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Shift Left, Stream Fast: Swedbank's Real-Time Data Strategy | Life Is But A Stream Podcast

In a highly regulated industry where every millisecond matters, Swedbank is shifting its data strategy to move fast without breaking trust. In this episode, Rami Al Lolah, Lead Architect at Swedbank’s Integration Center of Excellence, shares how the bank built a future-proof foundation using Apache Kafka with Confluent Cloud.

Confluent Cloud is now available in the new AWS Marketplace AI Agents and Tools category

Confluent announces the availability of Confluent Cloud in the new AI Agents and Tools category of AWS Marketplace. This enables AWS customers to easily discover, buy, and deploy AI agent solutions, including Confluent's fully managed data streaming platform Confluent Cloud, using their AWS accounts, for accelerating AI agent and agentic workflow development.

What's Next in Data Streaming: 4 Key Trends for IT Leaders | Life Is But A Stream Podcast

Is your data strategy keeping up with your AI ambitions? In this special episode, we unpack findings from Confluent’s 2025 Data Streaming Report—a global pulse check on how IT leaders (4,000+ to be specific) are using data streaming to drive innovation, faster time to market, and reduce costs and complexity.