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Aiven, Confluent, Redpanda, StreamNative and Ververica Form Streamhouse Working Group
New industry initiative establishes an open category for data architectures that power real-time applications and AI agents
KCP: How to Migrate to Confluent Cloud in Days, Not Weeks
Learn how to migrate to Confluent Cloud in hours using Confluent’s open source Kafka Copy Paste tool. Get an in-depth introduction to the KCP tool and a walk-through of the four steps of migrating from MSK to Confluent Cloud using the tool.
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.
Announcing Confluent Cloud: Apache Kafka® as a Service
Today, I’m really excited to announce Confluent CloudTM, Apache Kafka® as a Service: the simplest, fastest, most robust and cost effective way to run Apache Kafka in the public cloud. […]
It’s Time for Kafka Summit NYC!
The team at Confluent, along with the Apache KafkaTM community, are excited the day is finally here – it’s time for Kafka Summit NYC! We’ll be at the Midtown Hilton […]
Kafka Summit NYC is Almost Here – Don’t Miss the Streams Track!
Ever wondered what it’s like to run Kafka in production? What about building and deploying microservices that process streams of data in real-time, at large scale? Or, maybe just the […]
The 2017 Apache Kafka Survey: Streaming Data on the Rise
In Q1, Confluent conducted a survey of the Apache Kafka® community and those using streaming platforms to learn about their application of streaming data. This is our second execution of […]
Watermarks, Tables, Event Time, and the Dataflow Model
The Google Dataflow team has done a fantastic job in evangelizing their model of handling time for stream processing. Their key observation is that in most cases you can’t globally […]
Kafka Summit NYC Systems Track: What to Expect
In our previous post on the Streaming Pipelines track, we highlighted some of the sessions not to be missed at Kafka Summit NYC. As a follow on to that, let’s […]
Stories from the Front: Lessons Learned from Supporting Apache Kafka®
Here at Confluent, our goal is to ensure every company is successful with their streaming platform deployments. Oftentimes, we’re asked to come in and provide guidance and tips as developers […]
Creating a Data Pipeline with the Kafka Connect API – from Architecture to Operations
Pandora began adoption of Apache Kafka® in 2016 to orient its infrastructure around real-time stream processing analytics. As a data-driven company, we have a several thousand node Hadoop clusters with hundreds of Hive tables critical to Pandora’s operational and reporting success...
Kafka Summit NYC: Streaming Pipelines Track – What to Expect
It is just a few weeks out until Kafka Summit NYC! Since we’re on the program committee for this event and are also the track leads for the Streaming Pipelines track, […]
Securing the Confluent Schema Registry for Apache Kafka®
Note: The blog post Ensure Data Quality and Data Evolvability with a Secured Schema Registry contains more recent information. If you use Apache Kafka to integrate and decouple different data […]
There’s So Much More to Apache Kafka than Just Hadoop
It’s Strata+Hadoop World this week, and the who’s who of the data management world will gather at the San Jose Convention Center to talk all things big data. I’m kind […]
Log Compaction – Highlights in the Apache Kafka® and Stream Processing Community – March 2017
Big news this month! First and foremost, Confluent Platform 3.2.0 with Apache Kafka® 0.10.2.0 was released! Read about the new features, check out all 200 bug fixes and performance improvements […]
The Arrival of Streaming: Confluent Raises $50 Million Series C
I have some exciting news to share: we’ve completed a $50 million investment led by our newest partner, Sequoia Capital and Matt Miller of Sequoia will be joining our board […]
Confluent 3.2 with Apache Kafka® 0.10.2 Now Available
We’re excited to announce the release of Confluent 3.2, our enterprise streaming platform built on Apache Kafka. At Confluent, our vision is to provide a comprehensive, enterprise-ready streaming platform that […]