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Queues for Apache Kafka® Is Here: Your Guide to Getting Started in Confluent
Confluent announces the General Availability of Queues for Kafka on Confluent Cloud and Confluent Platform with Apache Kafka 4.2. This production-ready feature brings native queue semantics to Kafka through KIP-932, enabling organizations to consolidate streaming and queuing infrastructure while...
AI Tools for Builders — Confluent's MCP Server & Agent Skills
Confluent's AI developer tools are now GA: an open-source local MCP server, a managed MCP server, and Agent Skills. Together they give AI coding assistants direct access to your streaming platform — the tools to act on it and the domain knowledge to build correctly.
New in Confluent Intelligence: Real-Time Context Engine Upgrade, New Model Support, ML Functions, and More
Explore new Confluent Intelligence features: enhanced querying with Real-Time Context Engine, PII detection, sentiment analysis, and support for TimesFM, Anthropic, and Fireworks AI models.
How to Elastically Scale Apache Kafka Clusters on Confluent Cloud
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 […]
Making Confluent Cloud 10x More Elastic Than Apache Kafka
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 […]
Confluent at a Fully Disconnected Edge
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. […]
How to Remove Apache Kafka Brokers the Safe and Easy Way With Confluent Server
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. […]
Building a Hybrid Cloud Data Pipeline is Even Easier with Confluent CLI v2
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 […]
Intelligently Monitor and Avoid Critical Apache Kafka Issues with Health+
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 […]
RBAC at Scale, Oracle CDC Source Connector, and More – Q2’22 Confluent Cloud Launch
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. […]
Building a Real-Time Data Pipeline with Oracle CDC and MarkLogic Using CFK and Confluent Cloud
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 […]
Harness Trusted, Quality Data Streams with Confluent Platform 7.1
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 […]
Migrating Data to Azure Synapse with Confluent’s Fully Managed Connector to Unlock Real-Time Advanced Analytics
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 […]
Securing Your Logs in Confluent Cloud with HashiCorp Vault
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 […]
Deploying Self-Managed Connectors on EKS Fargate
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 […]
Bringing Your Own Monitoring (BYOM) with Confluent Cloud
As data flows in and out of your Confluent Cloud clusters, it’s imperative to monitor their behavior. Bring Your Own Monitoring (BYOM) means you can configure an application performance monitoring […]
Streaming SFDC Data to BigQuery for Real-Time Customer Analytics
A common challenge organizations face is how to extract, transform, and load (ETL) Salesforce data into a data warehouse, so that the business can use the data. Salesforce (SFDC) is […]