IBM has agreed to buy Confluent for $11 billion. IBM and Confluent will enable end-to-end integration of applications, analytics, data systems and AI agents to drive intelligence and resilience in hybrid cloud environments.Read More…

Confluent has announced Stephen Deasy as its Chief Technology Officer. Stephen will guide how Confluent builds and scales its platform, leading the engineering team’s vision, strategy, and day-to-day execution. He’ll focus on advancing Confluent’s data streaming platform to power more AI and real-time intelligence at global scale. His leadership willRead More…

Confluent has announced Streaming Agents, a new capability in Confluent Cloud for Apache Flink that makes it easy to build and scale AI agents that monitor, reason, and act on real-time data. Streaming Agents removes barriers to enterprise-grade agentic artificial intelligence (AI) by unifying data processing and AI workflows and providing easy,Read More…

Confluent has announced new Confluent Cloud capabilities that make it easier to process and secure data for faster insights and decision-making. Snapshot queries, new in Confluent Cloud for Apache Flink, bring together real-time and historic data processing to make artificial intelligence (AI) agents and analytics smarter. Confluent Cloud network (CCN) routingRead More…

Confluent has announced sccc by stc—a leading cloud services provider in Saudi Arabia—has joined the Confluent OEM Program as a managed service provider (MSP) to make data streaming more accessible in Saudi Arabia. The new partnership aligns with Saudi Vision 2030, an initiative that prioritizes technical innovation, by helping accelerate digital transformations across keyRead More…

Confluent and Databricks have announced a major expansion in their partnership that brings together Confluent’s complete Data Streaming Platform and Databricks’ Data Intelligence Platform to empower enterprises with real-time data for AI-driven decision-making. New integrations between Confluent’s Tableflow and Databricks Unity Catalog will seamlessly govern data across operational and analytical systems, allowing businessesRead More…

Confluent has announced the general availability of Confluent Platform for Apache Flink with added enterprise-level security capabilities and easier ways to manage and scale on-premises Apache Flink workloads. Confluent is now the only company that offers data streaming paired with stream processing for cloud and on-premises workloads so businesses can turnRead More…