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.
Putting Several Event Types in the Same Topic – Revisited
In the article Should You Put Several Event Types in the Same Kafka Topic?, Martin Kleppmann discusses when to combine several event types in the same topic and introduces new […]
Measuring TCO: Apache Kafka vs. Confluent Cloud’s Managed Service
If your company has launched a digital transformation project or is getting ready to start one, you may be interested to know that recent studies conducted by McKinsey, Everest Group, […]
Announcing the Elasticsearch Service Sink Connector for Apache Kafka in Confluent Cloud
We are excited to announce the preview release of the fully managed Elasticsearch Service Sink Connector in Confluent Cloud, our fully managed event streaming service based on Apache Kafka®. Our […]
Project Metamorphosis Month 3: Infinite Storage in Confluent Cloud for Apache Kafka
This is the third month of Project Metamorphosis, where we discuss new features in Confluent’s offerings that bring together event streams and the best characteristics of modern cloud data systems. […]
Spring for Apache Kafka – Beyond the Basics: Can Your Kafka Consumers Handle a Poison Pill?
You know the fundamentals of Apache Kafka®. You are a Spring Boot developer working with Apache Kafka or Confluent Cloud. You have chosen Spring for Apache Kafka for your integration. […]
Reducing the Total Cost of Operations for Self-Managed Apache Kafka
We kicked off Project Metamorphosis last month by announcing a set of features that make Apache Kafka® more elastic, one of the most important traits of cloud-native data systems. This […]
Announcing the Snowflake Sink Connector for Apache Kafka in Confluent Cloud
We are excited to announce the general availability release of the fully managed Snowflake sink connector in Confluent Cloud, our fully managed event streaming service based on Apache Kafka®. Our […]
Announcing ksqlDB 0.10.0
We’re excited to announce the release of ksqlDB 0.10.0, available now in the standalone distribution and on Confluent Cloud! This version includes a first-class Java client, improved Apache Kafka® key […]
Unifying Streams and State: The Seamless Path to Real Time
More than ever before, people demand immediacy in every aspect of their lives. Expectations for how we shop, bank, and commute have completely evolved over the last decade. When you […]
How Merging Companies Will Give Rise to Unified Data Streams
Company mergers are becoming more common as businesses strive to improve performance and grow market share by saving costs and eliminating competition through acquisitions. But how do business mergers relate […]
The Cost of Apache Kafka: An Engineer's Guide to DIY Kafka Pricing
When I have a small software project that I want to share with the world, I don’t write my own version control system with a web UI. I don’t even […]
Build Real-Time Observability Pipelines with Confluent Cloud and AppDynamics
Many organisations rely on commercial or open source monitoring tools to measure the performance and stability of business-critical applications. AppDynamics, Datadog, and Prometheus are widely used commercial and open source […]
Project Metamorphosis Month 2: Cost-Effective Apache Kafka for Use Cases Big and Small
In April, we kicked off Project Metamorphosis. Project Metamorphosis is an effort to bring the simplicity of best of breed cloud systems to the world of event streaming. It is […]
State Unemployment Systems Are Overwhelmed. Mainframe Offload with Apache Kafka Can Relieve the Pressure.
COVID-19 has created extraordinary challenges in virtually every industry. While much attention has been focused on the pandemic’s effect on travel, hospitality, airline, and healthcare industries, its impact on state […]