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Queues for Apache Kafka® Is Here: Your Guide to Getting Started in Confluent
Confluent announces the General Availability of Queues for Kafka on Confluent Cloud and Confluent Platform with Apache Kafka 4.2. This production-ready feature brings native queue semantics to Kafka through KIP-932, enabling organizations to consolidate streaming and queuing infrastructure while...
AI Tools for Builders — Confluent's MCP Server & Agent Skills
Confluent's AI developer tools are now GA: an open-source local MCP server, a managed MCP server, and Agent Skills. Together they give AI coding assistants direct access to your streaming platform — the tools to act on it and the domain knowledge to build correctly.
New in Confluent Intelligence: Real-Time Context Engine Upgrade, New Model Support, ML Functions, and More
Explore new Confluent Intelligence features: enhanced querying with Real-Time Context Engine, PII detection, sentiment analysis, and support for TimesFM, Anthropic, and Fireworks AI models.
Current 2022: How to Become a Speaker
At this year’s Kafka Summit London we announced Current 2022: The Next Generation of Kafka Summit. This is a technical conference for everything data in motion. Current 2022 will take […]
The Results Are in From The First Ever Data in Motion Report
There’s an increasing need for businesses to act intelligently and in real time to win in today’s digital-first world. To achieve this, forward-thinking companies are modernizing their data infrastructure with […]
Stream Processing vs. Batch Processing: What to Know
With more data being produced in real time by many systems and devices than ever before, it is critical to be able to process it in real time and get […]
What’s New in Apache Kafka 3.2.0
I’m proud to announce the release of Apache Kafka 3.2.0 on behalf of the Apache Kafka® community. The 3.2.0 release contains many new features and improvements. This blog will highlight […]
Confluent at a Fully Disconnected Edge
Internet connectivity is something we sometimes take for granted. For many, most places we visit, work, or reside have some form of connectivity whether it be cellular, Wi-Fi, fiber, etc. […]
How Walmart Uses Apache Kafka for Real-Time Replenishment at Scale
Walmart’s global presence, with its vast number of retail stores plus its robust and rapidly growing e-commerce business, make it one of the most challenging retail companies on the planet […]
From the Cellar to the Cloud – How Aedifion is Driving Next-Generation Building Automation with Confluent
It is no exaggeration that a lot is going wrong in commercial buildings today. The building and construction sector consumes 36% of global final energy and accounts for almost 40% […]
How to Remove Apache Kafka Brokers the Safe and Easy Way With Confluent Server
The recent release of Confluent Cloud and Confluent Platform 7.0 introduced the ability to easily remove Apache Kafka® brokers and shrink your Confluent Server cluster with just a single command. […]
Announcing ksqlDB 0.25.1
We are thrilled to announce ksqlDB 0.25! It comes with a slew of improvements and new features. In particular, we improved how UDAFs work with complex types like Structs and […]
Accelerate Cloud Database Modernizations and Migrations with Confluent
There is unprecedented growth in the volumes of data being generated by businesses today. Regardless of your industry, better data and data management translates into more informed, strategic decision making. […]
Kafka Summit London 2022: The Full Recap
It’s official: Kafka Summit is back! Technically, it never went away—it just went online. But this week in London, Kafka Summit returned in all its glory to welcome over 1,200 […]
Introducing Current 2022: The Next Generation of Kafka Summit
Data streaming is a new category of technology that is reshaping the way businesses operate, but there hasn’t been a place for everyone in the ecosystem to come together and […]
Building a Hybrid Cloud Data Pipeline is Even Easier with Confluent CLI v2
In the latest major version update of the Confluent CLI, we’ve packed all of the functionality from our cloud-based ccloud CLI into the existing confluent CLI client! This is a […]
Intelligently Monitor and Avoid Critical Apache Kafka Issues with Health+
When it comes to alerts, monitoring, and support for Apache Kafka®, how do you know when you’ve got a critical problem that needs your immediate attention? You likely won’t be […]