AWS IoT Core provides the cloud services that connect your IoT devices to other devices and AWS cloud services, abstracting difficult aspects of managing IoT solutions. Confluent Cloud's extensive offering of SDKs and connectors enables data from virtually any application, database, and object storage to be sourced into a central location, increasing the volume of data that can be used to transform and combine IoT data. The integration between AWS IoT Core and Confluent Cloud enables businesses to harness real-time data from IoT devices, providing a comprehensive and insightful view of the data for effective decision-making. By following the guide outlined in the blog post, users can set up a data streaming platform that connects edge devices with data from other parts of the business, enabling analytics and event-driven automation.