Confluent Platform 6.1 | What’s New in This Release + Updates
Confluent Platform 6.1 further simplifies management tasks for Apache Kafka® operators. Based on Apache Kafka 2.7, this release provides even higher availability for enterprises who are using Kafka as...
10 Feb 20219min
Building a Microservices Architecture with Apache Kafka at Nationwide Building Society ft. Rob Jackson
Nationwide Building Society, a financial institution in the United Kingdom with 137 years of history and over 18,000 employees, relies on Apache Kafka® for their event streaming needs. But how did thi...
8 Feb 202148min
Examining Apache Kafka Performance Metrics ft. Alok Nikhil
Coming up with an honest test built on open source tools in an easily documented, replicable environment for a distributed system like Apache Kafka® is not simple. Alok Nikhil (Cloud Native Engineer, ...
1 Feb 202150min
Distributed Systems Engineering with Apache Kafka ft. Guozhang Wang
Tim Berglund picks the brain of a distributed systems engineer, Guozhang Wang, tech lead in the Streaming department of Confluent. Guozhang explains what compelled him to join the Stream Processing te...
25 Jan 202144min
Scaling Developer Productivity with Apache Kafka ft. Mohinish Shaikh
Confluent Cloud and Confluent Platform run efficiently largely because of the dedication of the Developer Productivity (DevProd) team, formerly known as the Tools team. Mohinish Shaikh (Software Engin...
20 Jan 202134min
Change Data Capture and Kafka Connect on Microsoft Azure ft. Abhishek Gupta
What’s it like being a Microsoft Azure Cloud advocate working with Apache Kafka® and change data capture (CDC) solutions? Abhishek Gupta would know! At Microsoft, Abhishek focuses his time on Kafka, d...
11 Jan 202143min
Event Streaming Trends and Predictions for 2021 ft. Gwen Shapira, Ben Stopford, and Michael Noll
Coming out of a whirlwind year for the event streaming world, Tim Berglund sits down with Gwen Shapira (Engineering Leader, Confluent), Ben Stopford (Senior Director, Office of the CTO, Confluent), an...
6 Jan 202144min
How to Become a Certified Apache Kafka Expert ft. Niamh O’Byrne and Barry Ballard
It’s one thing to know how to use Apache Kafka® and another to prove it to the world that you know. Niamh O’Byrne (Certification Manager, Confluent) and Barry Ballard (Senior Technical Trainer, Conflu...
28 Dec 202043min
