New in Confluent Cloud: Data Streaming for Any Workload, at Any Scale
Explore Confluent Cloud’s Q1 2026 release, including Queues for Kafka, new migration tooling KCP, Confluent Intelligence releases, and more. This post first appeared on Read…
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How to Eliminate the 5 Hidden Cost Traps in Your Kafka-to-Iceberg Pipeline
Every enterprise running Apache Kafka alongside a data lakehouse is haemorrhaging money in places they never thought to look. The OSO engineers have spent years…
Scaling the Streaming Stack: Introducing the Sell with Confluent Partner Program
Sell with Confluent is our new reseller engagement model, designed to empower partners with streamlined quoting, automated incentives, and scalable growth. This post first appeared…
How to Break Off Your First Microservice
Learn how to safely break off your first microservice from a monolith using a low-risk, incremental migration approach. This post first appeared on Read More
From Dumb Pipes to a Smart Data Plane: Introducing Schema IDs in Apache Kafka® Headers
Schema IDs in Kafka headers make it easier to adopt Schema Registry, govern event streams, and migrate without breaking existing producers or consumers. This post…
Beyond Zero-Ops: Architectural Precision for MongoDB Atlas Connectors
Advanced best practices for running MongoDB Atlas Source and Sink Connectors on Confluent Cloud with high throughput, schema integrity, and production resilience. This post first…
Apache Kafka 4.2.0 Release Announcement
Apache Kafka 4.2.0 is here. Explore production-ready share groups, Kafka Streams rebalance GA, new metrics, security enhancements, and upgrade details. This post first appeared on…
How to Future-Proof Architectures With Continuous Availability Via Hybrid & Multicloud
Learn how to design future-proof architectures for hybrid and multicloud environments, balancing portability, resilience, and long-term flexibility. This post first appeared on Read More
Do Customers Really Care If You Love Them?
Discover why product excellence drives adoption, but customer love and success turn B2B SaaS users into loyal, long-term advocates. This post first appeared on Read…
Disaster Recovery in 60 Seconds: A POC for Seamless Client Failover on Confluent Cloud
Step-by-step POC showing how to orchestrate Kafka client failover using Confluent Cloud Gateway and Cluster Linking to reduce recovery time to under 60 seconds. This…
How to Build a Real-Time Context Engine for AI Agents Using Event Driven Architectures
A major enterprise technology provider recently acquired the leading commercial Kafka vendor for $11bn. That number alone should make every data engineer and the newly…
Focal Systems: Boosting Store Performance with an AI Retail Operating System and Real-Time Data
Discover how Focal Systems uses computer vision, AI, and data streaming to improve retail store performance, shelf availability, and real-time inventory accuracy. This post first…
Streaming Data Integration with Apache Kafka®
Learn how streaming data integration with Kafka differs from traditional ETL. Explore real-time, reusable data products, canonical streams, and how Kafka enables scalable, enterprise-wide data…
Cloud API Keys vs Resource-Specific API Keys in Confluent Cloud
Learn the difference between cloud API keys and resource-specific API keys in Confluent Cloud, plus best practices for service accounts and production security. This post…
Empowering Customers: The Role of Confluent’s Trust Center
Learn how the Confluent Trust Center helps security and compliance teams accelerate due diligence, simplify audits, and gain confidence through transparency. This post first appeared…