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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.
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 […]
IoT Reference Architecture and Implementation Guide Using Confluent and MongoDB Realm
The Internet of Things (IoT)—connecting physical objects to software components—has created several innovations and opportunities for enterprise companies, and continues to grow in top industries, including healthcare, smart factories, energy, […]
Adopt Data Streaming with The Definitive Guide
Enabling data in motion within an organization involves much more than simply setting up a Confluent cluster, piping in a few data sources, and writing a set of streaming applications. […]
What’s New in Apache Kafka 3.1.0
On behalf of the Apache Kafka® community, it is my pleasure to announce the release of Apache Kafka 3.1.0. The 3.1.0 release contains many improvements and new features. We’ll highlight […]
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 […]
Introduction to Streaming Data Pipelines with Apache Kafka and ksqlDB
A data pipeline is a method for getting data from one system to another, whether for analytics purposes or for storage. Learning the elements that make up this proven architecture […]
How Instacart Upscaled Its Data Pipelines to Handle 10 Years of Growth in 6 Weeks
Instacart’s core mission—to create a world where everyone has access to the food they love and more time to enjoy it together—took on a new level of importance and urgency […]
Announcing the Confluent Q1 ‘22 Launch
The Confluent Q1 ‘22 Launch is live and packed full of new features that enable businesses to continue innovating quickly with real-time experiences fueled by data in motion. Our quarterly […]
Announcing ksqlDB 0.23.1
We’re pleased to announce ksqlDB 0.23.1! This release allows you to now perform pull queries on streams, which makes it much easier to find a given record in a topic. […]
5 Common Pitfalls When Using Apache Kafka
Whether you’re a seasoned Apache Kafka® developer or just getting started you’re likely to hit a snag at some point or another—either in configuring and understanding your clients or setting […]
Auto-Balancing and Optimizing Apache Kafka Clusters with Improved Observability and Elasticity in Confluent Platform 7.0
While Self-Balancing Clusters (SBC) perform effectively in balancing Apache Kafka® clusters, one of the common themes we hear from our users is that they would love some visibility into the […]
The Link To Cloud: How to Build a Seamless and Secure Hybrid Data Bridge with Cluster Linking
Chances are your business is migrating to the cloud. But if you operate business applications in an on-premises datacenter, you know firsthand that the journey to the cloud is fraught […]
Creating Positive Behavioral Changes at Scale with Confluent and ksqlDB at Omada
At Omada, we change mindsets to change health by partnering with our care teams to discover the behavior change techniques that lead to optimal care pathways for members across our […]