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In a world increasingly driven by data, the revolutionary power of real-time data streaming applications cannot be denied. Five months ago, Confluent announced the Data Streaming Startup Challenge

It’s that time of year again––Kafka Summit London is right around the corner. On March 19 and 20, the Kafka community will gather at ExCeL London to talk about all things new and exciting in the world of Apache Kafka®.

Confluent’s mission is to help our customers set data in motion with a complete data streaming platform. We've played a pivotal role in establishing Apache Kafka® as the de facto standard for data streaming while making streaming simpler, cheaper, and faster with the Kora engine.

Introducing the Confluent Partner Awards 2023: Celebrating excellence across the data streaming ecosystem. Confluent is proud to acknowledge those who have demonstrated unparalleled innovation and commitment in harnessing the power of real-time data...

Today, Confluent is excited to announce the 10 global semifinalists for this year’s Data Streaming Startup Challenge! The Data Streaming Startup Challenge, first announced at Current 2023...

In today's fast-moving world, data streaming platforms are gaining more significance. Whether it's a conventional retail giant like Walmart, which keeps track of inventory levels to avoid stockouts, or a modern, innovative tech company like 10x Banking, which creates unconventional banking...

Gartner has placed Confluent as a “Niche Player” in the 2023 Gartner Data Integration Tools Magic Quadrant*, noting this key strength: “Depth of data streaming/Apache Kafka understanding and support: Confluent has comprehensive stand-alone and fully managed service offerings for Apache Kafka..."

Did you know that women make up only 28% of professionals in the tech industry? What’s more, the percentage of women in tech leadership roles is trending down in recent years. Undoubtedly, the tech industry still has a long way to go in leveling the playing field for women...

The Data Streaming Awards helps recognize and celebrate organizations that are harnessing the power of this innovative technology to transform their businesses—and provide increased value to their customers and communities.

This week, Current | The Next Generation of Kafka Summit kicked off year two of its run as the industry conference for all things Apache Kafka® and real-time data streaming. Hosted in San Jose, the summit welcomed over 2.1k in-person attendees (and 3.5k+ who joined virtually)...

Just under a year ago, Confluent announced the Confluent for Startups program, which provides Confluent Cloud credits to early stage startups trying to get their streaming initiatives off the ground. Since then, we’ve worked with over 150 startups...

The Very Large Data Bases (VLDB) conference is a premier conference for data management systems and is renowned for showcasing cutting-edge research and industry systems. We are delighted to share that our paper, titled "Kora: A Cloud-Native Event Streaming Platform For Kafka"