. For financial services firms, the challenge […]
How to Visualize Your Apache Kafka Data the Easy Way with Stream Lineage
Understanding how data flows and is transformed across the different layers of an organization’s application and data stack is one of the most challenging governance problems companies are facing today. […]
How to Keep Bad Data Out of Apache Kafka with Stream Quality
Dealing with garbage in, garbage out (GIGO) has tormented data teams for generations. Analytics and decision making have suffered from this “garbage”. The new era of machine learning and being […]
Confluent wins the 2022 Microsoft Commercial Marketplace Partner of the Year Award
I’m thrilled to share that earlier this week, Microsoft announced its 2022 Partner of the Year Award winners, and Confluent won Microsoft’s Commercial Marketplace Partner of the Year Award (Global). […]
Careers in Development: What It’s Like to Work as a Software Engineer in Confluent’s India Team
An interview with Keerthana Srikanth, Confluent Software Engineer A computer science graduate from the prestigious Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani, 23-year-old Keerthana joined Confluent’s Observability Team following a […]