Kafka Is Just the Beginning. Turn Real-Time Data into Trusted AI with IBM and Arrow
Sam Martin, Arrow Electronics
Wed, Nov 4, 4:50–5:20 PMInnovation Theater
Most AI projects don't stall because of the model. They stall because the data is scattered, out of date and hard to trust. With Confluent and IBM, there's a clear path from real-time events to governed, AI-ready data. Arrow walks you through a practical reference architecture, built and tested in Arrow experience centers. Tableflow lands streaming topics as Apache Iceberg tables, ready to query in watsonx.data. IBM watsonx.data integration manages pipelines. IBM watsonx Orchestrate gives AI agents live, trusted context. Learn which patterns hold up in production and how to start small without rebuilding your Kafka environment. See it working together in an Arrow experience center before you invest. Then take it from proof of value to production.
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Speaker
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Sam Martin
Technical Solutions Architect, Arrow Electronics
Sam Martin is a Technical Solutions Architect at Arrow Electronics, where he supports the IBM partner ecosystem across IBM's Data and AI portfolio, including Confluent, watsonx, Db2, DataStage, Planning Analytics and Cognos. He specializes in technical presales, partner enablement and AI adoption advisory, and builds hands-on demos and reference architectures in the Arrow Experience Center spanning streaming data pipelines, RAG systems and AI agent tooling. Sam authored Arrow's IBM and Confluent Quick Hit and partner battlecard, and leads Confluent enablement sessions and webinars for IBM partners. His focus is helping organizations turn complex enterprise technology into clear, practical paths to production.