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Announcing the Confluent Cloud Fully Managed Sink Connector for ClickHouse

Data is in motion, and it’s moving faster than ever. For developers and data architects building modern real-time data platforms, the ability to get data from anywhere and analyze it instantly is a superpower. That’s why we’re excited to announce a major step forward in this journey: the fully managed sink connector for Clickhouse, now generally available on Confluent Cloud.

How Confluent Helps Software Providers Build Real-Time Products and SaaS Faster

Bringing real-time capabilities to your product or software-as-a-service (SaaS) is no longer a nice-to-have; it’s a competitive necessity. Whether you're building a real-time payment platform, a patient monitoring system, or any product where instant data processing fuels great user experiences and artificial intelligence (AI)-driven innovation, Apache Kafka data streaming is likely at the core.

Iceberg 101: Better Data Lakes with Apache Iceberg

With growing data volumes, organizations are forced to rethink how they store and manage data. Traditional data warehouses, while powerful, became expensive and rigid when faced with the volume, variety, and velocity of modern data - leading to the rise of data lakes as a promising alternative. However, organizations soon found that data lake in themselves were not a panacea, and often provided limited utility due to their unstructured nature.

How to Install and Use the Simba Trino Connector for Power BI

Looking to simplify your data integration workflow? The Simba Trino Connector for Power BI makes it effortless to connect Trino data to your preferred BI tool, enabling real-time insights and seamless plug-and-play functionality. Install and configure with ease Simplify data integration workflows Analyze Trino data quickly and efficiently Whether you’re a data analyst, IT professional, or engineer, this connector empowers you to unlock insights from your Trino data efficiently and securely.

Predictable Scale: The 6-Step System to Drive Consistent, Sustainable Growth

Scaling a business shouldn’t feel like a game of chance. But for many executives, that’s exactly what it feels like – working harder, adding new initiatives, hiring more people – without knowing whether it’s actually moving the needle. Pete’s new Predictable Scale methodology was built to solve that exact problem. Pete came onto the Move The Needle podcast to give us an early peek into the methodology and upcoming course.

Why REST APIs Are Breaking Your BI Workflows | Real User Experiences

Are you struggling to connect Power BI, Tableau, or other BI tools to REST APIs? You're not alone. This clip from our "Moving Beyond REST: Blazing Dashboards with Simba" webinar reveals the harsh reality of what developers are experiencing in the wild. What You'll Learn: Real user testimonials from Reddit and developer forums Why APIs aren't optimized for analytical workloads The hidden costs of forcing REST into BI workflows Performance bottlenecks that are killing your dashboards Why manual data extraction is becoming the norm.

How to Track Booked Meetings by Source in HubSpot (Using Custom Objects)

Running paid campaigns but not sure which ones drive actual sales meetings? You need to track "New Booked Meetings (NMB)" by source. In this short, Devin Littlefield from @marketvantage breaks it down. See how to tie marketing performance to real sales activity Understand how to use custom CRM objects in reporting Get better visibility into what’s driving revenue — Databox is Modern BI for teams that need answers now. It offers the best of BI, without the complicated setup, steep price, or long learning curve.