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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.
Learn How to Secure Your Apache Kafka Cluster Automatically
This blog post explores the need to implement security for your Apache Kafka® cluster, then briefly reviews the security features and advantages of using Confluent Cloud.
Diagnose and Debug Apache Kafka Issues: Understanding Reduced Message Throughput
When you encounter a problem with Apache Kafka®—for example, an exploding number of connections to your brokers or perhaps some wonky record batching—it’s easy to consider these issues as something to be solved in and of themselves...
The Role of Service Partners with Confluent Cloud
"What is our role with Confluent Cloud?” is a valid question frequently asked by service and delivery partners who have traditionally made money from services related to the installation and upkeep of on-prem applications.
Motion in Motion: Building an End-to-End Motion Detection and Alerting System with Apache Kafka and ksqlDB
Learn how to build an end-to-end motion detection and alerting system using Confluent Cloud, Kafka clusters, and ksqlDB.
Getting Started with Schemas and Schema Registries
Announcing the complete guide to Schema Registry. In our course, you’ll learn the basics, like how schema registry works, key concepts, how to manage schemas, and more!
Debugging of a Stream-Table Join: Failing to Cross the Streams
Joining two topics to aggregate the data is one of the fundamental operations in stream processing. But that's not to say that it's simple. Let me show you what can go wrong!
Announcing ksqlDB 0.28.2 and Improvements to ksqlDB in Confluent Cloud
We are excited to announce the ksqlDB 0.28.2 release as well as new cloud-specific improvements! This release simplifies the getting started experience, helps to run and monitor critical pipelines
Designing Events and Event Streams: Introduction and Best Practices
Properly designing your events and event streams is essential for any event-driven architecture. Precisely how you design and implement them will significantly affect not only what you can do today
The 7 Practices of a Highly Effective Data Mesh
First, what is a data mesh? “Data mesh” is a hot topic these days when IT infrastructure comes up. Data mesh, in our view, is a concept that involves people, […]
Event Streaming Architectures to Solve Problems for FinServ
Financial institutions generate a constant stream of data: customers opening and closing accounts and making purchases, withdrawals, and deposits. This requires the status and balance of each account to be […]
Bringing Data Into Real Time: What You Missed at Current 2022
At Current 2022 this week, Confluent CEO Jay Kreps welcomed attendees to the brand-new conference. “Where’s Kafka Summit?” he said. “It’s still right here.” As the next generation of Kafka...
New for Confluent Cloud: Stream Designer, Stream Governance Advanced, and More
Our latest set of Confluent Cloud product launches is live and packed full of new features to help businesses innovate faster and more confidently with our real-time data streaming platform. […]
Introducing Stream Designer: The Visual Builder for Streaming Data Pipelines
Data pipelines are critical to the modern, data-driven business, connecting a network of data systems and applications to power both operational and analytical use cases. With the need to promptly […]
What’s New in Apache Kafka 3.3
We are proud to announce the release of Apache Kafka® 3.3 on behalf of the Apache Kafka community. The 3.3 release contains many new features and improvements. This blog post […]