Apache Kafka News

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  Confluent + WarpStream = Large-Scale Streaming in your Cloud
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  Confluent has acquired WarpStream, an innovative Kafka-compatible streaming solution. Read the full statement by Jay Kreps, co-founder and CEO of Confluent.
  
  https://www.confluent.io/blog/confluent-acquires-warpstream/
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  Connect with Confluent: Celebrating One Year and 50+ Integrations
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  Confluent’s CwC partner program celebrates 1 year with new Q3 2024 entrants, expanding the data streaming ecosystem with Kafka, Flink, and GenAI innovations.
  
  https://www.confluent.io/blog/cwc-program-anniversary-and-new-partners-Q3-24/
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  How Producers Work: Kafka Producer and Consumer Internals, Part 1
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  Dive into Kafka internals with a four-part series examining client requests and brokers. Part 1 covers what a producer does to prepare raw event data for the broker.
  
  https://www.confluent.io/blog/kafka-producer-internals-preparing-event-data/
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  Let Flink Cook: Mastering Real-Time Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) with Flink
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  How to use Flink AI model inference with familiar SQL syntax to work directly with LLMs and vector databases for your generative AI use cases.
  
  https://www.confluent.io/blog/mastering-real-time-retrieval-augmented-generation-rag-with-flink/
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  Busie: Building a Charter Platform From the Ground Up with Confluent Cloud
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  Busie, a startup based in New York, has developed a Charter Management Platform with Confluent Cloud at its core. Learn how in this blog.
  
  https://www.confluent.io/blog/busie-building-a-charter-platform/
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  Apna Unlocks AI Job Matching for 50 Million Users With Confluent & Onehouse
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  Apna, India's top job site with 50M+ users, uses Confluent Cloud and Onehouse to improve data integration, reduce costs, and unlock AI-driven job matching.
  
  https://www.confluent.io/blog/apna-unlocks-ai-job-matching-with-confluent-and-onehouse/
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  Unlock Real-Time Value from DynamoDB Data with Confluent's CDC Source Connector
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  You can simplify the transfer of data from one or more DynamoDB tables to Confluent Cloud with the fully managed, no code, Confluent CDC source connector.
  
  https://www.confluent.io/blog/dynamodb-confluent-cdc-source-connector/
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  Confluent Champion: The Power of a Learning Culture and Motivated Teams
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  In our latest Confluent Champion post, Janis Hom, staff security GRC program manager, highlights how Confluent fosters a culture that helps her stay motivated.
  
  https://www.confluent.io/blog/confluent-champion-power-of-motivated-teams/
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  5 Years of Confluent Cloud Connectors: Exploring Your Top Connector Picks
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  A data-driven blog sharing top cloud connectors by throughput, top connector combinations, popular SMTs, common first cloud connectors & most downloaded connectors.
  
  https://www.confluent.io/blog/top-confluent-connectors/
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  Spring Into Confluent Cloud With Kotlin—Part 1: Producers and Consumers
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  Get a full tutorial for interacting with Kafka on Confluent Cloud using the Spring Boot framework w/Kotlin. Includes Terraform and Stream Governance.
  
  https://www.confluent.io/blog/spring-kotlin-kafka-cloud-example/
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  Current 2024: What’s on Tap in Data Streaming
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  Current 2024 brings 100+ sessions, keynotes, lightning talks, and more from industry leaders. Check out the agenda, highlights, networking events, and more event info.
  
  https://www.confluent.io/blog/current-2024-whats-on-tap-in-data-streaming/
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  Migrating Kafka to the Cloud: How Skai Went From 90K to 1.8K Topics
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  Learn how Skai, an omnichannel advertising platform, revamped its architecture for effectively migrating Kafka to the cloud with Confluent.
  
  https://www.confluent.io/blog/skai-cloud-migration-topic-reduction/
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  Introducing the New Confluent Cloud Homepage UI: Enhancing User Experience
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  The new Confluent Cloud Homepage UI adds many features including Clusters/Topics modals, health indicators, favorites, recently visited, recommended actions, & more.
  
  https://www.confluent.io/blog/homepage-updates-2024/
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  Streaming BigQuery Data Into Confluent in Real Time: A Continuous Query Approach
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  Using SQL-based BigQuery Continuous Queries w/Confluent lets you stream your warehouse data in real-time, sending it downstream for analytics use cases & more.
  
  https://www.confluent.io/blog/streaming-bigquery-data-into-confluent-with-continuous-queries/
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  How BT Group Built a Smart Event Mesh with Confluent
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  BT Group's Smart Event Mesh - centralized event streaming with decentralized customer experience, automation, and a foundation—all built on Confluent.
  
  https://www.confluent.io/blog/BT-group-smart-event-mesh/
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  Exploring Apache Flink 1.20: Features, Improvements, and More
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  Apache Flink 1.20 improves table interactions, state file merging, RocksDB file compaction, and more; also deprecates extensively: configs and APIs
  
  https://www.confluent.io/blog/exploring-apache-flink-1-20-features-improvements-and-more/
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  New with Confluent Platform: Enhanced security with OAuth Support, Confluent Platform for Apache Flink® (LA), a new Connector, and More
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  Confluent Platform 7.7 brings enhanced security with OAuth support, Confluent Platform for Apache Flink® (LA), a new HTTP Connector, and More
  
  https://www.confluent.io/blog/introducing-confluent-platform-7-7/
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  Introducing Apache Kafka® 3.8
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  Apache Kafka 3.8 adds 17 new KIPs (13 for Core, 3 for Streams & 1 for Connect). Highlights include 2 new Docker images, the ability to set task assignors, and more!
  
  https://www.confluent.io/blog/introducing-apache-kafka-3-8/
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  Flink AI: Real-Time ML and GenAI Enrichment of Streaming Data with Flink SQL on Confluent Cloud
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  Learn how to use Flink SQL on Confluent Cloud to invoke ML and GenAI endpoints to enrich streaming data
  
  https://www.confluent.io/blog/flinkai-realtime-ml-and-genai-confluent-cloud/
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  Accelerate your data streaming journey with the latest in Confluent Cloud
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  CC 2024 Q2 adds Flink Private Networking (AWS), Flink SQL Interactive Tables; Enterprise:Connect w/Confluent, Connector Custom Offsets; SI: Build w/Confluent, etc.
  
  https://www.confluent.io/blog/accelerate-data-streaming-with-latest-in-confluent-cloud/