Confluent Blog
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...
Unlock Cost Savings with Freight Clusters–Now in General Availability
Confluent Cloud Freight clusters are now Generally Available on AWS. In this blog, learn how Freight clusters can save you up to 90% at GBps+ scale.
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.
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 […]
Confluent for Startups: Get It Right from the Start
Great businesses are built on making the right tradeoffs, and that’s particularly true for startups. At an early stage, a startup’s choices around how and where to deploy its limited […]
Ventana Report: Why Centralized Data Governance is Top of Mind
In every industry, real-time data, event-driven systems, and the use of Apache Kafka® have ramped up to the point of being indispensable to business. In fact, streaming data is growing […]
Excited to be back at Google Cloud Next 2022!
Here at Confluent we are excited to be participating once again in Google Cloud Next, taking place from Oct 11-13, 2022. We hope to see you there to hear more […]
Getting Started with the Confluent Terraform Provider
As part of our recent Q3 Launch for Confluent Cloud we announced the general availability of the Confluent Terraform Provider. HashiCorp Terraform is an Infrastructure as Code tool that lets […]
Event-Driven Microservices with Python and Apache Kafka
Our journey with microservices, so far… Back in the days before microservices, we used to build applications that were often hosted in application servers such as WebLogic or WebSphere (apologies […]
Keeping Multiple Databases in Sync Using Kafka Connect and CDC
Microservices architectures have now been widely adopted among developers, and with a great degree of success. However, drawbacks do exist. Data silos can arise where information processed by one microservice […]
Explore Real-Time Data Streaming Fundamentals and Use Cases at Current 2022
Today, 97% of organizations are using data streams to transform how their frontend applications and backend operations adapt to new information in real time. Companies are using data streams to […]
Real-Time Gaming Infrastructure for Millions of Users with Apache Kafka, ksqlDB, and WebSockets
The global video game market is bigger than the music and film industry combined. It includes Triple-A, casual/mid-core, mobile, and multiplayer online games. Various business models exist, such as hardware […]
EMEA Sales Operations Thrives as Confluent Grows
A year after Confluent launched an initial public offering, the company continues to expand at an extraordinary rate. The Europe, Middle East, and Africa Sales Operations team is at the […]
6 Ways Data Streaming is Transforming Financial Services
It should come as no surprise that financial services (FinServ) organizations are fiercely driven when it comes to earning market share. After all, the FinServ industry is projected to reach […]
Asking the Experts: 3 Reasons for Data Pros to Attend Current 2022
This October, Confluent is hosting Current 2022: The Next Generation of Kafka Summit, gathering industry experts, influencers, and thought leaders from across the data streaming ecosystem. But what’s in it […]