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Real-time AI is the future, and AI/ML models have demonstrated incredible potential for predicting and generating media in various business domains. For the best results, these models must be informed by relevant data.

Learn the basics of what an Apache Kafka cluster is and how they work, from brokers to partitions, how they balance load, and how they handle replication, and leader and replica failures.

Confluent recently released its 2024 Data Streaming Report: Breaking Down the Barriers to Business Agility & Innovation. The report found that data streaming is delivering business value with 41% of IT leaders, driving up to 5x or more return on their data streaming investments.

What do Apna, India’s largest hiring platform currently connecting 40 million job seekers to 445,000 employers across 174 cities, Meesho, India’s fastest ecommerce platform to cross one million registered sellers, and Glance, InMobi-owned live lock screen infotainment...

When developing streaming applications, one crucial aspect that often goes unnoticed is the default partitioning behavior of Java and non-Java producers. This disparity can result in data mismatches and inconsistencies, posing challenges for developers.

AWS Lambda is a serverless, event-driven compute service that lets you run code for virtually any type of application or backend service. Lambda functions and Kafka topics can be combined to build scalable event-driven architectures that can fit many use cases across almost any industry.

Excited by the possibilities offered by Confluent’s data in motion technology, Alex Lamy joined our company five years ago. Now, as Regional Sales Director in France, Alex heads up a sales team that stretches across Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Switzerland and Maghreb.

Founded in 2016, Factorial took aim at the stagnant HR software market with their own unique twist. Factorial is present in over 65 countries, having raised $220 million in venture funding, and employs over 950 people. The company’s goal is to bring modern HR solutions...

Confluent Platform 7.4 now includes SBOMs, which gives customers more transparency and control over their software deployments.

At Confluent, we are dedicated to fostering a privacy-first culture. We are committed to safeguarding the confidentiality and integrity of our users' personal information, adhering to regulatory requirements, and implementing robust privacy measures.

Today’s consumers expect to be kept updated on the status of their orders 24/7. Whether they’re requesting a ride, receiving a package, or purchasing items online, they want to know the current status without having to contact sellers directly.

Learn when to consider expanding to multiple Apache Kafka clusters, how to manage the operations for large clusters, and tools and resources for efficient operations.

It was a “series of fortunate events” that led Richard Nwankwo to Confluent, where he currently works as a Global Cloud SDR Manager.

Let’s learn more about Richard’s career trajectory—and hear how Confluent creates a culture of collaboration, learning, and engagement.

Kafka Summit London 2023 has come and gone like any other year… But now, with all 60+ of the Kafka Summit London 2023 sessions available online, you can relive all of your favorite talks again and again!