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Learn new skills, explore the latest trends, and find the answers you need to your biggest questions about Confluent and data streaming.

Confluent 101

Quickly get up to speed with data streaming and event-driven architectures. Here’s where you can find the basics of Apache Kafka® and how Confluent’s Data Streaming Platform puts your data in motion.

White Paper

Good Teams Manage Kafka® - Efficient Teams Use Confluent

This white paper unpacks the true costs of open source Kafka and MSK and demonstrates the value you can realize using Confluent.

Demo

On Demand Demo: Kafka streaming in 10 Minutes on Confluent Cloud

Watch this 30-minute session to hear from top Kafka experts who will show you how to easily create your own Kafka cluster and use out-of-the-box components like ksqlDB to rapidly develop event streaming applications

eBook

Easily Offload Operational Complexities to Make Kafka Go Farther, Faster

Download the “Kafka In the Cloud: Why It’s 10x Better With Confluent” ebook to take a deep dive into how Confluent harnessed the power of the cloud to build a data streaming platform that’s 10x better than Apache Kafka, so you can leave your Kafka management woes behind.

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When it comes to your data, one second behind is one second too many. Stay ahead of the rest with our latest ebooks, blogs, webinars, and more.

Report

Explore the 2024 Data Streaming Report

Explore the 2024 Data Streaming Report to discover the trends and tactics IT leaders are leveraging to boost ROI, AI adoption, and innovation with data streaming.

eBook

The Data Streaming Revolution: The Force of Kafka + Flink Awakens

Shoe retailer NewLimits is struggling with decentralized data processing challenges and needs a manageable, cost-effective stream processing solution for an important upcoming launch. Join developer Ada and architect Jax as they learn why Apache Kafka and Apache Flink are better together.

Online Talk

Top 4 Drivers of Kafka Costs (and How to Reduce Them)

In this webinar, we'll help you understand the key drivers of Apache Kafka® costs across infrastructure and development and operations. We'll also cover how Confluent rearchitected Kafka to be much more cost-efficient with Confluent Cloud to save you time and money.