Founded in 2014, Confluent (https://www.confluent.io/) was established to commercialize Apache Kafka, an open-source platform for managing real-time data streams. Originally developed at LinkedIn in 2008, Apache Kafka enables organizations to build real-time data pipelines, stream processing, and pub-sub systems in a distributed, fault-tolerant architecture.
With over 30,000 clusters running in Confluent Cloud, the platform processes over 3 trillion messages daily and handles over 1 exabyte of data annually. Confluent developed a partner program that includes consulting and systems integration firms to support the adoption and maintenance of its platform.
Confluent Regional Services Partner Distribution
After removing duplicates and consolidating merged companies, we identified around 630 Confluent services partners worldwide, ranging from specialized data engineering firms to global Sls. The table below details their regional distribution.
Europe accounts for a third of all partners, followed by North America. As is common in technology services, most talent is concentrated in Asia, primarily India.
Confluent Services Partner Distribution by Size
Confluent's partner network includes consulting firms of all sizes. The distribution of partners by company size is outlined below.
More than half of all partners are boutique consulting firms with fewer than 100 employees, reflecting a highly fragmented ecosystem.
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