Confluent Recognized in 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Data Integration Tools

We are pleased to announce that Confluent has been recognized again as a Challenger in the 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Data Integration Tools. We believe this recognition validates the scale and reliability of our platform, acknowledging our "Ability to Execute" in powering the mission-critical data flows of the world's largest organizations.

Why Cluster Rebalancing Counts More Than You Think in Your Apache Kafka Costs

Cluster rebalancing is the redistribution of partitions across Kafka brokers to balance workload and performance. While this task is a necessary and frequent part of routine Apache Kafka operations, its true impact on infrastructure stability, resource consumption, and cloud expenditures is often underestimated.

Snowflake Predictions 2026

Your AI-accelerated future will include operationalizing AI, rewriting your leadership skill set, and harnessing the next killer app. Set yourself up for success by registering for this year's AI & Data Predictions event featuring forward-looking conversations with Snowflake's talented leaders. See how agentic AI will create a new enterprise and a new worker. Join the AI + Data Predictions 2026 Virtual Event on January 13, 2026 and hear from Snowflake executives and experts discuss the continuing impact of generative AI on organizations.

Apache Kafka Monitoring Is Costing You More Than You Think

For organizations that rely on Apache Kafka, monitoring capabilities aren’t just a "nice-to-have"—it's a fundamental requirement for reliable performance in production and business continuity. However, the true cost of monitoring Kafka is often misunderstood. It’s not a single line item on a bill but a collection of hidden expenses that silently drain your engineering budget and inflate your total cost of ownership (TCO).

Cost to Build a Data Streaming Platform: TCO, Risks, and Alternatives

For many organizations, the decision to adopt a data streaming architecture is a strategic imperative—critical for driving everything from instant personalization to global fraud detection. The question is no longer if they should stream, but how. This leads directly to a critical, often underestimated, financial calculation: the cost to build a data streaming platform (DSP) in-house versus the cost of subscribing to a managed service. Let’s explore key considerations in the "build vs.

Process Runner GLSU: SAP Finance Automation in Excel

See how Process Runner GLSU eliminates manual SAP data entry and accelerates month-end close. This 90-second demo shows how finance teams automate 40+ SAP FI transactions, process thousands of entries in minutes, and catch errors before they hit the system—all from Excel, no coding required.

Do Identity Intelligence Better with Snowflake and Verato

Healthcare organizations can’t achieve true Patient 360 or power accurate AI and analytics when identity data is fragmented across EHRs, EMRs, CRMs, and countless clinical and operational systems. In this video, Nick Orser shows how Verato MDM Cloud delivers industry-leading healthcare identity resolution and master data management (MDM) directly inside Snowflake to unify, enrich, and master patient and provider data with unmatched accuracy. See how the Verato Snowflake Native App simplifies data mapping, validation, and mastering so you can easily build a complete, trusted view of every patient, provider, and household.