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Tableflow: Turn Kafka Topics into Iceberg Tables

TL;DR: Tableflow is a Confluent Cloud feature that materializes Apache Kafka topics as Apache Iceberg or Delta Lake tables, eliminating custom data pipelines by automatically handling schematization, type conversions, schema evolution, CDC stream materialization, catalog publishing, and table maintenance.

Salesforce MCP: Is CRM Data Enough for Your AI Agent?

Connecting Salesforce to Claude via MCP is the advancement the SERP says it is. You authenticate once, your AI agent queries live CRM data, and you stop copying deal records into chat windows. For a Revenue Operations Manager who spent Q1 begging an admin to export pipeline snapshots, that matters.

Scaling Enterprise GenAI on AWS: Security, Governance & Compliance

Hey, did you know that Cloudera has achieved the AWS Generative AI Competency? This major specialization milestone continues to validate the technical work we're doing to deliver high-impact Generative AI solutions on AWS. Because AWS Competencies require rigorous technical validation and verified customer success reviews, this achievement proves real-world impact where it matters most.

Why AI agents need a durable session layer - and why HTTP isn't enough

HTTP works fine for a chatbot that responds in seconds. Add token streaming, and it mostly still works. But once an agent starts doing things that take real time, reasoning across multiple tool calls, spawning sub-agents, running for minutes instead of milliseconds, the UX starts to falter. The connection drops while the agent is mid-thought. The user switches tabs, comes back five minutes later, and the session is gone. The agent finishes its work, but the client has already moved on.

Perforce Autonomous Testing for Web, Mobile & Desktop Apps

Traditional test automation is slowing teams down with brittle scripts, constant maintenance, and growing complexity. Perforce Autonomous Testing changes the game with enterprise-grade AI-powered testing that helps teams create, execute, maintain, and analyze tests using natural language—without scripts, frameworks, or ongoing upkeep.

Thousands of Migrations, Zero Data Loss: OCBC's Confluent Playbook | Life Is But A Stream

Migrating an entire bank's infrastructure without losing a single transaction sounds impossible. Yet, OCBC successfully modernized their event-driven architecture across Singapore, Malaysia, and Hong Kong with zero data loss. In this episode, George Goh (Executive Director at OCBC) joins Joseph Morais and Sami Amed (Staff Solutions Engineer at Confluent) to pull back the curtain on a massive data streaming migration, how the team executed a flawless migration of thousands of producers and consumers in a single weekend.

React Native Debugging: Tools, Steps, and Common Issues

React Native debugging poses particular challenges due to the framework’s cross-platform codebase, which combines JavaScript and native platform components. However, an effective React debugging regime will enable you to proactively fix issues in both production and development. Today’s post will give you the fundamentals to build that regime, showing you: Want to jump to a specific bit of knowledge? Here’s the full list of contents.