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Confluent Named Google Cloud Partner of the Year Amid Accelerating Partnership Momentum
This week in Las Vegas, Google is hosting their annual Google Cloud Next ʼ24 conference, bringing together leaders from across the IT industry to learn about and explore the newest innovations in and around the Google Cloud ecosystem.
2024 Data Streaming Report: Powering AI, Data Product Adoption, and More
In the past, technology served as a supportive function for business. Over time, it has become the business itself. A similar shift is happening with data streaming—data streaming is now a critical foundation of modern business. And this year is an inflection point for data streaming platforms
Confluent Named a Leader in two IDC MarketScape Reports
Confluent has been named a Leader in two different IDC MarketScape reports - the IDC MarketScape for Worldwide Analytic Stream Processing Software 2024 Vendor Assessment, and the IDC MarketScape for Worldwide Event Brokering Software 2024 Vendor Assessment.
Confluent Presented the Databricks ISV Momentum Partner Award 2021
I’m excited to announce that Confluent was presented with the Databricks ISV Momentum Award at the Databricks Partner Executive Summit last month. This award is given to the partner whose […]
Thank You
Today, Confluent became a publicly traded company. This is a big milestone in the short life of our company. To the employees, customers, partners, investors, and the larger developer community […]
Kafka Summit Europe 2021 Recap
And that’s a wrap on Kafka Summit Europe 2021, the first of three global Kafka Summits this year. We’ve seen 17,000 registrations from over 7,000 companies and 137 different countries. […]
Confluent Update Regarding Codecov Incident
Our team was recently notified of unauthorized read-only access to Confluent’s GitHub account stemming from the recent Codecov incident (more information here). The security of our customers and their data […]
How to Maximize Your Time at Kafka Summit Europe 2021
This past year has offered little in the way of normalcy for pretty much everyone outside of New Zealand and Taiwan. Rising to the occasion, conference organizers have put together […]
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, […]
Kafka Summit Europe 2021 – A Look at the Agenda
As you may have heard, we are hosting not one, not two, but three Kafka Summits in 2021. No matter where you are in the world, there’s a Summit event […]
Announcing the Confluent Community Forum
Today, we’re delighted to launch the Confluent Community Forum. Built on Discourse, a platform many developers will already be familiar with, this new forum is a place for the community […]
Confluent and Microsoft Announce Strategic Alliance
Today, I am thrilled to announce a new strategic alliance with Microsoft to enable a seamless, integrated experience between Confluent Cloud and the Azure platform. This represents a significant milestone […]
Kafkathon 2020: Hacking Event Streams Everywhere
As part of this year’s Kafka Summit, the Confluent Community team hosted a community hackathon named Kafkathon 2020. The event provided an opportunity for participants to learn, build, and showcase […]
IBM and Confluent Announce Strategic Partnership
I’m excited to announce a new strategic partnership with IBM. As part of this partnership, IBM will be reselling Confluent Platform, enabling its customers to leverage their existing IBM relationships […]
Kafka Summit 2021 – Double the Fun
My own sense of the passage of time in 2020 is no sure guide, but honestly it seems like Kafka Summit just happened—yet here we are, deep into planning for […]
Activating Intent: How Confluent is Energizing Its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Practice
As a South African, who grew up during the era of apartheid, I’ve witnessed firsthand the negative and long-lasting impact of discrimination, bias, and inequity, and I have a strong […]
Best of Kafka Summit 2020 Roundup
If you know me, you know two things: first, that I am committed to remote work as an effective way to build a company; I’ve been a remote employee for […]