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...
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.
Confluent and Elastic Partner to Deliver Optimized Search and Real-Time Analytics
Today, I am delighted to announce an expanded partnership with Elastic. Together, we’re enabling our joint customers to set data in motion, and through that, deliver optimized search, real-time analytics, […]
Improving TCO and ROI with Confluent’s Cloud-Native Service for Apache Kafka
There are two basic models for evaluating the cost of any technology. Organizations often gravitate to return on investment (ROI) because it models a clear financial return. Total cost of […]
Setting Up Secure Networking in Confluent with Azure Private Link
We’re happy to announce that Confluent Cloud, our cloud-native service for Apache Kafka®, now supports Azure Private Link for secure network connectivity, in addition to the existing Azure Virtual Network […]
Apache Kafka Made Simple: A First Glimpse of a Kafka Without ZooKeeper
At the heart of Apache Kafka® sits the log—a simple data structure that uses sequential operations that work symbiotically with the underlying hardware. Efficient disk buffering and CPU cache usage,...
Monitoring Your Event Streams: Integrating Confluent with Prometheus and Grafana
Self-managing a highly scalable distributed system with Apache Kafka® at its core is not an easy feat. That’s why operators prefer tooling such as Confluent Control Center for administering and […]
How to Run Confluent on Windows in Minutes
I previously showed how to install and set up Apache Kafka® on Windows in minutes by using the Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 (WSL 2). From there, it’s only a […]
Integrating Azure and Confluent: Real-Time Search Powered by Azure Cache for Redis and Spring Cloud
Self-managing a distributed system like Apache Kafka®, along with building and operating Kafka connectors, is complex and resource intensive. It requires significant Kafka skills and expertise in the development and […]
Why You Need to Move to a Cloud-Native Apache Kafka Service Right Now
Harnessing your data in motion is critical to building the rich customer experiences and data-driven operations that provide a competitive advantage for your business. But the management burden on you […]
Learning with LiveStreams: Cloud-Native Apache Kafka and Serverless Stream Processing
LiveStreams is a YouTube show about Confluent, real-time data streaming, and related technologies that help you maximize data in motion on any cloud. Every episode of LiveStreams will teach you […]
Integrating Azure and Confluent: Ingesting Data to Azure Cosmos DB through Apache Kafka
Building cross-platform solutions enables organizations to leverage technology driven by real-time data and enabled with both highly available services and low-latency databases hosted on Microsoft Azure. Azure Cosmos DB is […]
Securing the Infrastructure of Confluent with HashiCorp Vault
In order for a technology like Confluent Cloud to make it easy to set data in motion, many different software systems are required to interact with each other using API […]
Integrating Apache Kafka Clients with CNCF Jaeger at Funding Circle Using OpenTelemetry
At Funding Circle, we rely heavily on Kafka as the main piece of infrastructure to enable our event-driven-based microservices architecture. There are numerous organizational benefits of microservices, however a key […]
How to Tune RocksDB for Your Kafka Streams Application
Apache Kafka ships with Kafka Streams, a powerful yet lightweight client library for Java and Scala to implement highly scalable and elastic applications and microservices that process and analyze data […]
Under the Hood of Real-Time Analytics with Apache Kafka and Pinot
Real-time analytics has become the need of the hour for modern internet companies. The ability to derive internal insights around business metrics, user growth and adoption as well as security […]