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Channel Post MEA
4 days ago
- Business
- Channel Post MEA
Confluent Announces New Cloud Capabilities For Data Streaming
Confluent has announced new Confluent Cloud capabilities that make it easier to process and secure data for faster insights and decision-making. Snapshot queries, new in Confluent Cloud for Apache Flink, bring together real-time and historic data processing to make artificial intelligence (AI) agents and analytics smarter. Confluent Cloud network (CCN) routing simplifies private networking for Apache Flink, and IP Filtering adds access controls for publicly accessible Flink pipelines, securing data for agentic AI and analytics. 'Agentic AI is moving from hype to enterprise adoption as organizations look to gain a competitive edge and win in today's market,' said Shaun Clowes, Chief Product Officer at Confluent. 'But without high-quality data, even the most advanced systems can't deliver real value. The new Confluent Cloud for Apache Flink features make it possible to blend real-time and batch data so that enterprises can trust their agentic AI to drive real change.' Bridging the Real-Time and Batch Divide 'The rise of agentic AI orchestration is expected to accelerate, and companies need to start preparing now,' said Stewart Bond, Vice President of Data Intelligence and Integration Software at IDC. 'To unlock agentic AI's full potential, companies should seek solutions that unify disparate data types, including structured, unstructured, real-time, and historical information, in a single environment. This allows AI to derive richer insights and drive more impactful outcomes.' Agentic AI is driving widespread change in business operations by increasing efficiency and powering faster decision-making by analyzing data to uncover valuable trends and insights. However, for AI agents to make the right decisions, they need historical context about what happened in the past and insight into what's happening right now. For example, for fraud detection, banks need real-time data to react in the moment and historical data to see if a transaction fits a customer's usual patterns. Hospitals need real-time vitals alongside patient medical history to make safe, informed treatment decisions. But to leverage both past and present data, teams often have to use separate tools and develop manual workarounds, resulting in time-consuming work and broken workflows. Additionally, it's important to secure the data that's used for analytics and agentic AI; this ensures trustworthy results and prevents sensitive data from being accessed. Snapshot Queries Unify Processing on One Platform In Confluent Cloud, snapshot queries let teams unify historical and streaming data with a single product and language, enabling consistent, intelligent experiences for both analytics and agentic AI. With seamless Tableflow integration, teams can easily gain context from past data. Snapshot queries allow teams to explore, test, and analyze data without spinning up new workloads. This makes it easier to supply agents with context from historic and real-time data or conduct an audit to understand key trends and patterns. Snapshot queries are now available in early access. CCN Routing Simplifies Private Networking for Flink Private networking is important for organizations that require an additional layer of security. Confluent offers a streamlined private networking solution by reusing existing CCNs that teams have already created for Apache Kafka clusters. Teams can use CCN to securely connect their data to any Flink workload, such as streaming pipelines, AI agents, or analytics. CCN routing is now generally available on Amazon Web Services (AWS) in all regions where Flink is supported. IP Filtering Protects Flink Workloads in Hybrid Environments Many organizations that operate in hybrid environments need more control over which data can be publicly accessed. IP Filtering for Flink helps teams restrict internet traffic to allowed IPs and improves visibility into unauthorized access attempts by making it easier to track the attempts. IP Filtering is generally available for all Confluent Cloud users. Now organizations can more easily turn the promise of agentic AI into a competitive advantage. To learn more about the other new Confluent Cloud features, including the Snowflake source connector, cross-cloud Cluster Linking, and new Schema Registry private networking features, check out the launch blog. 0 0
Mid East Info
5 days ago
- Business
- Mid East Info
Confluent Unites Batch and Stream Processing for Faster, Smarter Agentic AI and Analytics - Middle East Business News and Information
Confluent, Inc. (Nasdaq: CFLT), the data streaming pioneer, announced new Confluent Cloud capabilities that make it easier to process and secure data for faster insights and decision-making. Snapshot queries, new in Confluent Cloud for Apache Flink®, bring together real-time and historic data processing to make artificial intelligence (AI) agents and analytics smarter. Confluent Cloud network (CCN) routing simplifies private networking for Apache Flink®, and IP Filtering adds access controls for publicly accessible Flink pipelines, securing data for agentic AI and analytics. 'Agentic AI is moving from hype to enterprise adoption as organizations look to gain a competitive edge and win in today's market,' said Shaun Clowes, Chief Product Officer at Confluent. 'But without high-quality data, even the most advanced systems can't deliver real value. The new Confluent Cloud for Apache Flink® features make it possible to blend real-time and batch data so that enterprises can trust their agentic AI to drive real change.' Bridging the Real-Time and Batch Divide 'The rise of agentic AI orchestration is expected to accelerate, and companies need to start preparing now,' said Stewart Bond, Vice President of Data Intelligence and Integration Software at IDC. 'To unlock agentic AI's full potential, companies should seek solutions that unify disparate data types, including structured, unstructured, real-time, and historical information, in a single environment. This allows AI to derive richer insights and drive more impactful outcomes.' Agentic AI is driving widespread change in business operations by increasing efficiency and powering faster decision-making by analyzing data to uncover valuable trends and insights. However, for AI agents to make the right decisions, they need historical context about what happened in the past and insight into what's happening right now. For example, for fraud detection, banks need real-time data to react in the moment and historical data to see if a transaction fits a customer's usual patterns. Hospitals need real-time vitals alongside patient medical history to make safe, informed treatment decisions. But to leverage both past and present data, teams often have to use separate tools and develop manual workarounds, resulting in time-consuming work and broken workflows. Additionally, it's important to secure the data that's used for analytics and agentic AI; this ensures trustworthy results and prevents sensitive data from being accessed. Snapshot Queries Unify Processing on One Platform In Confluent Cloud, snapshot queries let teams unify historical and streaming data with a single product and language, enabling consistent, intelligent experiences for both analytics and agentic AI. With seamless Tableflow integration, teams can easily gain context from past data. Snapshot queries allow teams to explore, test, and analyze data without spinning up new workloads. This makes it easier to supply agents with context from historic and real-time data or conduct an audit to understand key trends and patterns. Snapshot queries are now available in early access. CCN Routing Simplifies Private Networking for Flink Private networking is important for organizations that require an additional layer of security. Confluent offers a streamlined private networking solution by reusing existing CCNs that teams have already created for Apache Kafka® clusters. Teams can use CCN to securely connect their data to any Flink workload, such as streaming pipelines, AI agents, or analytics. CCN routing is now generally available on Amazon Web Services (AWS) in all regions where Flink is supported. IP Filtering Protects Flink Workloads in Hybrid Environments Many organizations that operate in hybrid environments need more control over which data can be publicly accessed. IP Filtering for Flink helps teams restrict internet traffic to allowed IPs and improves visibility into unauthorized access attempts by making it easier to track the attempts. IP Filtering is generally available for all Confluent Cloud users. Now organizations can more easily turn the promise of agentic AI into a competitive advantage. To learn more about the other new Confluent Cloud features, including the Snowflake source connector, cross-cloud Cluster Linking, and new Schema Registry private networking features, check out the launch blog.
Yahoo
23-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
5 Big Data Stocks to Buy for Stellar Returns in the Short Term
Big Data refers to a vast and diverse collection of structured, unstructured and semi-structured data that inundates businesses on a day-to-day basis. The big data space focuses on companies that process, store and analyze data, and provide data mining, transformation, visualization and predictive analytics tools. Here, we have selected five such companies — Confluent Inc. CFLT, Blackbaud Inc. BLKB, Sprout Social Inc. SPT, HubSpot Inc. HUBS and Teradata Corp. TDC. These stocks have double-digit short-term price upside potential. Each of our picks carries either a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) or 2 (Buy). You can see the complete list of today's Zacks #1 Rank stocks here. Big Data is utilized in advanced analytics applications like predictive modeling and machine learning to solve business problems and make informed decisions. The latest high-end digital mobility advancements, including the Internet of Things (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AI), have led to rapid growth in data. Consequently, new big data tools have emerged to collect, process, and analyze data to derive maximum value out of it. Big data offers corporations better decision-making and risk management abilities. It has also increased agility and innovation, making operations more efficient and resulting in improved customer experiences. The chart below shows the price performance of our five picks in the past month. Image Source: Zacks Investment Research Zacks Rank #2 Confluent operates a data streaming platform in the United States and internationally. CFLT provides platforms that allow customers to connect their applications, systems, and data layers comprising Confluent Cloud, a managed cloud-native software-as-a-service (SaaS), and Confluent Platform, an enterprise-grade self-managed software. CFLT serves banking and financial services, retail and ecommerce, manufacturing, automotive, telecommunication, gaming, insurance, and technology industries, as well as the public sector. CFLT has an expected revenue and earnings growth rate of 19% and 32.4%, respectively, for the current year. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for current-year earnings has improved 20.5% in the past 30 days. The short-term average price target of brokerage firms for the stock represents an increase of 28.9% from the last closing price of $21.05. The brokerage target price is currently in the range of $22-$36. This indicates a maximum upside of 71% and no downside. Zacks Rank #1 Blackbaud is engaged in the provision of cloud software and services in the United States and internationally. BLKB's first-quarter 2025 results reflect solid execution of its strategic goals, with organic revenue growth, improved profitability and stock buybacks. BLKB remains on track to achieve Rule of 45 status by 2030 and expects continued free cash flow margin expansion. Robust free cash flow cushions BLKB's stock repurchase strategy. In the first quarter, BLKB repurchased around 4% of its outstanding shares, aligning with its 2025 plan to buy back 3% to 5%. Adjusted EBITDA margin reached 34.3% in the first quarter. For 2025, Blackbaud expects adjusted EBITDA margin in the range of 34.9% to 35.9%. Blackbaud has an expected revenue and earnings growth rate of -3.1% and 17.9%, respectively, for the current year. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for current-year earnings has improved 8.4% in the past 30 days. The short-term average price target of brokerage firms for the stock represents an increase of 10.7% from the last closing price of $62.12. The brokerage target price is currently in the range of $60-$85. This indicates a maximum upside of 36.8% and a maximum downside of 3.4%. Zacks Rank #2 Sprout Social designs, develops, and operates a web-based social media management platform in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. SPT provides cloud software for social messaging, data and workflows in a unified system of record, intelligence, and action. SPT offers AI-powered solutions, such as publishing and scheduling, social customer care, reporting and analytics, social listening and business intelligence, reputation management, social commerce, influencer marketing, employee advocacy, and automation and workflows. Sprout Social has an expected revenue and earnings growth rate of 11.3% and 20.6%, respectively, for the current year. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for current-year earnings has improved 10.3% in the past 30 days. The short-term average price target of brokerage firms for the stock represents an increase of 30.7% from the last closing price of $21.55. The brokerage target price is currently in the range of $18-$42. This indicates a maximum upside of 94.9% and a maximum downside of 16.5%. Zacks Rank #2 HubSpot provides a cloud-based customer relationship management platform for businesses in the Americas, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. HUBS is witnessing steady multi-hub adoption from enterprise customers in the premium market. Pricing optimization in HUBS' starter edition is leading to solid client additions in the lower end of the market. The integration of HubSpot AI, which includes state-of-the-art features, such as AI assistance, AI agents, AI insights and ChatSpot, is driving more value to customers. HUBS' seat pricing model lowers the barrier for customers to get started with its business and mitigates pricing friction for upgrades. The growing adoption of inbound applications is a tailwind. HubSpot has an expected revenue and earnings growth rate of 15.4% and more than 100%, respectively, for the current year. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for current-year earnings has improved 49% in the past 30 days. The short-term average price target of brokerage firms for the stock represents an increase of 19% from the last closing price of $621.25. The brokerage target price is currently in the range of $645-$930. This indicates a maximum upside of 49.7% and no downside. Zacks Rank #2 Teradata provides a connected hybrid cloud analytics and data platform in the United States and internationally. TDC is benefiting from strong cloud ARR growth. TDC's AI and hybrid cloud innovations, supported by strategic partnerships with NVIDIA, Microsoft, and Google are strengthening its market position. TDC's advanced AI solutions, particularly in Customer Experience AI, are in high demand as businesses prioritize data-driven insights. TDC's expertise in providing scalable, cloud-based analytics positions it well in growing markets like AI, data centers, and digital transformation. Teradata has an expected revenue and earnings growth rate of -6.5% and -2.1%, respectively, for the current year. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for current-year earnings has remained unchanged in the past 30 days. The short-term average price target of brokerage firms for the stock represents an increase of 18.7% from the last closing price of $21.82. The brokerage target price is currently in the range of $21-$35. This indicates a maximum upside of 60.4% and a maximum downside of 3.8%. Want the latest recommendations from Zacks Investment Research? Today, you can download 7 Best Stocks for the Next 30 Days. Click to get this free report Teradata Corporation (TDC) : Free Stock Analysis Report Blackbaud, Inc. (BLKB) : Free Stock Analysis Report HubSpot, Inc. (HUBS) : Free Stock Analysis Report Sprout Social, Inc. (SPT) : Free Stock Analysis Report Confluent, Inc. (CFLT) : Free Stock Analysis Report This article originally published on Zacks Investment Research ( Zacks Investment Research
Yahoo
21-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Confluent (CFLT) Expands Cloud Capabilities for Faster, Smarter Agentic AI
We recently published a list of . In this article, we are going to take a look at where Confluent, Inc. (NASDAQ:CFLT) stands against other AI stocks that investors are watching today. Speaking on CNBC's 'Halftime Report', CEO of Ritholtz Wealth Management and CNBC PRO contributor Josh Brown said that he believes the most important theme for the stock market right now is artificial intelligence, not tariffs. 'The most important thing to come out of this past earnings report is that AI is more important than tariffs to the stock market.' Brown cited JPMorgan research, noting that the term 'AI' was mentioned 2.6 times more often than the word 'tariff' in the last round of S & P 500 earnings reports. READ NOW: and He even said that those Big Tech companies that affirmed or raised guidance have been saviors, protecting the stock market from the massive turmoil in April. 'This is an AI driven tape. This is still the most important theme in the entire market. Yes, there are other themes. Yes, there are other sectors doing well, but absent AI, there's just no chance that we would have pulled this this spring out of the hole the way that we have, and that's because of the affirmed guidance.' That said, a report from Silicon Valley Bank has revealed how venture capital firms focused on artificial intelligence are behind much of the growth in the startup market. Meanwhile, companies in other areas are struggling to raise cash. 'Exclude AI investment and the story changes. There is no meaningful uptick for companies not leveraging AI, with investment from this group essentially flat for the last year.' For this article, we selected AI stocks by going through news articles, stock analysis, and press releases. These stocks are also popular among hedge funds. The hedge fund data is as of Q4 2024. Why are we interested in the stocks that hedge funds pile into? The reason is simple: our research has shown that we can outperform the market by imitating the top stock picks of the best hedge funds. Our quarterly newsletter's strategy selects 14 small-cap and large-cap stocks every quarter and has returned 373.4% since May 2014, beating its benchmark by 218 percentage points (). A team of consultants in suits, discussing the importance of stream governance for real-time Inc. (NASDAQ:CFLT) is a technology company that provides data streaming platforms. On May 20, the data streaming pioneer announced new Confluent Cloud capabilities to help process and protect data more easily. These include Snapshot Queries, new in Confluent Cloud for Apache Flink®, which integrate real-time and historic data processing to make artificial intelligence (AI) agents and analytics smarter. Confluent Cloud network (CCN) routing streamlines private networking for Apache Flink®, while IP Filtering secures data for agentic AI and analytics. The updates aim to simplify data processing, improve decision making, as well as strengthen security. 'Agentic AI is moving from hype to enterprise adoption as organizations look to gain a competitive edge and win in today's market. But without high-quality data, even the most advanced systems can't deliver real value. The new Confluent Cloud for Apache Flink® features make it possible to blend real-time and batch data so that enterprises can trust their agentic AI to drive real change.' Overall, CFLT ranks 8th on our list of AI stocks that investors are watching today. While we acknowledge the potential of CFLT as an investment, our conviction lies in the belief that some AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns and have limited downside risk. If you are looking for an AI stock that is more promising than CFLT and that has 100x upside potential, check out our report about this cheapest AI stock. READ NEXT: 20 Best AI Stocks To Buy Now and 30 Best Stocks to Buy Now According to Billionaires. Disclosure: None. This article is originally published at Insider Monkey.
Yahoo
21-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Confluent (CFLT) Expands Cloud Capabilities for Faster, Smarter Agentic AI
We recently published a list of . In this article, we are going to take a look at where Confluent, Inc. (NASDAQ:CFLT) stands against other AI stocks that investors are watching today. Speaking on CNBC's 'Halftime Report', CEO of Ritholtz Wealth Management and CNBC PRO contributor Josh Brown said that he believes the most important theme for the stock market right now is artificial intelligence, not tariffs. 'The most important thing to come out of this past earnings report is that AI is more important than tariffs to the stock market.' Brown cited JPMorgan research, noting that the term 'AI' was mentioned 2.6 times more often than the word 'tariff' in the last round of S & P 500 earnings reports. READ NOW: and He even said that those Big Tech companies that affirmed or raised guidance have been saviors, protecting the stock market from the massive turmoil in April. 'This is an AI driven tape. This is still the most important theme in the entire market. Yes, there are other themes. Yes, there are other sectors doing well, but absent AI, there's just no chance that we would have pulled this this spring out of the hole the way that we have, and that's because of the affirmed guidance.' That said, a report from Silicon Valley Bank has revealed how venture capital firms focused on artificial intelligence are behind much of the growth in the startup market. Meanwhile, companies in other areas are struggling to raise cash. 'Exclude AI investment and the story changes. There is no meaningful uptick for companies not leveraging AI, with investment from this group essentially flat for the last year.' For this article, we selected AI stocks by going through news articles, stock analysis, and press releases. These stocks are also popular among hedge funds. The hedge fund data is as of Q4 2024. Why are we interested in the stocks that hedge funds pile into? The reason is simple: our research has shown that we can outperform the market by imitating the top stock picks of the best hedge funds. Our quarterly newsletter's strategy selects 14 small-cap and large-cap stocks every quarter and has returned 373.4% since May 2014, beating its benchmark by 218 percentage points (). A team of consultants in suits, discussing the importance of stream governance for real-time Inc. (NASDAQ:CFLT) is a technology company that provides data streaming platforms. On May 20, the data streaming pioneer announced new Confluent Cloud capabilities to help process and protect data more easily. These include Snapshot Queries, new in Confluent Cloud for Apache Flink®, which integrate real-time and historic data processing to make artificial intelligence (AI) agents and analytics smarter. Confluent Cloud network (CCN) routing streamlines private networking for Apache Flink®, while IP Filtering secures data for agentic AI and analytics. The updates aim to simplify data processing, improve decision making, as well as strengthen security. 'Agentic AI is moving from hype to enterprise adoption as organizations look to gain a competitive edge and win in today's market. But without high-quality data, even the most advanced systems can't deliver real value. The new Confluent Cloud for Apache Flink® features make it possible to blend real-time and batch data so that enterprises can trust their agentic AI to drive real change.' Overall, CFLT ranks 8th on our list of AI stocks that investors are watching today. While we acknowledge the potential of CFLT as an investment, our conviction lies in the belief that some AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns and have limited downside risk. If you are looking for an AI stock that is more promising than CFLT and that has 100x upside potential, check out our report about this cheapest AI stock. READ NEXT: 20 Best AI Stocks To Buy Now and 30 Best Stocks to Buy Now According to Billionaires. Disclosure: None. This article is originally published at Insider Monkey. Sign in to access your portfolio
