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Unlock Cost Savings with Freight Clusters-Now in General Availability

Last year, we introduced Freight clusters, a new, cost-effective Confluent Cloud cluster type—purpose-built for high-throughput, latency-insensitive workloads—such as observability data, batch pipelines, and AI/ML data ingestion. Since then we've been working with early access customers to take their workloads to production, and in doing so, have helped them achieve 90% lower infrastructure costs, while maintaining the reliability we all know and expect from Confluent Cloud.

Audacy Elevates Real-Time Listener Engagement With Confluent's Data Streaming Platform

Learn how Audacy, a leading multi-platform audio content company, transformed its operations with Confluent’s real-time data streaming platform, delivering personalized audio experiences to 200 million listeners. By moving from complex point-to-point systems to a seamless data streaming architecture, Audacy has streamlined operations and can now focus on delivering the personalized content, dynamic advertising, and data-driven insights they need to stay ahead in a demanding market.

New Security Tools to Protect Your New Year's Resolutions

In the ever-evolving landscape of data streaming and processing, securing and efficiently connecting services has become paramount as it ensures the integrity, confidentiality, and availability of data amidst increasing threats and complexity in cyber environments. Effective security measures must protect against data breaches and losses, fostering trust among stakeholders and complying with legal and regulatory standards.

How Singapore Embraces Data Streaming Across Finance, Air Travel & More

Real-time data has become an essential asset for today’s businesses, and the Asia-Pacific market is no exception. Across competitive industries like finance, travel, and more, data streams and event-driven architectures have become table stakes for leading organizations in the region.

Transforming Retail with AI: Confluent and Microsoft Azure

Discover how Confluent’s Data Streaming Platform and Microsoft Azure are revolutionizing the retail industry. In this video, learn how real-time data streaming and AI-powered insights can: Explore how Confluent and Azure’s seamless integration enables retailers to break down data silos, streamline operations, and accelerate innovation with scalable, enterprise-ready solutions. Whether you’re looking to modernize your retail infrastructure, enhance customer engagement, or drive operational efficiency, this video is your guide to leveraging AI and real-time data streaming.

Introducing Real-Time Embeddings: Any Model, Any Vector Database-No Code Needed

We’re excited to announce the Create Embeddings Action, the newest member of Confluent Cloud for Apache Flink Actions suite and the first step in our journey toward no-code AI workflows. This no-code feature enables you to generate vector embeddings in real time, from any model, to any vector database, across any cloud platform. It’s the easiest way to create a live semantic layer for your AI workflows—ensuring fresher, more accurate data for better-performing systems.

Google Cloud & Confluent Marketplace Marvels Series

In this episode of the Google Cloud Marketplace Marvels series, theCUBE Research’s John Furrier talks to Shaun Clowes, CPO of Confluent, and Stephen Orban, VP of migrations, ISVs, and marketplace, Google Cloud at Google. Clowes highlights the strategic partnership with Google Cloud, emphasizing seamless integration, scalable solutions and flexibility in marketplace consumption models. Together, they explore the platform’s impact on AI initiatives, enterprise analytics and rapid IT modernization, demonstrating how businesses can build next-generation data infrastructures one step at a time.

Allium and Confluent: How to Build a Foundational Data Platform for Blockchain

Blockchains enable individuals and organizations to record and verify transactions as part of a secure, transparent, and decentralized system. They form the basis of most cryptocurrencies, and are used as the foundation of many other applications—smart contracts, supply chain management, and digital identity verification, to name but a few.

Optimizing Supply Chains with Data Streaming and Generative AI

It’s a truism that global supply chains are complex. The process of sourcing raw materials, transforming them into finished products, and distributing them to customers encompasses numerous systems (e.g., ERPs, WMSs, and TMSs). All systems within “the supply chain” are trending in the same direction; they’re aiming to be more efficient, resilient, and agile. Various technological developments have facilitated this directional trend.