Sick of batch ETL delays? Struggling to access your Oracle data in real time? ⌚️ It’s time to rethink your Oracle data integration. Our 🆕 whitepaper can help. Learn how you can unlock 2-3x performance improvements with our XStream CDC Connector! 👉 http://cnfl.io/45VfKex

🚨Happening next week! If you haven’t already, sign up for #ConfluentAIDay and get ready for expert discussions and a hackathon designed to propel your ideas into a fully-built agentic AI solution. 👉 http://cnfl.io/3JyBBBc

Think migrating Kafka workloads is a headache? Think again. Join our virtual tech talk to see how Confluent Cloud makes moving from hosted Kafka services simple, fast, and reliable (with no risky manual steps). Register now -> https://cnfl.io/48kWk5D

🚉 🏥 🚗 Inefficient Kafka clusters slowed Siemens' digital transformation. Confluent's data streaming platform provided the unified data backbone needed for seamless data flows in power, rail, & hospitals. Learn more here: https://cnfl.io/4pqEO68

The AI-first era is changing customer expectations. Learn how Confluent + @mongodb.bsky.social enable banks to deliver faster resolutions with a multi-agentic AI architecture built on Kafka, Flink, and Atlas Stream Processing → https://cnfl.io/4na7xL2

The #ApacheKafka Java clients and #KafkaStreams engineering team at @confluent.io keeps growing. Very excited to welcome @okaberintaroubeta.bsky.social, Genseric Ghiro, and @nikitashupletsov.bsky.social! We also have one more entry level position in Toronto 🇨🇦 careers.confluent.io/jobs/job/67c...

🚨Happening next week! On Sept. 16th, our hands-on workshop will guide you through the fundamentals of stream processing and Apache Flink. Learn how to filter, join, and enrich streaming data within Confluent Cloud! → http://cnfl.io/41Yv1dl

Will we see you at #ConfluentAIDay? Take your generative + agentic AI skills to the next level with strategies from industry experts, learn how to build a contextualized knowledge base, and win up to $5,000 during our hackathon. Don’t miss out, register now: http://cnfl.io/3JyBBBc

Got a data monster slowing your business down? Move from batch to real-time with The World’s Data Streaming Platform. Get the right data. Right where you need it. Right now. Learn how to put your data monster to work ➡️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWAD...

Are you ready to master Kafka and get certified in just half a day? Join us on September 25 for a hands-on session designed for developers, data engineers, and architects. Secure your spot today and take your real-time skills to the next level. https://cnfl.io/3JNgET8

@tlberglund.bsky.social‬ is back on the mic! And teaming up with co-hosts ‪@adipolak.bsky.social and ‬@gamussa.dev‬ for conversations with devs who’ve solved really interesting challenges in their careers. Coming your way September 22 on YouTube ➡️ https://cnfl.io/4mP2bVj

Big news for the Apache Kafka community! 🎉 Kafka 4.1 is out. This release includes 18 KIPs from the broader community. Kafka 4.1 hardens the 4.0 foundation and introduces new features for OAuth, operations, Streams, Connect, Queues, KIP-848, and more. Explore what’s new ➡️ https://cnfl.io/461BTbe

Something’s lurking in your data… 👀 September 8.

Struggling with the latency of traditional Oracle CDC methods? Our 🆕 whitepaper details how our Oracle XStream CDC Connector delivers true real-time streaming! Learn how to unlock 2-3x performance improvements while minimizing source database impact: http://cnfl.io/45VfKex

Learn how to filter, join, and enrich streaming data within Confluent Cloud! On Sept. 16th, our hands-on workshop will guide you through the fundamentals of stream processing and Apache Flink. Don't miss out—secure your spot today! → http://cnfl.io/41Yv1dl

Want a closer look at Streaming Agents? Head to @thenewstack.io to dive into our latest feature, how it works, and why it’s bringing enterprises another step closer to a reality where AI is characterized by ambient, event-driven agents. ⤵️

Go beyond chatbots and start working towards agents that watch, understand, and react as your business changes. Sean Falconer’s 🆕 article in @thenewstack.io explores the architecture needed to power this system and why stateful stream processing is necessary, and how Apache Flink can help. ⤵️

Bring your transformation logic and custom connectors—we'll take care of the rest. 🤝 Our latest Confluent Cloud launch includes custom SMTs for users on AWS, support for custom connectors on Google Cloud, and 3️⃣ new fully managed connectors! Learn more: cnfl.io/47CoNDI

You’ve seen him on stage at Current, but did you know Shaun Clowes was an actor growing up? In his new article in @fastcompany.com, our CPO looks back on his early experiences in front of a camera and how the lessons he learned shaped his leadership philosophy. 👉 cnfl.io/45fXWue

Ready to fast-track your AI solutions? Join #ConfluentAIDay online or in-person in Boston and accelerate your journey to building agentic apps with strategies from industry leaders, guidance from fellow devs, and the latest AI tools! Learn more + sign up: http://cnfl.io/3JyBBBc

Last call for 2025 Data Streaming Award nominations! Don’t miss your chance to recognize a team transforming their business (and their industry) with data streaming. Submit your nomination by September 1 → https://cnfl.io/4o4W28z #Current25

Siemens Healthineers was held back by slow, manual data processes. They changed the game with real-time data streaming to remotely monitor equipment, predict maintenance, and optimize manufacturing. Read the full story here: https://cnfl.io/4pcLrZZ

🏆 We’re thrilled to share that we’ve been named a winner in the TechForward Awards! It’s an honor to be recognized in the inaugural year of this program. Thank you to SiliconANGLE & theCUBE! Learn more here: ​siliconangle.com/awards

👋 Say goodbye to fragmented workflows, brittle integrations, and stale inputs. Our 🆕 Streaming Agents use fresh context to observe, reason, and act on live operational events. Want to see how they work? Head to our blog: http://cnfl.io/47CsBEW

Kafka becoming too complex to manage? 😵‍💫 It’s time to make the switch. Join our hands-on workshop on Aug 28 to learn how to migrate from Apache Kafka the easy way. Register: https://cnfl.io/4oBmcjp

Want to get real-time service notifications in your inbox or Microsoft Team channels? Read our 🆕 step-by-step guide on using webhooks to integrate your Teams tenant with Confluent Cloud on our blog! ⤵️

Some of the reasons we think you should nominate yourself or someone else to be a Confluent Community Catalyst 🏆 Recognition from your dev peers 🌊 Free pass to Current 💪 Massive bragging rights [and swag] Don’t wait, submit your nomination by 9/1 → https://cnfl.io/45pZGRO

ICYMI: Our new Tableflow features are making the journey from datastreams to analytics-ready data lakes even smoother. ⛵️ Learn how we're streamlining file reconciliation and combining the power of WarpStream and Tableflow: cnfl.io/47CoNDI

Confluent Cloud transformed Palmerston North City Council in New Zealand from fragmented data chaos to real-time citizen services, enabling dramatically faster service delivery 👉 https://cnfl.io/3JIyYwv

In his new article in @thenewstack.io, Sean Falconer explores how the flexible intuition of AI, the verifiable structure of knowledge graphs, & the real-time awareness from data streaming could lead to a web that machines can understand & act on. ⤵️

🌊 Stream more, save more: Our Q3 Confluent Cloud launch is here! Learn how these 🆕 features: → Maximize your savings on serverless clusters with Private Network Interface → Bring custom message transformation logic to fully managed connectors with Custom SMTs And more! 👉 http://cnfl.io/47CoNDI

📣 Introducing Streaming Agents on Confluent Cloud! Build, deploy, + orchestrate event-driven agents natively on Apache Flink to: → Unify stream processing + AI workflows → Access real-time context for decisioning → Integrate with any model, tool, + data system Learn more: https://cnfl.io/4741LWe

Break up with self-managed Kafka complexity 💔 Join our live workshop and learn how to migrate to Confluent Cloud, without downtime, data loss, or breaking your existing architecture. Register now: https://cnfl.io/4oBmcjp

Teams are either drowning in AI agents or trying to glue them together into one monolith. ‪@seanfalconer.bsky.social's new article explores the solution: treating agents like microservices. Read more ⤵️ https://techstrong.ai/agentic-ai/your-ai-agent-platform-is-a-monolith-heres-how-to-fix-it/

Know someone who’s always answering questions, sharing code, mentoring, or pushing Apache Kafka® and Apache Flink® forward? That sounds like a Confluent Community Catalyst to us. Nominate them or yourself by September 1 → cnfl.io/45pZGRO

From self-managed Apache Kafka® headaches to hyper-personalization at scale. Learn how Wix built a real-time data engine with Confluent to deliver real-time analytics and AI-powered hyper-personalization to 100M+ websites. Read the story here ➡️ cnfl.io/4lTZ8Lh

Our Q2 financial results are in. ➡️ cnfl.io/3H7Ed8e 🔹Subscription revenue grew 21% YoY 🔹Flink ARR is up ~3x over the past two quarters These results reinforce our complete data streaming platform strategy and our strong positioning for a future shaped by agentic, real-time AI.

You might already be skilled in ETL scheduling, analytics queries, or machine learning integration—but are you ready to support AI agents? In her 🆕 article in @thenewstack.io, @adipolak.bsky.social dives into the skills data engineers need in the age of AI! ⤵️

How Flix optimizes global travel: Leveraging Confluent on @awscloud.bsky.social, they've accelerated features (4-6x faster), freed 60% of engineering time, & cut service requests by 80%! Full story here: cnfl.io/3IyWHir

Shift your data strategy into high gear with the Data Streaming Grand Prix 🏁 This 5-day interactive event puts you behind the wheel of data streaming with guided tracks, hands-on demos, live workshops, and more! Register now: cnfl.io/417h4JJ

Stop dumping raw data into your data lake and processing it later 🛑 In this demo, @rmoff.net shows us how to build streaming ETL pipelines with Confluent Cloud using Flink® SQL to transform data and Tableflow to create Iceberg tables for analysis. Check it out now ➡️ cnfl.io/3THZeZX

Building a streaming data pipeline? Step one: make sense of the data you’re working with. @rmoff.net walks through how to explore and validate messy real-world data from #ApacheKafka in #ApacheIceberg using Tableflow. Read it now 👉 cnfl.io/4jrtjrD

Introducing the Snowflake Source Connector for Confluent Cloud! 🎉 This new, fully managed connector is here to bridge the gap between your data warehouse and operational systems, and you can learn all about it on our blog: cnfl.io/4eMLnLw

New to Kafka? Or just prefer a visual interface over the CLI? The Confluent Cloud Console offers a powerful, web-based way to explore your clusters, inspect messages, and validate client compatibility, all without writing a line of code. Catch the latest feature roundup in our blog → cnfl.io/3TgALur

Exciting news: Confluent Platform 8.0 is here! 👋 Say bye to ZooKeeper, simplify your Apache Kafka architecture, and unlock massive scalability with KRaft 🛡️ Protect your most sensitive data with Client-Side Field Level Encryption (Generally Available) Learn more: www.confluent.io/blog/introdu...

Want to build an AI-powered personalization engine? This blog walks you through it-> cnfl.io/4l7QAj6 ➡️ Set up your infra with Terraform ➡️ Ingest real-time data from Oracle + Kafka ➡️ Enrich streams with Flink ➡️ Auto-sync to Delta Lake with Tableflow ➡️ Launch GenAI-powered campaigns in Databricks

Lay down! Roll over! Bridge the operational and analytical divide! 🐕 #DataAISummit

ICYMI: Tableflow now supports Delta Lake (open preview) and is gearing up to integrate with Databricks Unity Catalog later this month! 🎉 We met up with Kasun to break down the announcement at #DataAISummit. ⤵ Want to know more? Head to our blog: cnfl.io/4jWBBYk

Meet the easiest way to power real-time AI from your lakehouse. Tableflow now supports Delta Lake (open preview) and is gearing up to integrate with @databricks.bsky.social Unity Catalog (coming end of June)! Get the details in our blog -> cnfl.io/4l3zByj

From Lakebase to Databricks Free Edition, @adipolak.bsky.social breaks down today's #DataAISummit keynote announcements from the perspective of a Data Streaming Engineer! ⤵