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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.
From On-Prem to Cloud-Native: Multi-Tenancy in Confluent Cloud
Multi-tenancy brings cost-efficiency to infrastructure, and when done correctly, creates an economy of scale. Done incorrectly and you degrade the user experience and create maintenance nightmares for operators. This is […]
Reduce Your Data Infrastructure TCO with Confluent’s New Splunk S2S Source Premium Connector
Data is at the center of our world today, especially with the ever-increasing amount of machine-generated log data collected from applications, devices, and sensors from almost every modern technology. The […]
Speed, Scale, Storage: Our Journey from Apache Kafka to Performance in Confluent Cloud
At Confluent, we focus on the holy trinity of performance, price, and availability, with the goal of delivering a similar performance envelope for all workloads across all supported cloud providers. […]
Making Apache Kafka Serverless: Lessons From Confluent Cloud
Serverless offerings in the cloud are a favorite among software engineers—a prime example are object stores such as AWS S3. For the system designer, however, it is an engineering challenge […]
Design Considerations for Cloud-Native Data Systems
Twenty years ago, the data warehouses of choice were Oracle and Teradata. Since then, growth and innovation has shifted to the cloud, and a new generation of data systems have […]
Building Real-Time Event Streams in the Cloud, On Premises, or Both with Confluent
To the developer or architect seeking to provide their business with as much value as possible, what is the best way to start working with data in motion? Choosing Apache […]
How to Better Manage Apache Kafka by Removing Residue Data with Control Center Cleanup Script
This blog post is the fourth in a four-part series that discusses a few new Confluent Control Center features that are introduced with Confluent Platform 6.2.0. It focuses on removing […]
How to Better Manage Apache Kafka with Improved Topic Inspection via Last-Produced Timestamp
This blog post is the third in a four-part series that discusses a few new Confluent Control Center features that are introduced with Confluent Platform 6.2.0. It focuses on inspecting […]
How to Better Manage Apache Kafka by Exporting Kafka Messages via Control Center
This blog post is the second in a four-part series that discusses a few new Confluent Control Center features that are introduced with Confluent Platform 6.2.0. This blog post focuses […]
How to Better Manage Apache Kafka by Creating Kafka Messages from within Control Center
Managing Apache Kafka® clusters can be tricky sometimes. To solve this problem, Confluent Control Center helps you easily manage and monitor your clusters and interact with other Confluent components, such […]
Introducing Health+ with Confluent Platform 6.2
For a modern, software-defined business, a platform for data in motion is critical to connecting every part of a vast digital architecture across an organization to harness the flow of […]
Continuous Deployment of Confluent with Ansible Tower
When self-managing Confluent, provisioning and configuring Apache Kafka® deployments along with the rest of the Confluent components involves many hurdles, such as managing infrastructure, installing software, and configuring security. And […]
Introducing Cluster Authorization Using RBAC, Audit Logs, and BYOK for Enterprise-Grade Security
When it comes to launching your next app with data in motion, few things pose the same risk to going live as meeting requirements for data security and compliance. Doing […]
Confluent CLI Launches Exciting New Features and an Intuitive UI
With so many technologies in the modern development ecosystem, a common complaint is having to go through the mental gymnastics of adopting new products and keeping up with ever-expanding feature […]