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.
Understanding how data flows and is transformed across the different layers of an organization’s application and data stack is one of the most challenging governance problems companies are facing today. […]
Dealing with garbage in, garbage out (GIGO) has tormented data teams for generations. Analytics and decision making have suffered from this “garbage”. The new era of machine learning and being […]
Confluent for Kubernetes (CFK) has added declarative API support for Cluster Linking, allowing you to connect public and private cloud environments with a declarative API. Confluent for Kubernetes provides a […]
Real-time data streaming necessitates a new way to think about modern data system design. In the keynote at Kafka Summit London 2022, Confluent CEO Jay Kreps described five principles of […]
An inevitable consequence of rapid business growth is that there will be incidents: even the best, most well-planned systems will begin to fail when you expand them very quickly. The […]
Elasticity is one of the table stakes for a mature cloud service. Elasticity enables the addition of capacity in a cloud service as needed to meet spikes in demand, and […]
At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020, Instacart experienced its highest customer demand in history. Its customer-facing applications, backend systems, and business processes were all put to […]
People often imagine that to provide a cloud service for a piece of open source software is a simple matter of packaging up the open source and putting it in […]
Internet connectivity is something we sometimes take for granted. For many, most places we visit, work, or reside have some form of connectivity whether it be cellular, Wi-Fi, fiber, etc. […]
The recent release of Confluent Cloud and Confluent Platform 7.0 introduced the ability to easily remove Apache Kafka® brokers and shrink your Confluent Server cluster with just a single command. […]
In the latest major version update of the Confluent CLI, we’ve packed all of the functionality from our cloud-based ccloud CLI into the existing confluent CLI client! This is a […]
When it comes to alerts, monitoring, and support for Apache Kafka®, how do you know when you’ve got a critical problem that needs your immediate attention? You likely won’t be […]
The Confluent Q2 ‘22 cloud bundle, our latest set of product launches, is live and packed full of new features to help your business innovate quickly with real-time data streaming. […]
Today, enterprise technology is entering a watershed moment, businesses are moving to end-to-end automation, which requires integrating data from different sources and destinations in real time. Every industry from Internet […]