Confluent is thrilled to be named Microsoft’s 2024 OSS on Azure Global Partner of the Year, reflecting its commitment to delivering open source-based applications and infrastructure solutions on Microsoft Azure. Confluent Cloud offers a fully managed cloud-native Kafka service that integrates into Azure, making data streaming accessible to various companies in different industries. The platform unifies Kafka and Flink into an integrated solution with monitoring, security, and governance, redefining the data streaming experience. By leveraging Confluent’s cloud-native platform, organizations can prioritize application and analytics development over Kafka and data pipeline management, achieving greater data accessibility and fostering continuous ingestion, processing, governance, and sharing of data as a readily available and trustworthy product. The collaboration with Microsoft Azure is built on a shared commitment to drive innovation and technical integrations for joint customers, making it easy for companies to connect their data to Azure’s market-leading services.