Unified Stream Manager: Manage and Monitor Apache Kafka® Across Environments
Bring Cloud-grade governance and observability on-prem. Unified Stream Manager is GA in Confluent Platform 8.1 — your single view for hybrid Apache Kafka operations. This…
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Introducing Real-Time Context Engine: Simplified Context Engineering With Real-Time, Processed Data for AI
Unlock real-time context for AI with Confluent’s Real-Time Context Engine. Evaluate, process, and serve trustworthy context continuously in Confluent Cloud. This post first appeared on…
Streaming Data to AI-Ready Tables: Tableflow for Delta Lake and Databricks Unity Catalog Is Now Generally Available
Transform real-time Kafka data into governed, AI-ready Delta Lake tables with Confluent Tableflow and Databricks Unity Catalog. Simplify pipelines, ensure governance, and unlock real-time analytics…
Why Apache Kafka® Migration Costs Are Often Underestimated
Planning an Apache Kafka® migration? Learn how to estimate migration expenses, reduce costs, and compare self-managed vs managed real-time data platforms with expert insight. This…
Confluent and Your Data: A Partnership You Can Trust
Explore how Confluent Cloud achieves 99.99% uptime and how you can architect for resilience, multi-region failover, and predictable performance. This post first appeared on Read…
The True Cost of Real-Time Data Streaming
Explore the hidden costs of real-time streaming—compare infrastructure, ops, and ROI for Confluent Cloud and self-managed Apache Kafka®. Learn how autoscaling and governance lower TCO.…
How to Build Real-Time Compliance & Audit Logging With Apache Kafka®
Build a real-time compliance and audit logging pipeline on Apache Kafka®: architecture, schemas, immutability, retention, and best practices with Confluent. This post first appeared on…
Connect Migration Utility: Convert Self-Managed Connectors to Fully Managed in a Few Minutes
Use Confluent’s open source Connect migration utility to discover, assess, map, validate, and cut over self-managed Kafka connectors to fully managed in minutes. This post…
Connect Migration Utility: Convert Self-Managed Connectors to Fully Managed in a Few Minutes
Use Confluent’s open source Connect migration utility to discover, assess, map, validate, and cut over self-managed Kafka connectors to fully managed in minutes. This post…
Confluent Champion: Engineering a Better Developer Experience a Test at a Time
Learn how software engineer Akshatha has grown as a strategic thinker and added new technical skills since joining Confluent’s Developer Productivity team. This post first…
Lessons Learned With Confluent-Managed Connectors and Terraform
Learn how to provision Confluent Cloud managed connectors with Terraform for reliable, automated infrastructure as code practices. This post first appeared on Read More
Why You Don’t Need Apache Flink for Agentic AI (And Why Akka Is the Simpler Choice)
The Apache Flink community has been pushing hard into the agentic AI space, positioning stream processing as the foundation for production AI agents. Conference talks…
Confluent: The Real-Time Backbone for Agentic Systems
Discover how Confluent and Google Cloud power agentic systems with real-time data streaming, A2A/MCP protocols, and AI-driven workflows at scale. This post first appeared on…
Building Multi-Region Orchestration with Apache Kafka: A Pull-Based Architecture
Modern enterprise applications increasingly require orchestration of long-running workflows that span multiple services across different geographical regions. Traditional HTTP-based orchestration approaches, whilst familiar, introduce significant…
Leveraging Confluent Cloud Schema Registry with AWS Lambda Event Source Mapping
Big news for developers! AWS Lambda’s Kafka Event Source Mapping now supports Confluent Schema Registry. This update simplifies building event-driven applications. This post first appeared…