Confluent Blog
Data Products, Data Contracts, and Change Data Capture
Change data capture is a popular method to connect database tables to data streams, but it comes with drawbacks. The next evolution of the CDC pattern, first-class data products, provide resilient pipelines that support both real-time and batch processing while isolating upstream systems...
Unlock Cost Savings with Freight Clusters–Now in General Availability
Confluent Cloud Freight clusters are now Generally Available on AWS. In this blog, learn how Freight clusters can save you up to 90% at GBps+ scale.
Unleash Real-Time Agentic AI: Introducing Streaming Agents on Confluent Cloud
Build event-driven agents on Apache Flink® with Streaming Agents on Confluent Cloud—fresh context, MCP tool calling, real-time embeddings, and enterprise governance.
Unlock the Power of Data Streaming: Introducing The Ultimate Guide
Discover how to unlock the full potential of data streaming with Confluent's "Ultimate Data Streaming Guide." This comprehensive resource maps the journey to becoming a Data Streaming Organization (DSO), with best practices, industry success stories, & insights to scale your data streaming strategy.
Agentic AI: The Top 5 Challenges and How to Overcome Them
Before deploying agentic AI, enterprises should be prepared to address several issues that could impact the trustworthiness and security of the system.
Optimize SaaS Integration with Fully Managed HTTP Connectors V2 for Confluent Cloud
Learn how an e-commerce company integrates the data from its Stripe system with the Pinecone vector database using the new fully managed HTTP Source V2 and HTTP Sink V2 Connectors along with Flink AI model inference in Confluent Cloud to enhance its real-time fraud detection.
Driving Real-Time Innovation: Meet the Five New Build with Confluent Partners
Jump-start a new use case with our new Build with Confluent partners and solutions.
Unlock Cost Savings with Freight Clusters–Now in General Availability
Confluent Cloud Freight clusters are now Generally Available on AWS. In this blog, learn how Freight clusters can save you up to 90% at GBps+ scale.
New Security Tools to Protect Your New Year’s Resolutions
Confluent's advanced security and connectivity features allow you to protect your data and innovate confidently. Features like Mutual TLS (mTLS), Private Link for Schema Registry, and Private Link for Flink, not only bolster security but also streamline network architecture and improve performance.
How Singapore Embraces Data Streaming Across Finance, Air Travel & More
Read this Data in Motion Tour recap to get highlights and key insights from Singaporean business leaders leveraging data streaming in their organizations.
Introducing Real-Time Embeddings: Any Model, Any Vector Database—No Code Needed
Confluent’s Create Embeddings Action for Flink helps you generate vector embeddings from real-time data to create a live semantic layer for your AI workflows.
Confluent Champion Maria on the Power of a Motivated Workplace
In our latest Confluent Champion, staff solutions engineer Maria Berinde-Tampanariu shares how Confluent fosters a culture of motivation and growth.
Allium and Confluent: How to Build a Foundational Data Platform for Blockchain
Allium provides real-time, accessible blockchain data for analytics and business teams with the help of data streaming. Learn how here.
Optimizing Supply Chains with Data Streaming and Generative AI
Effective supply chain management relies on the ready availability of well-governed, real-time data. Learn how Confluent facilitates supply chain optimization.
Event-Driven AI: Building a Research Assistant with Kafka and Flink
The rise of agentic AI has fueled excitement around agents that autonomously perform tasks, make recommendations, and execute complex workflows. This blog post details the design and architecture of PodPrep AI, an AI-powered research assistant that helps the author prepare for podcast interviews.
New in Confluent Cloud: Extending Private Networking Across the Data Streaming Platform
Confluent Cloud 2024 Q4 adds private networking and mTLS authentication, follower fetching, Flink updates, WarpStream features to support migration and governance, and more!