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Confluent Named Google Cloud Partner of the Year Amid Accelerating Partnership Momentum
This week in Las Vegas, Google is hosting their annual Google Cloud Next ʼ24 conference, bringing together leaders from across the IT industry to learn about and explore the newest innovations in and around the Google Cloud ecosystem.
2024 Data Streaming Report: Powering AI, Data Product Adoption, and More
In the past, technology served as a supportive function for business. Over time, it has become the business itself. A similar shift is happening with data streaming—data streaming is now a critical foundation of modern business. And this year is an inflection point for data streaming platforms
Confluent Named a Leader in two IDC MarketScape Reports
Confluent has been named a Leader in two different IDC MarketScape reports - the IDC MarketScape for Worldwide Analytic Stream Processing Software 2024 Vendor Assessment, and the IDC MarketScape for Worldwide Event Brokering Software 2024 Vendor Assessment.
Introducing Current 2022: The Next Generation of Kafka Summit
Data streaming is a new category of technology that is reshaping the way businesses operate, but there hasn’t been a place for everyone in the ecosystem to come together and […]
Kafka Summit London 2022: Welcoming the Apache Kafka Community Back to In-Person Events!
In just a few weeks’ time, the Apache Kafka® community will be convening for Kafka Summit London 2022—its first in-person event in over two years. The conference is being held […]
Being Truly Valued as a Person in Your Career
Moving to an entirely new company can be daunting. All you know is the job description and the impression made during the interview process. But what about the company’s ethics? […]
Confluent Strengthens Partnership with Google Cloud and Support for Google BigQuery
Confluent has been offering our customers the opportunity to seamlessly connect their Apache Kafka® topics to Google BigQuery for several years. This helps accelerate data warehouse initiatives by connecting more […]
Announcing Multi-Year Microsoft Partnership to Accelerate Cloud Data Streaming
We’re pleased to share a new multi-year partnership between Confluent and Microsoft to accelerate enterprises’ journey to cloud data streaming on Azure. Today’s announcement builds upon the partnership agreement we […]
Software Engineer Sanjana Kaundinya on Moving from the Classroom to Confluent
When Sanjana Kaundinya chose Confluent for her first job out of college, she was eager to learn as much as possible—and in the two years since, that’s exactly what she’s […]
Practice Manager Gemma Singleton on Building Confidence—and Careers—at Confluent
Gemma Singleton joined Confluent three years ago as an associate level solutions architect. While the job at Confluent appeared less “senior” than the position she was leaving, moving into a […]
Confluent’s Data Streaming Platform Can Save Over $2.5M vs. Self-Managing Apache Kafka
If you’re reading this, it’s likely because you are leveraging (or considering) Apache Kafka® in your organization—especially as it has become the de facto standard for data streaming. Adopted by […]
Thierry Mbemba Grows with Confluent, Emerging as a Sales Leader
In four years, Thierry Mbemba has gone from an entry-level sales rep at Confluent to one of the leading producers on the company’s worldwide sales team. A customer relationships driver […]
AWS and Confluent Announce Deepened Strategic Collaboration
Today we’re announcing an exciting Strategic Collaboration Agreement (SCA) with Amazon Web Services (AWS). This new five-year agreement builds on our strong existing collaboration, with the goal of making it […]
Customer Support at Confluent: Good People, Rapid Growth
What’s it really like to spend your days helping Confluent customers? Below, Alex Altman (Senior Director of Americas Support), Sam Hecht (VP, Global Support and Success Engineering), and Anna McDonald […]
Kafka Summit Americas 2021 Recap
The full inventory of three online Kafka Summits in 2021 is now complete. Kafka Summit Americas wrapped just yesterday. Being a part of the event team and the Program Committee, […]
Kafka Summit APAC 2021 Recap
The second of this year’s three online Kafka Summits is now complete! We hope you were able to join us for Kafka Summit APAC 2021 yesterday. We had over 13,000 […]
What to Look Forward to at Kafka Summit APAC
Kafka Summit, now in its sixth year, is coming to Asia-Pacific! After launching in the U.S. in 2016 and in Europe in 2018, Kafka Summit APAC will feature speakers and […]