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Why Your Kafka Architecture Should Not Depend on Any Single Vendor
IBM's Confluent acquisition highlights vendor-neutral Kafka architecture. Decouple apps from infrastructure to reduce costs, enable migrations, and preserve ...
IBM Acquires Confluent for $11B: What It Means for Kafka Teams
IBM's acquisition of Confluent validates streaming as critical infrastructure. Here's what changes for organizations running Kafka.
Dec 10, 2025 · Ron Kapoor
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 · Stéphane Derosiaux
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 · Stéphane Derosiaux
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 · Stéphane Derosiaux
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 strategy.
Oct 27, 2025 · Stéphane Derosiaux
Conduktor Joins AWS ISV Accelerate Program to Simplify MSK Deployments
Conduktor joins AWS ISV Accelerate Program, enabling secure MSK deployments for SageMaker, Redshift—accelerating AI adoption at Swiss Post and beyond.
Oct 22, 2025 · Matthew Scott
Federated Kafka Governance: Let Teams Self-Serve Without Losing Control
Federation balances platform stability with developer speed. Central teams set guardrails; domain teams self-serve within them. The result: velocity, safety,...
Oct 10, 2025 · William To
Self-Service Kafka Without the Chaos
Kafka self-service with guardrails: Conduktor Scale enables developer autonomy while preventing data chaos, cost overruns, and compliance risks.
Sep 25, 2025 · Matt Searle
Validate JSON in Kafka Without Migrating to Schema Registry
Block malformed JSON before it breaks Kafka pipelines. Conduktor Trust validates schema, types, and fields—no Schema Registry migration needed.
Sep 4, 2025 · Chuck Larrieu Casias
Conduktor Partners with LHP to Bring Kafka Governance to Automotive and Aerospace Manufacturing
Conduktor partners with LHP to secure and govern streaming data for automotive and aerospace manufacturers using Kafka for IIoT, AI, and analytics.
Aug 18, 2025 · Matthew Scott
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 · Stéphane Derosiaux
Why ML Models Fail in Production: The Training Data Mismatch Problem
Mismatched training and production data cripples AI models. Real story from a UK lender shows why Conduktor Trust prevents ML pipeline failures.
Aug 7, 2025 · Matt Searle
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 · Stéphane Derosiaux
Why Schemaless Kafka Topics Break Production Systems
Kafka's schemaless flexibility creates data quality issues. Conduktor Trust validates schemaless topics, blocks bad data, and enforces custom rules.
Jul 24, 2025 · Johnathan Law
Chaos Test Kafka Without Breaking Production
Simulate broker failures, latency, and corrupted messages without breaking production. Chaos test Kafka with Conduktor's interceptors.
Jul 10, 2025 · Jorge Ruiz
Why Real-Time Data Sharing Matters
Real-time data sharing drives 3x ROI. Explore Kafka-powered use cases in finance, healthcare, logistics—secure partner data exchange with Conduktor.
Jun 26, 2025 · Jorge Ruiz
AI Agents Are Accessing Your Data Without Audit Trails
Conduktor Trust provides governance, audit trails, and policy enforcement for AI agents, RAG systems, and real-time operational data pipelines.
Jun 19, 2025 · Quentin Packard
What Dash 2025 Revealed About AI Observability Security
Dash 2025 revealed AI observability risks—from exposed PII to agent telemetry attacks. How Conduktor + Datadog secure LLMs at scale.
Jun 18, 2025 · Quentin Packard
Fix Data Quality at the Source, Not After Ingestion
Ingesting low-quality data will negatively impact AI and ML outputs—essentially "garbage in, disaster out." Fix data quality problems at the source—before th...
Jun 12, 2025 · Johnathan Law
What 200 Engineers Told Us at Current London 2025
Current London 2025 insights: data quality failures, migration complexity, developer bottlenecks, and Flink challenges shape Conduktor's roadmap priorities.
Jun 6, 2025 · James White
Conduktor Trust Validates Streaming Data Before It Breaks Your AI
Conduktor Trust validates streaming data quality at ingestion—preventing AI drift, bad analytics, and compliance failures with proactive governance.
May 21, 2025 · James White
Map Kafka Costs to Teams and Projects with Chargeback
Track Kafka costs by team, project, and environment—not just partitions. Conduktor Chargeback maps service accounts to real business units.
May 8, 2025 · Julien Chanaud
Data Silos Cost $3.1 Trillion Annually. Kafka Alone Won't Fix Them.
Data silos cost $3.1 trillion annually. Break them with Kafka + Conduktor's self-service, discoverability, and granular access controls.
May 2, 2025 · Jean-Louis Boudart
Why Enterprise AI Struggles With ROI and Data Control
Enterprise leaders tackle AI ROI, GenAI governance, and data controls. Conduktor execs reveal why shift-left alone won't protect LLM inputs.
Apr 17, 2025 · Paul Feldman
Five Kafka Scaling Problems That Hit Enterprises Hardest
Schema registries alone won't save you. Real Kafka challenges at scale involve zombie topics, unclear ownership, and legacy integrations that no one wants to...
Apr 15, 2025 · James White
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 · Stéphane Derosiaux
What Engineers Actually Struggle With in Kafka: QCon London 2025
What software engineers, architects, and platform teams told us about the real challenges of scaling Kafka—straight from the floor at QCon London 2025.
Apr 11, 2025 · Jorge Ruiz
Automate Kafka Governance with Terraform and Conduktor
Govern Kafka at scale with Terraform and Conduktor. Automate infrastructure, enforce policies, enable self-service—no chaos, no bottlenecks.
Apr 2, 2025 · Stuart Mould
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 · Stéphane Derosiaux
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 · Stéphane Derosiaux
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 · Stéphane Derosiaux
Delete Kafka Data Without Deleting It: Crypto Shredding for GDPR Compliance
Traditional data deletion in Kafka is slow, costly, and unreliable. Crypto shredding instantly makes sensitive data unreadable by destroying encryption keys ...
Mar 18, 2025 · Florent Ramière
What Enterprise Data Leaders Actually Worry About: Silos, Security, and Legacy Systems
Enterprise AI Assembly insights: breaking data silos across regions, federated governance, shift-left security, and mainframe modernization challenges.
Mar 18, 2025 · Paul Feldman
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 · Stéphane Derosiaux
Real-Time Data is the Bottleneck for AI: Lessons from Gartner D&A Summit 2025
Gartner D&A Summit 2025: How Conduktor + Cloudera deliver trustworthy real-time data for AI—RAG, agentic AI, and streaming governance insights.
Mar 11, 2025 · William To
How a University Lecturer in China Became Conduktor's Head of Sales Engineering
Christoph Schubert's journey from teaching in China to Confluent to Conduktor's Head of Sales Engineering, mastering Kafka and customer success.
Feb 20, 2025 · Francesca Scantlebury
How Maria Went from Languages to Product Design at Conduktor
Maria's path from studying languages in Seoul to designing UX/UI at Conduktor shows that design careers don't require a traditional route.
Feb 17, 2025 · Francesca Scantlebury
Partner Zones: Share Kafka Data with External Partners Without Replicating Clusters
Conduktor's Partner Zones let you share Kafka streams with external partners through isolated access zones, eliminating the need to duplicate clusters or man...
Feb 7, 2025 · Romain Lecomte
Multi-Team Kafka Alerting with Granular Ownership and Webhooks
Conduktor's alerts system gives teams ownership over their Kafka notifications with webhook integrations and event-driven alerting.
Jan 28, 2025 · Julien Chanaud
Data Streaming Strategy for 2025: What Industry Experts Recommend
2025 data streaming strategy: experts from Atyeti, GigaOm discuss data maturity, AI readiness, governance, and modernizing your tech stack.
Jan 28, 2025 · Quentin Packard
GenAI Adoption Lessons from Resolve.ai: Data Quality, Use Cases, and Build vs. Buy
GenAI adoption insights from Resolve.ai CEO Spiros Xanthos: data quality strategies, strategic use cases, and buy vs. build decisions for AI success.
Jan 2, 2025 · Quentin Packard
SQL Over Kafka: Transforming Real-Time Data Into Instant Insights
Query Kafka directly with SQL using Conduktor Scale. Access real-time insights, troubleshoot issues, and optimize operations without data duplication.
Dec 19, 2024 · James White
How to Attribute Apache Kafka Costs with Chargeback for Accountability & Better Forecasting
Conduktor Chargeback tracks Kafka costs by team, domain, or application. Attribute ingress/egress data usage to optimize infrastructure and forecast spending.
Dec 5, 2024 · Matt Searle
Financial Services Data Platforms Are Fragmented, Siloed, and Complex. Here's How to Fix Them.
FIMA Europe 2024: data management beats AI as top innovation priority. Break silos, shift quality controls upstream, and expand real-time streaming beyond fr...
Nov 26, 2024 · James White
Why Streaming Data Quality Requires Proactive Monitoring, Not Reactive Fixes
Master data quality in streaming with proactive monitoring, use-case checks, and real-time alerts. Build trust in data for AI and real-time decisions.
Nov 18, 2024 · Quentin Packard
Conduktor Raises $30M Series B to Expand U.S. Operations and Accelerate Product Development
Conduktor raises $30M in Series B funding led by RTP Global to expand in the U.S. and meet rising demand for secure, real-time data streaming solutions.
Nov 12, 2024 · Nicolas Orban
Conduktor Gateway on Kubernetes with SNI Routing
Step-by-step guide to deploying Conduktor Gateway on Kubernetes with host-based (SNI) routing, TLS certificates, and external Ingress access.
Nov 5, 2024 · Chuck Larrieu Casias
Real-Time Data Streaming for Transport and Logistics with Apache Kafka
How transport and logistics companies use Apache Kafka for route optimization, fleet tracking, and customer communication, and why data governance matters at...
Oct 28, 2024 · Jorge Ruiz
Kafka in Financial Services: Architecture Patterns for Compliance, Fraud Detection, and Real-Time Payments
Financial services firms use Kafka for fraud detection, real-time payments, and compliance. Here's how to build secure, compliant streaming architectures at ...
Oct 21, 2024 · Jorge Ruiz
Reliable Data Streaming for Retail: Kafka Operations at Scale
Learn how retail organizations can simplify Kafka operations, secure data streaming, and drive growth with Conduktor's enterprise data management platform.
Oct 15, 2024 · Jorge Ruiz
BYOC, Storage-Compute Separation, and Shift Left Are Reshaping Data Streaming
BYOC, decoupling compute from storage, and Shift Left strategies dominate data streaming. Insights from Aiven and Conduktor on AI-driven real-time data.
Oct 11, 2024 · Jorge Ruiz
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 · Stéphane Derosiaux
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 · Stéphane Derosiaux
Building Kafka Tooling That Actually Scales: Security, Governance, and GitOps
Build scalable Kafka tooling with GitOps and governance automation. Avoid common pitfalls in real-time data security, costs, and compliance.
Jul 18, 2024 · James White
Why Kafka ACLs Break at Scale and What to Use Instead
Kafka's default security model fails in production. ACLs become unmanageable, PII leaks through gaps, and encryption is missing entirely. Here's how to fix it.
Jul 11, 2024 · James White
Enforcing Kafka Data Quality at Scale
Learn how to ensure high-quality Kafka data at scale: prevent invalid messages, enforce schemas, and automate checks without disrupting producers or consumers.
Jul 5, 2024 · Stuart Mould
Automate Kafka Configuration at Scale with GitOps
Complex infrastructure calls for automation. See how GitOps streamlines Kafka configuration and resource management, and scale your deployments efficiently.
Jul 4, 2024 · James White
Conduktor 2.0: Free Debugging, Monitoring, and Encryption Tools for Kafka Teams
Conduktor 2.0 expands free tier with debugging, monitoring, and encryption tools—simplifying Kafka for developers, architects, and platform teams.
Apr 11, 2024 · James White
How to Share Kafka Data with External Partners Without a Second Cluster
Share real-time Kafka data with partners without replication or DMZ clusters. Conduktor securely encrypts, isolates, and audits external data access.
Apr 4, 2024 · Stuart Mould
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 · Stéphane Derosiaux
Deploy Conduktor Console on AWS with CloudFormation in 10 Minutes
Deploy Conduktor Console on AWS in minutes using CloudFormation and ECS Fargate. Works with MSK, Confluent, Redpanda, and Kafka Connect.
Feb 19, 2024 · James White
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 · Stéphane Derosiaux
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 · Stéphane Derosiaux
What We Shipped in 2023 and Why It Matters
Conduktor's 2023 journey: launching Console, introducing Gateway proxy, achieving SOC2 Type II, and evolving from developer tool to enterprise platform.
Jan 11, 2024 · Nicolas Orban
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 · Stéphane Derosiaux
How to Scale Kafka Across Teams Without Losing Control
Scale Kafka across teams with federated governance and self-service data platforms. Tackle access management, security, and onboarding bottlenecks.
Dec 22, 2023 · James White
Explore Kafka in Minutes with Conduktor's Embedded Cluster
Run Kafka locally with one command. Explore real-time data, encryption, masking, and safeguards without any setup.
Dec 18, 2023 · Stuart Mould
Kafka Proxies, Cost Virtualization, and Flink: Takeaways from Current 2023
Key insights from Current 2023 and Big Data London: Kafka proxies for encryption, cost optimization through virtualization, and Flink's serverless future.
Nov 16, 2023 · James White
Four Ways to Test Apache Kafka Applications
Test Kafka components with Testcontainers, Streams test-utils, chaos engineering, and Conduktor Console. Ensure data quality and resilience at scale.
Oct 19, 2023 · James White
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 · Stéphane Derosiaux
Claudiu Danaila: From Agency Founder to Head of Design at Conduktor
Claudiu Danaila shares his path from running a design agency to leading design at Conduktor, and why good design is a business differentiator.
Aug 23, 2023 · Nicolas Orban
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 · Stéphane Derosiaux
What a Series A Startup Can Actually Do About Work-Life Balance
How Conduktor built work-life balance at Series A through hybrid working, transparent feedback, and health benefits—without sacrificing startup velocity.
Aug 9, 2023 · Nicolas Orban
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 · Stéphane Derosiaux
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 · Stéphane Derosiaux
Desktop vs Console: Why Centralized Kafka Management Wins
Migrate from Desktop to Console: centralized deployment, RBAC, field-level masking, audit logs, SSO, monitoring—enterprise Kafka UI advantages.
Jul 12, 2023 · James White
Aurélie Marcuzzo: From Business Intelligence to Customer Success in a Startup
Meet Aurélie Marcuzzo, Customer Success at Conduktor. From France to London, she onboards customers, tests features, and gives users the love they need.
Jun 27, 2023 · Nicolas Orban
How to Handle Large Records in Kafka Without Killing Performance
Bypass Kafka's 1MB limit without performance hits. Use S3 cold storage with claim check pattern for PDFs, images, and massive batches—seamlessly.
Jun 19, 2023 · Jean-Louis Boudart
Kafka Disaster Recovery: RTO, RPO, and Automated Failover
Kafka disaster recovery planning: RTO/RPO metrics, multi-region failover, avoiding human error, and automated switchover with Conduktor Gateway.
Jun 17, 2023 · Florent Ramière
Build a Kafka Streaming Platform That Scales Without a Bottleneck
Centralized Kafka bottlenecks productivity. Decentralized sprawls costs. Build hybrid streaming platforms with multi-tenancy and self-service.
Jun 8, 2023 · Emma Humber
Field-Level Encryption in Kafka: Why DIY Libraries Become Tech Debt
Kafka secures data in transit with TLS but offers no native field-level encryption for data at rest. Building your own encryption library seems simple at fir...
Jun 5, 2023 · Florent Ramière
How to deploy Conduktor Gateway?
Conduktor Gateway sits between your Kafka clusters and your applications and works with the Apache Protocol. We review different ways to deploy it, pros and ...
Jun 1, 2023 · François Teychené
8 Ways to Cut Kafka Costs Without Sacrificing Performance
Kafka costs exploding? Cut storage, networking, and partition expenses 10x with virtual clusters, compression enforcement, and cold storage.
May 30, 2023 · Florent Ramière
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 · Stéphane Derosiaux
How Conduktor Gateway Prevents Kafka Outages Before They Happen
Prevent Kafka outages with proactive safeguarding via Conduktor Gateway. Automate best practices, enforce rules, and eliminate tech debt before it starts.
May 17, 2023 · Tom Scott
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 · Stéphane Derosiaux
What We Changed After Running Four Company Offsites
Conduktor's CEO Nicolas Orban shares key learnings from our 2023 offsite: quality over quantity, inclusive activities, and transparent communication.
May 1, 2023 · Nicolas Orban
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 · Stéphane Derosiaux
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 · Stéphane Derosiaux
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 · Stéphane Derosiaux
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 · Stéphane Derosiaux
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 · Stéphane Derosiaux
Kafka Storage Internals: Segments, Indexing, and Why Retention Time Lies
Deep dive into Kafka segments, indexing, and log retention policies—optimize storage, compaction, and broker performance for production clusters.
Jul 19, 2022 · Tom Scott