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Confluent + Immerok: Cloud Native Kafka Meets Cloud Native Flink
I'm excited to share our intent to acquire Immerok! Together, we’ll build a cloud-native service for Apache Flink that delivers the same simplicity, security, and scalability that you expect from Confluent for Kafka.
Ready to Relive the Excitement of Kafka Summit 2023? Here’s What Went Down!
"It really is an awesome time for this community,” said Jay Kreps, CEO of Confluent, in his opening keynote to over 1,500 live attendees (and 2k+ virtual viewers) from 50+ countries at Kafka Summit London.
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 […]
Kafka Summit London 2022: Welcoming the Apache Kafka Community Back to In-Person Events!
In just a few weeks’ time, the Apache Kafka® community will be convening for Kafka Summit London 2022—its first in-person event in over two years. The conference is being held […]
Being Truly Valued as a Person in Your Career
Moving to an entirely new company can be daunting. All you know is the job description and the impression made during the interview process. But what about the company’s ethics? […]
Confluent Strengthens Partnership with Google Cloud and Support for Google BigQuery
Confluent has been offering our customers the opportunity to seamlessly connect their Apache Kafka® topics to Google BigQuery for several years. This helps accelerate data warehouse initiatives by connecting more […]
Announcing Multi-Year Microsoft Partnership to Accelerate Cloud Data Streaming
We’re pleased to share a new multi-year partnership between Confluent and Microsoft to accelerate enterprises’ journey to cloud data streaming on Azure. Today’s announcement builds upon the partnership agreement we […]
Software Engineer Sanjana Kaundinya on Moving from the Classroom to Confluent
When Sanjana Kaundinya chose Confluent for her first job out of college, she was eager to learn as much as possible—and in the two years since, that’s exactly what she’s […]
Practice Manager Gemma Singleton on Building Confidence—and Careers—at Confluent
Gemma Singleton joined Confluent three years ago as an associate level solutions architect. While the job at Confluent appeared less “senior” than the position she was leaving, moving into a […]
Confluent’s Data Streaming Platform Can Save Over $2.5M vs. Self-Managing Apache Kafka
If you’re reading this, it’s likely because you are leveraging (or considering) Apache Kafka® in your organization—especially as it has become the de facto standard for data streaming. Adopted by […]
Thierry Mbemba Grows with Confluent, Emerging as a Sales Leader
In four years, Thierry Mbemba has gone from an entry-level sales rep at Confluent to one of the leading producers on the company’s worldwide sales team. A customer relationships driver […]
AWS and Confluent Announce Deepened Strategic Collaboration
Today we’re announcing an exciting Strategic Collaboration Agreement (SCA) with Amazon Web Services (AWS). This new five-year agreement builds on our strong existing collaboration, with the goal of making it […]
Customer Support at Confluent: Good People, Rapid Growth
What’s it really like to spend your days helping Confluent customers? Below, Alex Altman (Senior Director of Americas Support), Sam Hecht (VP, Global Support and Success Engineering), and Anna McDonald […]
Kafka Summit Americas 2021 Recap
The full inventory of three online Kafka Summits in 2021 is now complete. Kafka Summit Americas wrapped just yesterday. Being a part of the event team and the Program Committee, […]
Kafka Summit APAC 2021 Recap
The second of this year’s three online Kafka Summits is now complete! We hope you were able to join us for Kafka Summit APAC 2021 yesterday. We had over 13,000 […]
What to Look Forward to at Kafka Summit APAC
Kafka Summit, now in its sixth year, is coming to Asia-Pacific! After launching in the U.S. in 2016 and in Europe in 2018, Kafka Summit APAC will feature speakers and […]
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 […]