Confluent Blog

IoT data is a valuable asset for wireless companies, enabling better network performance, enhanced customer experiences, reduced costs, and new business opportunities. As the IoT ecosystem continues to grow, wireless companies that effectively harness and analyze data will be better positioned...

Within this blog, we’ll introduce you to the latest cohort of partners who have built Confluent integrations within their applications and highlight customer success stories from across our partner ecosystem.

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...

Turning events into outcomes at scale is not easy! It starts with knowing what events are actually meaningful to your business or customer’s journey and capturing them. At Confluent, we have a good sense of what these critical events or moments are.

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...

Telemedicine has widened access to healthcare across the globe. It has allowed people to access services such as video consultations, virtual diagnosis, and remote condition monitoring, helping them to overcome common challenges to obtaining healthcare...

We’re excited to announce the launch of the new fully managed BigQuery Sink V2 Connector, a significant upgrade to our existing BigQuery Sink (Legacy) Connector. The new connector leverages the Google-recommended Storage Write API, adds OAuth 2.0 support...

Confluent offers a powerful CLI that lets you quickly create and manage Apache Kafka® clusters and Apache Flink® compute pools and all associated operations with both. The CLI now supports plugins that allow for custom commands and creation of dynamic workflows and automation.

Happy New Year! It’s not too late to say that, right?

Order management systems (OMS) have evolved from keeping paper records and spreadsheets to using web-based platforms that can automate manual tasks, minimize errors, and optimize inventory levels. In today's fast-paced business environment, managing orders effectively and efficiently is crucial...

Confluent is excited to closely partner with Pinecone as they unveil Pinecone serverless—a new serverless vector database, enabling more developers to build real-time, cost-effective, and highly performant GenAI products.

Learn how to configure Azure Active Directory DS (Azure AD DS) and Confluent Cloud so that the Azure Directory can be used to authenticate and authorize applications to use Confluent Cloud clusters.

The Department of Defense (DOD) has set a clear strategy to become a data-centric agency. This direction is driven by the awareness that data is a strategic asset. To realize this vision, mission-critical data needs to be interoperable and accessible for all strategic...