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How Storyblocks Enabled a New Class of Event-Driven Microservices with Confluent
In many ways, Storyblocks’ technical journey has mirrored that of most other startups and disruptors: Start small and as simple as possible (i.e., with a PHP monolith) Watch the company […]
Stream Governance – How it Works
At the recent Kafka Summit, Confluent announced the general availability of Stream Governance–the industry’s only governance suite for data in motion. Offered as a fully managed cloud solution, it delivers […]
Announcing the Confluent Q3 ’21 Release
The Confluent Q3 ‘21 release is here and packed full of new features that enable the world’s most innovative businesses to continue building what keeps them on top: real-time, mission-critical […]
Design Considerations for Cloud-Native Data Systems
Twenty years ago, the data warehouses of choice were Oracle and Teradata. Since then, growth and innovation has shifted to the cloud, and a new generation of data systems have […]
Set Your Data in Motion with Confluent and Apache Kafka
Today’s consumers have the entire world at their fingertips and hold an unforgiving expectation for end-to-end real-time brand experiences. This has become table stakes. If they have any need, it’s […]
How Confluent Completes Apache Kafka and Sets Data in Motion Everywhere
For businesses to survive and thrive in today’s digital-first world, it’s become table stakes to offer rich, digital customer experiences and leverage data-driven, backend operations. Delivering on these initiatives requires […]
Confluent’s ksqlDB Is a Strong Performer in The Forrester Wave™: Streaming Analytics, Q2 2021
We are pleased to announce that Confluent has been named a Strong Performer in The Forrester Wave: Streaming Analytics, Q2 2021 report (the report is available to Forrester subscribers or […]
Modernize Your Business with Confluent’s Connector Portfolio
To win in today’s digital-first world, businesses must deliver exceptional customer experiences and data-driven, backend operations. This requires the ability to react, respond, and adapt to a continuous, ever-changing flow […]
Introducing Confluent for Kubernetes
We are excited to announce that Confluent for Kubernetes is generally available! Today, we are enabling our customers to realize many of the benefits of our cloud service with the […]
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 […]
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 […]
How to Manage Secrets for Confluent with Kubernetes and HashiCorp Vault
This blog post walks through an end-to-end demo that uses the Confluent Operator to deploy Confluent Platform to Kubernetes. We will deploy a connector that watches for commits to a […]
Introducing Confluent Platform 6.1
We are pleased to announce the release of Confluent Platform 6.1. With this release, we are further simplifying management tasks for Apache Kafka® operators and providing even higher availability for […]
The Cloud-Native Evolution of Apache Kafka on Kubernetes
It’s almost KubeCon! Let’s talk about the state of cloud-native Apache Kafka® and other distributed systems on Kubernetes. Over the last decade, our industry has seen the rise of container […]