{"id":43220,"date":"2026-03-18T08:08:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T08:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smarttechgroup.com.tr\/?post_type=project&#038;p=43220"},"modified":"2026-03-18T08:29:44","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T08:29:44","slug":"ibm-confluent-acquisition","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/smarttechgroup.com.tr\/en\/project\/ibm-confluent-satin-alma\/","title":{"rendered":"IBM Acquires Confluent!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"43220\" class=\"elementor elementor-43220\" data-elementor-settings=\"{&quot;ha_cmc_init_switcher&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\" data-elementor-post-type=\"project\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-939d0b8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"939d0b8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c72098 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8c72098\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ae4741 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8ae4741\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Apache Kafka-Based Real-Time Data is the Foundation for Enterprise AI<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-04c38a8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"04c38a8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a46156 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4a46156\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b06c1b9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b06c1b9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n<p>IBM has completed its acquisition of Confluent, one of the leading platforms in the data streaming space. This development is particularly <strong data-start=\"639\" data-end=\"655\">Apache Kafka<\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"657\" data-end=\"687\">event-driven system design<\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"691\" data-end=\"719\">streaming data pipelines<\/strong> once again demonstrates the critical role of modern data architectures in the enterprise world.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p data-start=\"814\" data-end=\"1168\">Confluent, <strong data-start=\"825\" data-end=\"875\">Apache Kafka based event streaming platform<\/strong> is used by more than 6,500 organizations and brings real-time pipelines to the center of enterprise operations. The new framework with IBM aims to provide reliable and continuously flowing data infrastructure for AI models, agents and automated workflows in a scalable way.<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e28828 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0e28828\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13a75b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"13a75b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Real-Time Data and AI: The New Standard<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05606bd e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"05606bd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d2f997 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6d2f997\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9c0cd90 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9c0cd90\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today, instead of batch data processing <strong>kafka streaming<\/strong> and <strong>event driven system<\/strong> approaches.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the heart of this transformation are the following needs:<\/p><ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><li>Real-time decision making (real-time data streaming)<\/li><li>Continuously updated data for AI and agent systems<\/li><li>Microservices architectures (kafka microservices, microservices azure)<\/li><li>Distributed data management (data mesh architecture, aws data mesh, azure data mesh)<\/li><\/ul><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The merger of IBM and Confluent is a direct response to these needs. <strong>AI-ready, real-time data platform<\/strong> approach as a corporate standard.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d654125 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d654125\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-92b04ee elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"92b04ee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Apache Kafka and the Power of Event-Driven Architecture<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c046348 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c046348\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e28e1cc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e28e1cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Confluent platform, <strong>Apache Kafka architecture<\/strong> and provides the following critical capabilities:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li><strong>Event streaming<\/strong> with continuous data flow<\/li>\n<li><strong>Kafka pipelines<\/strong> data integration with<\/li>\n<li><strong>Kafka streams &amp; ksqlDB<\/strong> with stream processing<\/li>\n<li><strong>Kafka connect<\/strong> and data transfer between systems<\/li>\n<li><strong>Event-driven system design<\/strong> with real-time applications<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This approach, in particular:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li>Finance (fraud detection)<\/li>\n<li>Retail (real-time inventory)<\/li>\n<li>Production (IoT streaming)<\/li>\n<li>Telecom and banking<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in areas such as <strong>kafka use cases<\/strong> is used extensively within its scope.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a43ce7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9a43ce7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ac83df elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2ac83df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">IBM + Confluent: Integrated Data Ecosystem<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23d58d3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"23d58d3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-799deff elementor-widget-tablet_extra__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"799deff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With this merger:<\/p><ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><li><strong>IBM watsonx.data<\/strong> \u2192 real-time data streaming<\/li><li><strong>IBM MQ &amp; webMethods<\/strong> \u2192 event-driven architecture<\/li><li><strong>IBM Z<\/strong> \u2192 transaction-level streaming<\/li><\/ul><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">solutions such as, <strong>kafka-based streaming architecture<\/strong> integrated with.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And this is for institutions:<\/p><ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><li>Faster data processing<\/li><li>Lower latency<\/li><li>Higher scalability<\/li><li>Stronger data governance<\/li><\/ul><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for the future.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-424f361 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"424f361\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a6f8e72 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a6f8e72\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Real Life Use Cases<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf03483 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cf03483\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7989b55 elementor-widget-tablet_extra__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7989b55\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Confluent is already used by many companies globally:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li>Michelin<\/li>\n<li>L'Or\u00e9al<\/li>\n<li>BMW<\/li>\n<li>Ticketmaster<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These examples are, <strong>kafka streaming use cases<\/strong> and <strong>real-time pipelines<\/strong> approach has a direct impact on business results.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With the expertise of our group company Ondata, we already offer <strong>Confluent and Apache Kafka solutions<\/strong>, with this merger:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li>Stronger global ecosystem<\/li>\n<li>Wider integration capability<\/li>\n<li>Higher performance and support<\/li>\n<li>More advanced AI integration<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">advantages.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a67df09 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a67df09\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37a8964 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"37a8964\" data-element_type=\"container\" 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