Why IBM Spent $11BN on Acquiring ‘Confluent’

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Presenter’s: Simon Fryett – MD Smallnet Consulting, and Pete Pugh-Jones EMEA CDO from IBM Confluent

Watch Simon and Pete talk about the acquisition of Confluent by IBM. They cover a number of areas, including Why IBM spent $11BN on acquiring Confluent, but also cover subjects such as;

• Why enterprises move from open-source Kafka infrastructure to a complete data streaming platform such as Confluent.
• How and where it fits within IBM’s portfolio today
• Market Trends in ‘streaming’ technology
• Real-life use case stories
• Architectural layouts/configurations