How to Protect PII in Apache Kafka With Schema Registry and Data Contracts

A data contract is a formal agreement between an upstream component and a downstream component on the structure and semantics of data that’s in motion. In a previous post, I showed how Confluent Schema Registry supports data contracts. By combining data contracts and encryption on streaming workloads, you can shift left the responsibility of data consistency, quality, and security to the producer, allowing the consumer to depend on a trustworthy stream of data.

Predictable Scale: A Proven Methodology for Sustainable Business Growth (Pete Caputa, Databox)

How do you scale faster without burning out your team or chasing shiny tactics that don’t move the needle? Databox CEO Pete Caputa unveils Predictable Scale — a new methodology for building strategy, focus, and repeatable systems so you can grow with confidence. In this interview, Pete shares his SPEARS framework (Strategize, Plan, Execute, Adjust, Repeat, Scale), how to use data to set smarter goals, and why radical transparency accelerates alignment and results.

From Building at Pinterest and Airbnb to Revolutionizing AI at Kumo.AI

Join us for expert insights on how data is rewriting the rules and driving the future of innovation with Dr. Vanja Josifovski, CEO and Founder of Kumo.AI. In this episode, Dr. Vanja shares his approach to enterprise AI and reveals why a "data-forward organization" is the key to success. He also explains why integration speed is now the new competitive edge, and makes a compelling case for rebuilding outdated systems to achieve a 10x advantage.

Why Manufacturing Brands Need Product Information Management in 2025

Your brand isn’t just a logo anymore. It’s a promise that lives across dozens of digital touchpoints your customers encounter daily. Whether you’re manufacturing industrial equipment or consumer goods, every product detail, specification, and image becomes part of your brand story. And here’s the thing: if you’re not controlling that story, someone else is writing it for you.

Ep 36 | Securing the Evolving Frontier of Digital Trust with Jim Brennan

When trust collapses, everything else goes with it. Jim Brennan, Chief Product and Technical Officer at GetReal Security, joins The AI Forecast to break down one of the biggest challenges in today’s world: securing digital trust. He and host Paul Muller explore why trust is the backbone of modern business and how advancements like deepfakes, impersonation attacks, and AI-powered deception are shaking that foundation.

Hitachi Vantara's Virtual Storage Platform One Now Available in the Microsoft Azure Marketplace

Expanded cloud compatibility and built-in capabilities like compression, provisioning and replication can help enterprises simplify operations and reduce storage costs by up to 40%. Microsoft Azure customers worldwide now gain access to Hitachi Vantara Virtual Storage Platform One to take advantage of the scalability, reliability and agility of Azure to drive application development and shape business strategies.

7 Effective BI Dashboard Components in 2025

Ever feel like your company's data is an untapped resource? We understand the frustration when your data isn't translating into clear, actionable insights for your team. A truly effective business intelligence (BI) dashboard should be a guide, not a barrier. It helps users understand what's happening and what they can do next, transforming a chaotic data landscape into a single, intuitive source of truth. That requires some work.

Charts Are Just the Start: How Databox Helps Agencies Take Action, Faster

Dashboards are great — but what about doing something with that data? In this clip, an agency shares how Databox helps them spot issues early, make adjustments fast, and stay proactive with features like Scorecards, Notifications, and real-time reporting. Your data should help you move, not just measure.

Seamless Storage Integration: Managing PostgreSQL Environments

PostgreSQL is rapidly being adopted by enterprises large and small. Some estimates show as many as 60% are using it in some form or fashion. For anyone who isn’t on board yet, there are many reasons to consider it. To paraphrase their own site, PostgreSQL, is a powerful, open source object-relational database that uses and extends the SQL language, combined with features that safely store and scale the most complicated data workloads.

Demo: Streaming Agents automate competitive pricing in real time

Streaming Agents enable you to build, deploy, and orchestrate event-driven agents natively on Apache Flink and Apache Kafka. By unifying stream processing and agentic AI workflows, they leverage fresh context to continuously monitor and act on what’s happening in the business. In this demo, Brenner Heintz, Staff Technical Marketing Manager at Confluent, shows how to build agents that automate real-time competitive price matching on sales orders.