Cost to Build a Data Streaming Platform: TCO, Risks, and Alternatives

Bijoy Choudhury is a solutions engineering leader at Confluent, specializing in real-time data streaming, AI/ML integration, and enterprise-scale architectures. A veteran technical educator and architect, he focuses on driving customer success by leading a team of cloud enablement engineers to design and deliver high-impact proofs-of-concept and enable customers for use cases like real-time fraud detection and ML pipelines.

As a technical author and evangelist, Bijoy actively contributes to the community by writing blogs on new streaming features, delivering technical webinars, and speaking at events. Prior to Confluent, he was a Senior Solutions Architect at VMware, guiding enterprise customers in their cloud-native transformations using Kubernetes and VMware Tanzu. He also spent over six years at Pivotal Software as a Principal Technical Instructor, where he designed and delivered official courseware for the Spring Framework, Cloud Foundry, and GemFire.

Sarah Fraser writes for Confluent’s Brand Marketing team, crafting stories that authentically connect people, technology, and innovation. She covers data streaming, cloud technologies, and AI shaping the future of business. Sarah has written for a range of innovative startups and business leaders.

This blog was a collaborative effort between multiple Confluent employees.