Strengthen Security With TLS 1.3 for Confluent Cloud Clusters
Confluent Cloud brings TLS 1.3 to Kafka clusters and streaming infrastructure for stronger encryption while ensuring alignment with compliance requirements. This post first appeared on…
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How to Build Real-Time Apache Kafka® Dashboards That Drive Action
Learn to design real-time Apache Kafka® dashboards that drive instant business action, not just data visualization. Explore architecture, data modeling and examples. This post first…
Why More Teams Are Starting With Confluent Cloud on AWS Marketplace
Confluent Cloud on AWS Marketplace delivers managed Kafka with Flink, Iceberg, and 120+ connectors, helping teams build faster without the ops burden. This post first…
Confluent Cloud for Government Achieves FedRAMP 20x Low Authorization
Confluent Cloud for Government is now FedRAMP 20x Low authorized—enabling agencies to securely modernize data streaming with cloud-native Kafka. This post first appeared on Read…
How to Unify Multi-Platform Kafka Operations: A Complete Guide to Hybrid Deployment Success
Five years ago, every enterprise technology leader had the same strategy: migrate everything to the cloud. The plan was simple—treat on-premises infrastructure as a temporary…
Introducing Apache Kafka® 4.1.0: What’s New and How to Upgrade
Apache Kafka 4.1 introduces Queues preview, new Streams Rebalance Protocol, OAuth support, and key client, Streams, and Connect enhancements. This post first appeared on Read…
Cut the Costs of Hosted Apache Kafka® With Confluent Cloud’s Price Guarantee
Discover why hyperscaler-hosted Apache Kafka® services drive up costs with hidden expenses and ops overhead—and how Confluent Cloud cuts infra costs by 60% or more.…
How to Use Kafka Streams Processor API for Complex Enterprise Applications
When building mission-critical streaming applications for supply chain management, financial services, or real-time business intelligence, developers often discover that Kafka Streams’ Domain Specific Language (DSL)…
Building a Unified Schema Registry: How to Eliminate Cross-System Compatibility Failures in Enterprise Data Architectures
Enterprise data ecosystems are increasingly complex, with schemas flowing through multiple data infrastructure systems—from Kafka to data lakes to analytical databases. A single schema change…
KIP-714 Client Metrics: How Apache Kafka Finally Solved Its Biggest Monitoring Challenge
Bottom Line Up Front: KIP-714 client metrics transforms Kafka monitoring from a fragmented, team-by-team challenge into a centralised, governance-driven solution that automatically captures telemetry from…
Confluent Champion: How Vineet Pursues Engineering Excellence in an Innovation Culture
Read this blog to learn more about Vineet’s experience and growth at Confluent and how his team and environment have set him up for success.…
Using Webhooks to Integrate Confluent Cloud and Microsoft Teams
Set up webhooks to connect Confluent Cloud with Microsoft Teams and get real-time service notifications in your inbox or team channels. This post first appeared…
Complete Guide to Building Self-Service Kafka Operations: Eliminating Manual Bottlenecks at Enterprise Scale
Picture this: your team has built a brilliant Kafka platform that’s become the backbone of your organisation’s data infrastructure. Teams across the company are clamouring…
How to Protect PII in Apache Kafka® With Schema Registry and Data Contracts
Learn how to use Confluent Schema Registry and data contracts to validate, mask, and encrypt sensitive data like PII in Kafka workloads using CEL and…
How to Protect PII in Apache Kafka® With Schema Registry and Data Contracts
Learn how to use Confluent Schema Registry and data contracts to validate, mask, and encrypt sensitive data like PII in Kafka workloads using CEL and…