Change data capture is a popular method to connect database tables to data streams, but it comes with drawbacks. The next evolution of the CDC pattern, first-class data products, provide resilient pipelines that support both real-time and batch processing while isolating upstream systems...
Learn how the latest innovations in Kora enable us to introduce new Confluent Cloud Freight clusters, which can save you up to 90% at GBps+ scale. Confluent Cloud Freight clusters are now available in Early Access.
Learn how to contribute to open source Apache Kafka by writing Kafka Improvement Proposals (KIPs) that solve problems and add features! Read on for real examples.
We are excited to announce the release of a new Confluent Cloud Homepage UI, inspired by many conversations and features requests from our customer and field teams. In the past, many users bypassed the Homepage as just another click in the way of what they are trying to accomplish. This redesign...
Learn how Confluent Cloud and BigQuery Continuous Queries work together to enable real-time data processing, including the benefits of the integration with BigQuery Continuous Query and a step-by-step guide on setting up getting data from BQ Continuous Query and Confluent Cloud to capture data...
BT Group, a large telecoms company based in the UK, has been on a journey to creating a ‘Smart Event Mesh’ with Confluent, enabling the availability of well-governed, real-time streams of data across a hybrid cloud environment. Learn how they’ve navigated this journey so far.
The Apache Flink® community released Apache Flink 1.20 this week. In this blog post, we highlight some of the most interesting additions and improvements.
This blog announces the general availability of Confluent Platform 7.7 and its latest key features: Enhanced security with OAuth Support, Confluent Platform for Apache Flink® (LA), a new Connector, and More
We are proud to announce the release of Apache Kafka 3.8.0. This release contains many new features and improvements. This blog post highlights some of the more prominent features. For a full list of changes, be sure to check the release notes.
Confluent Cloud for Apache Flink®️ supports AI model inference and enables the use of models as resources in Flink SQL, just like tables and functions. You can use a SQL statement to create a model resource and invoke it for inference in streaming queries.
The Q2 2024 Confluent Cloud launch introduces a suite of enhancements across the four key pillars of a Data Streaming Platform - Stream, Connect, Process, and Govern – alongside some significant work we have been doing with our partner ecosystem to help customers unlock new possibilities.
As one of the largest cancer research and treatment organizations in the United States, City of Hope’s mission is to transform cancer care. Advancing this mission requires an array of cutting-edge technologies to fuel innovative treatments and services tailored for patients’ specific needs.
As a customer marketing manager on the brand marketing team, Alexri Patel-Sigmon helps bring our customers’ stories to life. Partnering with teams across marketing, sales, product, and more, her team provides customers with a stage to share their data streaming stories, amplify their thought lead...
A well-known debate: tabs or spaces? Let’s settle the debate, Kafka-style. We’ll use the new confluent-kafka-javascript client to build an app that produces the current state of the vote counts to a Kafka topic and consumes from that same topic to surface them to a JavaScript frontend.
The Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II) came into effect in January 2018, aiming to improve the competitiveness and transparency of European financial markets. As part of this, financial institutions are obligated to report details of trades and transactions (both equity and...
Deploying Apache Kafka at the edge brings significant challenges related to scalability, remote monitoring, and high management costs. Confluent’s enterprise-grade data streaming platform addresses these issues by providing comprehensive features that enhance Kafka’s capabilities, ensuring effici...
While cloud computing adoption continues to accelerate due to its tremendous value, it has also become clear that edge computing is better suited for a variety of use cases. Organizations are realizing the benefits of processing data closer to its source, leading to reduced latency, security and...