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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.
How Real-Time Stream Processing Works with ksqlDB, Animated
ksqlDB, the event streaming database, is becoming one of the most popular ways to work with Apache Kafka®. Every day, we answer many questions about the project, but here’s a […]
Building a Machine Learning Logging Pipeline with Kafka Streams at Twitter
Twitter, one of the most popular social media platforms today, is well known for its ever-changing environment—user behaviors evolve quickly; trends are dynamic and versatile; and special and emergent events […]
DevOps for Apache Kafka with Kubernetes and GitOps
Operating critical Apache Kafka® event streaming applications in production requires sound automation and engineering practices. Streaming applications are often at the center of your transaction processing and data systems, requiring […]
Infrastructure Modernization with Google Anthos and Apache Kafka
The promise of cloud computing is simplicity, speed, and cost savings. But what about workloads that can’t move to the cloud? Are they stuck using expensive legacy tooling and practices? […]
Using the Fully Managed MongoDB Atlas Connector in a Secure Environment
Since the MongoDB Atlas source and sink became available in Confluent Cloud, we’ve received many questions around how to set up these connectors in a secure environment. By default, MongoDB […]
Streaming Data from Apache Kafka into Azure Data Explorer with Kafka Connect
Near-real-time insights have become a de facto requirement for Azure use cases involving scalable log analytics, time series analytics, and IoT/telemetry analytics. Azure Data Explorer (also called Kusto) is the […]
Confluent Is Now Certified Ready on AWS Outposts
Are you looking for a way to run AWS services on premises in your own datacenter? I am excited to share today that we have completed validation of support for […]
Implementing Message Prioritization in Apache Kafka
Users of messaging technologies such as JMS and AMQP often use message prioritization so that messages can be processed in a different order based on their importance. It doesn’t take […]
Deploying Confluent Operator on Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform on AWS
Confluent Operator allows you to deploy and manage Confluent Platform as a cloud-native, stateful container application on Kubernetes and OpenShift. The automation provided by Kubernetes, Operator, and Helm greatly simplifies […]
Enabling the Deployment of Event-Driven Architectures Everywhere Using Microsoft Azure and Confluent Cloud
Hybrid cloud architecture and accelerated cloud migrations are becoming the norm rather than the exception, as our increasingly digital world introduces certain challenges along the way, including modernizing existing application/architecture, […]
Creating a Serverless Environment for Testing Your Apache Kafka Applications
If you are taking your first steps with Apache Kafka®, looking at a test environment for your client application, or building a Kafka demo, there are two “easy button” paths […]
Activating Intent: How Confluent is Energizing Its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Practice
As a South African, who grew up during the era of apartheid, I’ve witnessed firsthand the negative and long-lasting impact of discrimination, bias, and inequity, and I have a strong […]
An Overview of Confluent Cloud Security Controls
Whether you are a developer working on a cool new real-time application or an architect formulating the plan to reap the benefits of event streaming for the organisation, the subject […]
Best of Kafka Summit 2020 Roundup
If you know me, you know two things: first, that I am committed to remote work as an effective way to build a company; I’ve been a remote employee for […]