Confluent, Inc. (NASDAQ:CFLT), a leader in Data Streaming, has announced today the launch of the Confluent Migration Accelerator, a new program in collaboration with Confluent’s ecosystem of partners to propel their journey into Data Streaming. As businesses look to migrate from Apache Kafka and traditional streaming infrastructure (e.g., messaging systems), the Confluent Migration Accelerator will reduce the barriers of such migration.
Real-time data is crucial for modern enterprises to drive new customer experiences, improve business operations, and facilitate innovation in products and services. Open-source Apache Kafka has become widespread as a way to leverage real-time data: over 100,000 organizations worldwide and 75% of those in the Fortune 500 list currently use it. Despite its popularity, self-managing open-source Kafka can create significant operational burdens and ongoing risks that only grow over time. While Kafka serves as the foundation for modern data systems, it does not provide all the necessary functionalities from the outset, such as elastic scalability, failover processes, cluster sizing, and more. This means dedicating valuable development time and resources to building low-level tools and maintaining platform performance, instead of directing them to other high-value projects.
Confluent has helped over 4900 companies worldwide embark on their Data Streaming journey and was recently named a leader by Forrester Research in The Forrester Wave™: Streaming Data Platforms, Q4 2023. The report states that “Streaming Data is the pulse of a company.” What was once a nice-to-have is now indispensable for any organization to operate in real-time.
Several Confluent partners have already joined the Confluent Migration Accelerator to facilitate this migration. Launch partners for the Confluent Migration Accelerator include Amazon Web Services (AWS), EPAM, Google Cloud, iLink, Improving, Microsoft Azure, Platformatory, Psyncopate, CloudMile, Ness, and SVA System Vertrieb Alexander GmbH. Confluent will continue to expand the program by incorporating more partners with innovative migration solutions to help customers scale faster.
“Companies that rely on traditional data infrastructure or less comprehensive Kafka alternatives are hindered by static data that prevents them from thriving,” says Paul Mac Farland, VP of Partner and Innovation Ecosystem at Confluent. “The Confluent Migration Accelerator will enable organizations to quickly reap the benefits of the only Data Streaming platform that streams, governs, processes, and connects real-time data. Confluent enables customers to leverage valuable data legacy to drive modern cloud-based applications and experiences.”
Key advantages of Confluent Migration Accelerator include:
One-click easy access for simplified migration: Partner with leading experts in Data Streaming to augment staff, access financing credits (subject to approval), and accelerate migration with packaged migration offerings. We have a global network of Confluent-certified system integrators ready to help make the switch to Confluent.
Upgrade with confidence: Migrate to the leading, complete, and cloud-native Data Streaming platform that can run anywhere and in any combination of cloud, hybrid cloud, and multi-cloud deployments. Confluent’s Kora Engine powers Confluent Cloud to deliver faster performance and lower latency than open-source Apache Kafka. Multi-tenancy, elasticity, data balancing, network costs, and more are optimized with our native cloud platform to reduce infrastructure spending. Switching to Confluent will help automate every layer of the stack to monitor, debug, and create with the most comprehensive data flow platform in the market.
Save money and time – Migrate to Confluent to unlock significant cost savings compared to traditional Data Streaming platforms and open-source Kafka.