Confluent is a company focused on the journey of data, rather than just the destination, playing a different game in the world of big data. The company's product, Apache Kafka, has more to offer than just a fast pipe to Hadoop, and its capabilities are being showcased at Strata+Hadoop World through various sessions and activities. Confluent is also collaborating with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to make cloud services and data management easier, and will be attending Current 2024 in Austin, Texas, bringing the community together to discuss Apache Kafka and Apache Flink.