The Complete Guide to Data Streaming Use Cases (Second Edition)

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From split-second decisions to always-on, agent-driven experiences, real-time data is redefining how businesses get done. At the center of this shift is data streaming—giving organizations the continuous, trusted data flow required to power real-time insight and innovation across industries. In this second edition of The Ultimate Data Streaming Guide, see how leading organizations put it into practice.

Packed with updated use cases and new customer success stories summarized by Confluent Field CTO Kai Waehner, this book highlights the transformative power of data streaming, stream processing, and event-driven frameworks to modernize operations and fuel innovation.

Read the book—featuring a foreword by Confluent CEO and Co-Founder Jay Kreps—to learn how to:

Unlock real-time decision-making with data streaming—and drive measurable business impact
Leverage data streaming to optimize operations and elevate customer experiences across industries, including financial services, public sector, retail, manufacturing, and technology,
Scale and mature your data streaming capabilities with confidence
Foster internal communities that accelerate adoption and innovation

Take the next step in your data streaming journey. Download the updated second edition to discover what’s possible when your business runs on real-time data.

The Ultimate Data Streaming Guide - Second Edition

Kai WaehnerGlobal Field CTO

Kai is Global Field CTO at Confluent. His areas of expertise include big data analytics, machine learning, messaging, integration, microservices, the Internet of Things, stream processing and blockchain. He is also the author of technical articles, gives talks at international conferences and shares his experiences of new technologies in his blog (www.kai-waehner.de/blog).

Evi SchneiderGlobal Lead, Demand Generation & Expansion, Confluent

Evi Schneider is Global Lead for Demand Generation and Expansion at Confluent. She develops and scales global programs that drive customer growth with data streaming, tailored to the distinct priorities of industries like financial services, healthcare, retail, manufacturing, or telco.

Beyond, Evi focuses on building strategies that support the creation of internal communities within customer organizations, empowering champions, connecting architects and innovators, and helping companies scale data streaming use cases across departments and regions. She is passionate about helping enterprises turn early adoption into platform-wide transformation, whether it’s through internal messaging frameworks, innovative event concepts or cross-industry connections.

Evi is co-author to “The Ultimate Data Streaming Guide” and a regular speaker at ABM conferences.