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Introducing Confluent Private Cloud: Cloud-Level Agility for Your Private Infrastructure
Confluent Private Cloud (CPC) is a new software package that extends Confluent’s cloud-native innovations to your private infrastructure. CPC offers an enhanced broker with up to 10x higher throughput and a new Gateway that provides network isolation and central policy enforcement without client...
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...
New in Confluent Intelligence: A2A, Multivariate Anomaly Detection, Vector Search for Cosmos DB, Amazon S3 Vectors, and More
Explore new Confluent Intelligence features: A2A integration, multivariate anomaly detection, vector search for Cosmos DB and S3 Vectors, Private Link, and MCP support.
Celebrate Back-to-School Season With Data Streaming Basics
Back-to-school season brings the promise of learning new concepts, connecting with peers, and finding inspiration. For those of us in the world of tech, there’s always something new to learn. […]
Getting Started with the KRaft Protocol
What is KRaft, and how does it work? Apache Kafka® Raft (KRaft) is the consensus protocol that was introduced to remove Apache Kafka’s dependency on ZooKeeper™ for metadata management. This […]
Getting Started with Confluent Cloud Networking
Networking is a core technology skill set that affects practitioners at all levels and parts of a business, from developers and users who often benefit from learning foundational networking concepts […]
G2 names Confluent the Event Stream Processing Industry Leader
“Potential buyers know they can trust these insights when researching and selecting software because they’re rooted in vetted, verified, and authentic reviews.” — Sara Rossio, Chief Product Officer, […]
Confluent in India: Cultivating an Innovative Organization Where People Thrive
Before I came to Confluent, I worked 30 years at various companies with different cultures. I’ve had the chance to learn what works and what doesn’t. So when I started […]
An Introduction to Apache Kafka Security: Securing Real-Time Data Streams
The largest companies in the world use Apache Kafka® for their real-time streaming data pipelines and applications. Kafka is the basis for the real-time fraud text alerts from your bank […]
Real-Time Wildlife Monitoring with Apache Kafka
Wildlife monitoring is critical for keeping track of population changes of vulnerable animals. As part of the Confluent Hackathon ʼ22, I was inspired to investigate if a streaming platform could […]
Data Enrichment in Existing Data Pipelines Using Confluent Cloud
If you are new to Apache Kafka®, this article is a great way to help you kick-start your first Kafka project and set your data in motion. The best way […]
Getting Started with Stream Processing: The Ultimate Guide
Whether it’s ordering shoes online, depositing a check through a banking app, or reserving a ride-share to the airport, customers today expect transactions to be fast and seamless. To make […]
Serverless Stream Processing with Apache Kafka, Azure Functions, and ksqlDB
Serverless stream processing with Apache Kafka® is a powerful yet often underutilized field. Microsoft’s Azure Functions, in combination with ksqlDB and Confluent’s sink connector, provide a powerful and easy-to-use set […]
Getting Started with Database Modernization
For many companies, the journey to the cloud started as a way to take advantage of the cost savings, speed, and scale of cloud computing. You may have already started […]
Confluent announces launch of Cloud Reseller Program
Today, Confluent is happy to announce the launch of our Confluent Cloud Reseller Program. Our Cloud Reseller Program aims to give AWS customers the tools to simplify the procurement of […]
Apache Kafka at Home: A Houseplant Alerting System with ksqlDB
Back in 2020, so many folks picked up pandemic hobbies—things they could throw themselves into at full force while they were restricted by lockdowns. I chose houseplants. Prior to the […]
Streaming Data Pipelines: Reinventing Data Flows
The worlds of data integration and data pipelines are changing in ways that are highly reminiscent of the profound changes I witnessed in application and service development over the last twenty years.