Cloud Native Kafka + Flink with Confluent and Immerok

This post announces the acquisition of Immerok, a startup with a fully managed Apache Flink service, to be integrated into Confluent Cloud. It outlines Confluent's strategy to make stream processing as easy as batch processing by offering a managed Flink service alongside Kafka. The initial launch will focus on SQL support, with plans to expand to the full Flink platform. The goal is to create a seamless integration between Kafka and Flink, simplifying their operation and management for users.