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.
Each month, we’ve announced a set of Confluent features organized around what we think are the key foundational traits of cloud-native data systems as part of Project Metamorphosis. Data systems […]
The ksqlDB team is pleased to announce ksqlDB 0.12.0. This release continues to improve upon the usability of ksqlDB and aims to reduce administration time. Highlights include query upgrades, which […]
ksqlDB, the event streaming database, is becoming one of the most popular ways to work with Apache Kafka®. Every day, we answer many questions about the project, but here’s a […]
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Operating critical Apache Kafka® event streaming applications in production requires sound automation and engineering practices. Streaming applications are often at the center of your transaction processing and data systems, requiring […]
The promise of cloud computing is simplicity, speed, and cost savings. But what about workloads that can’t move to the cloud? Are they stuck using expensive legacy tooling and practices? […]
Since the MongoDB Atlas source and sink became available in Confluent Cloud, we’ve received many questions around how to set up these connectors in a secure environment. By default, MongoDB […]
Near-real-time insights have become a de facto requirement for Azure use cases involving scalable log analytics, time series analytics, and IoT/telemetry analytics. Azure Data Explorer (also called Kusto) is the […]
Are you looking for a way to run AWS services on premises in your own datacenter? I am excited to share today that we have completed validation of support for […]
Users of messaging technologies such as JMS and AMQP often use message prioritization so that messages can be processed in a different order based on their importance. It doesn’t take […]
Confluent Operator allows you to deploy and manage Confluent Platform as a cloud-native, stateful container application on Kubernetes and OpenShift. The automation provided by Kubernetes, Operator, and Helm greatly simplifies […]
Hybrid cloud architecture and accelerated cloud migrations are becoming the norm rather than the exception, as our increasingly digital world introduces certain challenges along the way, including modernizing existing application/architecture, […]
If you are taking your first steps with Apache Kafka®, looking at a test environment for your client application, or building a Kafka demo, there are two “easy button” paths […]
As a South African, who grew up during the era of apartheid, I’ve witnessed firsthand the negative and long-lasting impact of discrimination, bias, and inequity, and I have a strong […]