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Stream smarter with our fully managed, cloud-native Apache Kafka® service
Run and manage our complete data streaming platform on-premises
Bridge on-premise control with the automation of a cloud service
Deploy a Kafka-compatible data streaming platform in your private cloud
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Clean and govern data at the source and turn topics into Iceberg or Delta Lake tables
Build RAG and agentic AI use cases with real-time, contextual and trustworthy data
Learn to build event-driven microservices applications with data streaming
Build trusted data products with fresh,high-quality operational data
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Deployment Options
Independent, self-contained microservices allow organizations to build faster, deploy easier, and scale smarter. Take a look into how event-driven microservices accelerate development.
This session introduces key concepts, use cases, and best practices for finding success with event-driven microservices.
McAfee, a leader in online protection, recognized the need to transition from open-source Kafka for their cloud-native modernization effort. Learn how they drove a successful migration, secured leadership buy-in to support this shift, & discovered insights for crafting an effective Kafka strategy.
Michele Goetz, Forrester
Mahesh Tyagarajan, McAfee
Learn how Apache Kafka, Confluent, and event-driven microservices ensure real-time communication and event streaming for modernized deployment, testing, and continuous delivery.
This white paper explores the potential benefits and relevance of deploying Confluent with the Istio service mesh.
The secret to modernizing monoliths and scaling microservices across your organization? An event-driven architecture.
This white paper provides a brief overview of how microservices can be built in the Apache Kafka ecosystem.
This paper provides 10 principles for streaming services, a list of items to be mindful of when designing and building a microservices system
In this session, learn how to build a simple pizza ordering app with event-driven microservices. We’ll start by exploring some design considerations around microservices architectures, before going into a step–by-step guide of how to build microservices with Confluent.
In this short, 20-minute session you’ll gain everything you need to get started with development of your first app based upon event-driven microservices.
Join this webinar to see how the legacy of traditional implementations still impacts microservice architectures today.