Free Apache Kafka as a Service with Confluent Cloud

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Introduces Confluent Cloud as a 'serverless' Kafka service, emphasizing 'outcomes, not clusters', elastic scaling, and consumption-based pricing. Details the pricing model based on data in, data out, and data retained. Guarantees 99.95% uptime SLA and mentions tiered support plans. Highlights availability on AWS, Azure, and GCP.