Fully Managed Apache Flink and Cost Effective, Secure Data Pipelines With Confluent

This post announces the open preview of Confluent Cloud for Apache Flink, a fully managed, serverless stream processing service. It highlights the benefits of using Flink for filtering, joining, and enriching data streams without the complexities of self-management. The integration with Kafka provides a unified platform for monitoring, security, and governance. The post also mentions improvements to Kora Engine, cost savings through Enterprise clusters with private networking (AWS PrivateLink), and updates to the Confluent Terraform provider including HashiCorp Sentinel integration, Data Catalog support, and a Resource Importer. Data Portal for Stream Governance is announced as coming soon. Bidirectional Cluster Linking is also enhanced.