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Learn about the role of batch.size and linger.ms in Kafka message compression.

From traditional brick-and-mortar institutions to digitally native financial services companies, data streaming is fueling the next wave of emerging tech in finance and banking...

From locomotive analytics companies tracking predictive maintenance data, to digital-native companies tracking semi-trailer trucks’ movement across America’s highways, or municipalities using 100’s of buses to move people around their city, Confluent has seen it all...

Learn how to build a Java pipeline that consumes clickstream data from Apache Kafka®. Consuming clickstreams is something that many businesses have a use for and it can also be generalized to consuming other types of streaming data.

As the world’s population continues to increase, so does the need for new infrastructure, buildings and housing, automatically increasing the demand for tradespeople. Whether it's an electrician, a plumber, or an HVAC technician...

Dive into Flink SQL, a powerful data processing engine that allows you to process and analyze large volumes of data in real time. We’ll cover how Flink SQL relates to the other Flink APIs and showcase some of its built-in functions and operations with syntax examples.

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...

In today's rapidly evolving digital age, organizations across various sectors are leveraging technology to provide great customer experiences. One of the most important touchpoints in this journey is the 'Customer Onboarding' process...

Consumers have become increasingly adept at navigating omnichannel brand presence. One minute they’re in the store purchasing a product, and the next they’re online submitting a review. Or they’re buying something via an app while driving to the store to pick it up curbside.

When Bans Sagoo was looking to transition into a role in the data streaming space, he accepted a “great career opportunity” at Confluent. Two years in, Bans currently dons the role of a manager in the Commercial Solutions Engineering Management team.

Looking to install Kafka on Windows? This step-by-step guide will show you how to set it up and run it thanks to the Windows Subsystem for Linux 2.

At the Singapore Data in Motion Tour stop, keynote speaker and Confluent cofounder Jun Rao helped break down the history of Kafka and explain how Confluent got started on its mission to modernize data flows...

The insurance industry, like other traditional sectors, is no stranger to the rapid technology-driven change in consumer expectations. If these companies don’t keep pace, they risk an eroding customer base and lost revenue to more nimble and innovative competitors.

Apache Kafka (the basis for the Confluent Platform) delivers an advanced stream processing platform for streaming data across AWS, GCP, and Azure at scale, used by thousands of companies. Amazon...