Why Enterprise AI Projects Stall on Data Access, Not Models
Enterprise AI fails due to data access bottlenecks, multi-hop pipelines, and late governance. SMBC, Marsh McLennan leaders share real-world solutions.
Dec 1, 2025
Kafka's Real Problem Is Governance, Not Speed
Most Kafka clusters push less than 1MB/s. The challenge isn't throughput—it's building the control plane that makes streaming usable at enterprise scale.
Nov 6, 2025
Why Every Streaming Vendor Is Building a Kafka Proxy
Streaming proxies enable governed self-service and AI-ready data at scale. Why Kafka control planes from Confluent, Kong, and Conduktor are converging.
Nov 5, 2025
5 Sessions Worth Your Time at Current New Orleans 2025
Current New Orleans 2025 highlights: OpenAI's StreamLink, Kafka protocol deep-dive, Notion's event stack, KIP-1163 diskless topics, and JPMorgan's strat...
Oct 27, 2025
The Real Problems with Apache Kafka: 10,000 Forum Posts Analyzed
10,000+ Kafka forum posts reveal the truth: connector crashes, auth nightmares, schema failures, and cryptic errors plague production deployments.
Aug 11, 2025
Why Operational and Analytical Teams Can't Share Data
Operational and analytical teams use different tools, see different data. Bridge the divide with Kafka + Conduktor for AI, compliance, and insights.
Aug 1, 2025
Real-Time Kafka Data Is Your AI Competitive Advantage
Real-time, trusted data is the new AI advantage. Discover why the future belongs to companies that treat data as a product, not a by-product.
Apr 15, 2025
Streaming at Scale: Don't Let Data Chaos Derail Your Growth
Scale streaming data with governance and quality controls. Shift left to prevent bad data, ensure AI success, and avoid architectural chaos.
Mar 27, 2025
Kafka and Flink Are the Infrastructure for AI Agents
AI agents need real-time context to act autonomously. Discover how Kafka + Flink power adaptive, intelligent systems at Netflix and beyond.
Mar 25, 2025
80% of Enterprise Data Sits Unused. Real-Time Activation Changes That.
Most enterprise data never drives a decision. Real-time data activation transforms idle data into competitive advantage.
Mar 21, 2025
Real-Time AI Requires Kafka and Guardrails
Discover how Kafka and Flink power real-time AI agents, enabling autonomous decision-making, adaptive intelligence, and scalable data streaming.
Mar 14, 2025
Stop Building Kafka Encryption Libraries
Client-side encryption creates ungovernable sprawl. Proxy-layer encryption centralizes control and makes Kafka a dumb pipe.
Jan 25, 2025
Field-Level Encryption in Kafka Without Code Changes Using Conduktor Gateway
Zero-code Kafka encryption: field-level encryption/decryption with Conduktor Gateway—secure PII, role-based access, no application changes required.
Aug 28, 2024
Query Kafka Topics with SQL: Stop Duplicating Your Data
Query Kafka topics with SQL using PostgreSQL endpoints, Iceberg, and Parquet—eliminating data duplication for analytics and AI/ML pipelines.
Aug 14, 2024
What Kafka Users Actually Care About in 2024: Kafka Summit London Recap
Kafka Summit London 2024 highlights: real-time analytics, GitOps self-service, SQL over Kafka, and the shift from batch to streaming data.
Mar 29, 2024
Conduktor and Confluent Kafka Meetups Across the USA, February 2024
Join Conduktor's February 2024 USA tour in NYC, Boston, Bay Area, and Seattle. Learn about Kafka poison pills, schema compatibility, and data contracts.
Feb 8, 2024
Tag Your Data Infrastructure or Drown in Chaos
Transform data chaos with strategic tagging. Enable Data Mesh, ABAC security, and better analytics through hierarchical metadata organization.
Jan 16, 2024
SOC2 Type II Certification: One Year of Writing Policies and Proving We Follow Them
SOC2 Type II journey: policies, pentesting, CVE management, agent monitoring, and compliance automation with Drata—lessons from Conduktor's certification.
Jan 2, 2024
Real-Time SQL on Kafka with PySpark
Run real-time SQL queries on Kafka with PySpark. Stream processing tutorial with JSON transformations, ChatGPT integration, and data generation.
Sep 17, 2023
Why Conduktor Uses Redpanda for Local Kafka Development
Conduktor uses Redpanda for local development because it starts instantly, weighs 130MB, includes Schema Registry, and eliminates ZooKeeper complexity.
Aug 10, 2023
Conduktor Now Available on AWS Marketplace for MSK Users
Deploy Conduktor on AWS Marketplace for MSK with IAM, Glue Schema Registry support, and seamless ECS/EKS integration in minutes.
Aug 2, 2023
5 Kafka Configuration Mistakes That Kill Performance and How to Fix Them
Master Kafka performance: partition sizing, SerDe optimization, dual-write solutions, tombstones, and producer tuning for robust applications.
Jul 26, 2023
What Kafka Users Actually Asked Us at Kafka Summit London 2023
Field-level encryption, multi-tenancy, topic-as-a-service, and RBAC dominated conversations at our booth. Here's what the community cares about most.
May 25, 2023
Data Mesh Explained: Decentralized Data Ownership for Scalable Organizations
Data mesh decentralizes ownership for agility and scale. Learn core principles, architecture, and how Kafka + Conduktor enable domain-driven data products.
May 4, 2023
RBAC vs ACLs in Apache Kafka: Choosing the Right Access Control Strategy
Implement RBAC and ACLs in Apache Kafka for secure access control. Compare network barriers, role-based permissions, and control plane integration.
Apr 8, 2023
Data Integration: How Merging Datasets Drives Better Business Decisions
Master data integration for big data success. Explore ETL vs ELT processes, data quality benefits, and automation strategies for business intelligence.
Mar 9, 2023
Change Data Capture Explained: How CDC Streams Database Changes in Real-Time
Change Data Capture (CDC) explained: real-time database replication, log-based streaming, push vs. pull methods, and Kafka CDC implementation patterns.
Mar 9, 2023
Automate Kafka Topic Governance with Topic as a Service
Automate Kafka topic governance and ACL management with Topic as a Service—eliminate bottlenecks, enforce standards, free your ops team.
Jan 31, 2023
Schema Registry Prevents Data Chaos in Kafka. Here's How It Works.
Schema Registry prevents Kafka data chaos. Learn serialization, schema evolution, compatibility checks, and Aiven Karapace setup with Conduktor.
Nov 24, 2022