Announcing the Confluent Platform 1.0 | Confluent

This post announces the general availability of Confluent Platform 1.0, which is a stream data platform powered by Apache Kafka. It highlights the core components: Apache Kafka (0.8.2.0 with critical patches), a schema management layer, improved Java and REST clients, and Camus for Kafka to Hadoop ETL. It positions the platform as enabling high-throughput, scalable, reliable, and low-latency stream data management.