Contributed by Confluent

Our partners at Confluent offer a cloud-native, complete data streaming platform available everywhere you need it. Their fully managed Kafka service enables you to implement real-time use cases quickly, securely, and reliably.

Data streaming platforms represent the cornerstone in transforming the chaotic landscape of batch-oriented, point-to-point data connections into valuable data assets. It’s not merely about tacking on additional technology or incorporating “streaming” as a mere feature to an existing data warehouse. Instead, these platforms seamlessly link all your applications, systems, and teams, transcending geographical boundaries and deployment variations, offering a unified perspective enriched with the latest, real-time data.

Forrester has named Confluent a leader in The Forrester Wave™: Streaming Data Platforms, Q4 2023. This evaluative report on streaming data platforms reflects growing investments, interest, and innovation in the category. What was once a nice-to-have, is now indispensable table stakes for any organization to operate in real time.

Read this report to see why:

• Confluent is a leader, with the highest score received across vendors in the Strategy category.
• Forrester says “Confluent is a Streaming force to be reckoned with,” and gave us the highest possible score in 10 of the 21 criteria vendors were evaluated on.
• Forrester says Confluent is a good fit for “customers who want a solution that is based on Apache Kafka®…”

Learn more about the report here.

About Confluent

Confluent is pioneering a fundamentally new category of data infrastructure focused on data in motion. Their cloud-native offering is the foundational platform for data in motion — designed to be the intelligent connective tissue enabling real-time data, from multiple sources, to constantly stream across the organization. With Confluent, our customers can meet the new business imperative of delivering rich, digital customer experiences and real-time business operations. Their mission is to help every organization harness data in motion so they can compete and thrive in the modern world.