Technology

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. […]

We are thrilled to announce ksqlDB 0.25! It comes with a slew of improvements and new features. In particular, we improved how UDAFs work with complex types like Structs and […]

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 […]

It’s not difficult to get started with Apache Kafka®. Learning resources can be found all over the internet, especially on the Confluent Developer site. If you are new to Kafka, […]

Streaming data has become critical to the success of modern businesses. Leveraging real-time data enables companies to deliver the rich, digital experiences and data-driven backend operations that delight customers. For […]

Azure Synapse users are looking to unlock access to on-premises, open source, and hybrid cloud systems to extend advanced analytics capabilities for their organizations. Building connectivity between all your distributed […]

Our everyday digital experiences are in the midst of a revolution. Customers increasingly expect their online experiences to be interactive, immersive, and real time by default. The need to satisfy […]

From fraud detection and predictive analytics, to real-time customer experiences and cyber security, stream processing has countless benefits for use cases big and small. By unlocking the power of continuous […]

Logging is an important component of managing service availability, security, and customer experience. It allows Site Reliability Engineers (SREs), developers, security teams, and infrastructure teams to gain insights to how […]

The choice of how to get your data in and out of your Apache Kafka® clusters is one that merits thoughtful consideration. On one hand, you can choose to develop […]

Why replace ZooKeeper with an internal log for Apache Kafka® metadata management? This post explores the rationale behind the replacement, examines why a quorum-based consensus protocol like Raft was utilized […]