Confluent, Inc. (Nasdaq: CFLT), a leading data streaming company, has announced Confluent Private Cloud, a new solution designed to simplify the deployment, management, and control of data streaming in private infrastructures. This offering enables organizations in highly regulated industries to scale Apache Kafka® on-premises by integrating advanced features of Confluent Cloud directly into their facilities. Now available in its GA version, Confluent Private Cloud provides a more agile and secure way to make real-time decisions, fostering adaptability and competitive advantage.
“Today’s business value relies on real-time data, which drives modernization and organizations’ ability to stay ahead,” explains Shaun Clowes, Confluent’s Director of Product. “The challenge is that strict regulations can complicate data streaming scalability. With Confluent Private Cloud, companies get the best of both worlds: the agility and simplicity of the cloud, along with the security and control of their private infrastructure.”
In a landscape where companies face increasing pressure to capitalize on real-time data, technical teams often find themselves forced to choose between acting swiftly—accepting regulatory risks—or prioritizing oversight, which slows innovation. Confluent Private Cloud is specifically designed to eliminate that dilemma by providing a platform that combines the efficiency and flexibility of cloud with strict compliance with privacy and security standards.
“The demand for real-time data continues to grow, but privacy and compliance requirements still pose major challenges for expansion,” states Stewart Bond, Vice President of Data Software Intelligence and Integration at IDC. “Businesses need solutions that help balance delivering a fast self-service experience, like a cloud provider, with maintaining centralized control of their private infrastructure. With the right strategy, teams can act quickly and confidently—whether their data resides in the cloud or on-premises,” he adds.
Native cloud agility extends to private infrastructure
Confluent Private Cloud offers the core components to deliver automation, performance, and native cloud management for organizations operating within their own data centers. It is specifically designed for large enterprise platform teams, service providers, and regulated industries tasked with providing a secure, centralized data streaming service to a diverse user base. With the launch of Confluent Private Cloud, Confluent now offers a solution adaptable to any infrastructure, regardless of where the data is stored.
Confluent Private Cloud provides the foundation for:
- Centralized Governance: Confluent Private Cloud Gateway enables seamless real-time data transfer during migrations, policy changes, or infrastructure updates. It offers an intelligent network layer that redirects traffic securely and enforces centrally managed policies, streamlining data movement during failures.
- Unified Cloud Compliance: Unified Stream Manager (USM) consolidates regulatory compliance, data lineage, and schema management for both Confluent Platform and Confluent Cloud. It simplifies audits and troubleshooting in hybrid environments, helping platform teams maintain compliance and monitor data as streaming scales organization-wide.
- High-Speed Transmission: Confluent Intelligent Replication delivers performance up to 10 times faster for large-scale data transfer in private infrastructures. It ensures rapid, stable throughput as usage grows, automatically optimizing data replicas. Teams can now focus on strategic work rather than complex operational tasks.