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Do you have data you need to get into or out of Apache Kafka®? Kafka connectors are perfect for this. There are many connectors out there, usually for well-known and […]

Is event streaming or batch processing more efficient in data processing? Is an IoT system the same as a data analytics system, and a fast data system the same as […]

In July 2017, Confluent launched a private preview of what would later be known as Confluent Cloud. This platform as a service product has grown rapidly; less than three years […]

The latest ksqlDB release introduces long-awaited features such as tunable retention and grace period for windowed aggregates, new built-in functions including LATEST_BY_OFFSET, a peek at the new server API under […]

As enterprises move more and more of their applications to the cloud, they are also moving their on-prem ETL pipelines to the cloud, as well as building new ones. There […]

Single-cluster deployments of Apache Kafka® are rare. Most medium to large deployments employ more than one Kafka cluster, and even the smallest use cases include development, testing, and production clusters. […]

As the impact of COVID-19 (coronavirus) continues to spread, our top priority is the health and well-being of our customers, employees, and community. We are acutely aware that these are […]

Event stream processing solves many business challenges, from big data ingestion and data integration, to real-time data processing and IoT. It gives you the ability to analyze big data streams […]

Given the growing concern and global impact of COVID-19 (better known as the coronavirus), we’ve made the decision to cancel the upcoming Kafka Summit London. While this decision was incredibly […]

Every year on March 8th, Confluent is proud to celebrate International Women’s Day, a global holiday dedicated to honoring the accomplishments of women and advocating for gender equality around the […]

The Elasticsearch sink connector helps you integrate Apache Kafka® and Elasticsearch with minimum effort. You can take data you’ve stored in Kafka and stream it into Elasticsearch to then be […]

When building API-driven web applications, there is one key metric that engineering teams should minimize: the blocked factor. The blocked factor measures how much time developers spend in the following […]

Today, I am pleased to announce the launch of Confluent Developer, the one and only portal for everything you need to get started with Apache Kafka®, Confluent Platform, and Confluent […]

Fraud detection, payment systems, and stock trading platforms are only a few of many Apache Kafka® use cases that require both fast and predictable delivery of data. For example, detecting […]