Get Started Free
July 27, 2020 | Episode 111

How to Measure the Business Value of Confluent Cloud ft. Lyndon Hedderly

  • Transcript
  • Notes
undefined

As developers, we are good at envisioning the future state of any given system we want to build, but are we as good at telling the business how those changes positively impact the bottom line? 

Lyndon Hedderly (Team Lead, Business Value Consulting, Confluent) describes his approach to business value, how to justify a new technology that you’re introducing to your company, and tips on adopting new technologies and processes effectively. 

As Lyndon walks through each part of the business value framework: (1) baseline, (2) target state, (3) quantified benefits, (4) unquantified benefits, and (5) proof points, you’ll learn about cost effectiveness with Confluent Cloud, how to measure ROI vs. TCO, and a retail example from a customer that details their implementation of an event streaming platform.

Continue Listening

Episode 112August 3, 2020 | 39 min

Testing ksqlDB Applications ft. Viktor Gamov

Viktor Gamov (Developer Advocate, Confluent) returns to Streaming Audio to explain the magic of ksqlDB, ideal testing environments for ksqlDB, and the ksqlDB test runner. He also talks about the future of ksqlDB, the future of integration testing, and his favorite new feature among recent upgrades.

Episode 113August 6, 2020 | 10 min

Apache Kafka 2.6 - Overview of Latest Features, Updates, and KIPs

Apache Kafka 2.6 is out! This release includes progress toward adding client quota APIs to the admin client, exposing disk read and write metrics, and support for Java 14, in addition to Kafka Connect and Kafka Streams updates.

Episode 114August 12, 2020 | 41 min

Developer Advocacy (and Kafka Summit) in the Pandemic Era

COVID-19 has changed the face of meetings and events, halting all in-person gatherings and forcing companies to adapt on the fly. In today's episode of Streaming Audio, the Confluent developer advocates come together to discuss how their jobs have changed during the worldwide pandemic.

Got questions?

If there's something you want to know about Apache Kafka, Confluent or event streaming, please send us an email with your question and we'll hope to answer it on the next episode of Ask Confluent.

Email Us

Never miss an episode!

Confluent Cloud is a fully managed Apache Kafka service available on all three major clouds. Try it for free today.

Try it for free