Kafka 101: Why Event Streaming is the Central Nervous System of Modern Data

Digging into a new universe of data streaming after IBM’s recent accquisition of Confluent! Introduction Data is no longer a static asset — it’s a live pulse. Following IBM’s $11B acquisition of Confluent, the bridge between real-time streaming and enterprise AI has never been shorter. I’m diving into the new universes of data-in-motion to see how this ‘Smart Data’ foundation is changing the game for hybrid cloud and agentic AI. 🚀 In the traditional world of data, systems often talk to each oth