Bringing Data Into Real Time: What You Missed at Current 2022

Confluent’s inaugural Current 2022 conference, positioned as the next generation of Kafka Summit, emphasized the growing importance of data streaming as organizations move beyond static, data-at-rest architectures toward systems that reflect real-time business activity. CEO Jay Kreps and other speakers described streaming as a major technological shift, while examples from USPS, Pinterest, Walmart, NASA/JPL, and other organizations illustrated its use in large-scale operations, real-time inventory, scientific alerts, healthcare devices, and motorsport telemetry. Confluent announced Stream Designer to simplify streaming pipeline development, Stream Governance Advanced for enterprise governance and visibility, and Confluent for Startups, which provides eligible new companies with a year of free Confluent Cloud services. The event also introduced Data Streaming Awards recognizing organizations including NASA/JPL, Ademen, Pinterest, Walmart, Control, and LinkedIn for innovative implementations and community contributions.

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