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        "name": "What is data streaming?",
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          "text": "Data streaming treats information as a continuous flow of events rather than static batches. Instead of waiting for data to accumulate, insights and actions are triggered as soon as new events occur. Apache Kafka® is the standard technology that enables this.",
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        "name": "How does data streaming work on Confluent?",
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          "text": "Confluent takes Kafka further, rearchitecting it for the cloud. Both Confluent Cloud and Confluent Platform provide high-performance, enterprise-ready data streaming capabilities—built to scale seamlessly, reduce operations overhead, and deliver faster results. Confluent Cloud is powered by Kora, our cloud-native engine that provides autoscaling and 20-90%+ throughput savings.",
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          "text": "Traditional APIs use a request-response model where apps must ask for data. Data streaming flips this: producers continuously publish events to a central log, and consumers subscribe to streams in real time. This event-driven model enables more scalable, decoupled architectures.",
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          "text": "A data streaming platform lets organizations continuously stream data in real time, connect systems across environments, process events as they happen, and govern data for reliability and compliance. It powers analytics, AI, and event-driven applications with trusted, scalable, and secure data flows.",
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        "name": "Who benefits from Confluent’s cloud-native streaming capabilities?",
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          "text": "Organizations of all sizes benefit. Confluent is especially valuable for teams building event-driven apps, leveraging analytics and AI on live data, or replacing batch-based ETL pipelines with reliable, real-time processing.",
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          "text": "Applications that need fast, trustworthy data benefit from Confluent. Examples include streaming analytics dashboards, fraud detection, real-time personalization, cybersecurity, and event-driven AI such as retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) or multi-agent systems.",
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        "name": "What use cases does Confluent enable?",
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          "text": "Confluent enables real-time analytics, event-driven applications, AI and machine learning, data integration across hybrid and multi-cloud environments, and data governance for compliance. Industry-specific use cases include fraud detection in financial services, inventory visibility in retail, predictive maintenance in manufacturing, IoT and 5G in telecom, real-time clinical analytics in healthcare, and SaaS integrations in technology.",
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        "name": "What data formats and integrations does Confluent support?",
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          "text": "Confluent supports Avro, Protobuf, and JSON Schema through its Schema Registry, part of Stream Governance. With 120+ pre-built connectors, it integrates quickly with databases, data warehouses, SaaS apps, and cloud services across your ecosystem.",
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        "name": "Can I use Confluent with my existing Kafka topics?",
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          "text": "Yes. Confluent is fully compatible with Apache Kafka®. Features like Cluster Linking let you mirror topics in real time, replicate data and metadata, or migrate workloads to Confluent without downtime.",
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          "text": "Yes. Confluent Cloud’s Kora engine provides massive scalability, reliability, and a 99.99% uptime SLA. It supports GBps+ workloads and scales 10x faster than traditional Kafka. Confluent Platform also offers self-managed scaling tools like Confluent for Kubernetes and includes enterprise-grade security with certifications such as SOC 2, ISO 27001, and PCI DSS.",
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        "name": "How do I get started with Confluent?",
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          "text": "Sign up for Confluent Cloud to receive $400 in credits. You can launch a cluster, connect a data source, and start using Schema Registry in minutes. Additional resources like the Demo Center and Confluent Developer site provide guided learning.",
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        "name": "Wait, I thought Confluent and Confluence were the same thing?",
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          "text": "It’s a common mix-up. Confluent powers real-time data streaming for applications, AI, and analytics, while Confluence is a collaboration and documentation tool. They serve different purposes but share a focus on helping teams work smarter.",
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