LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--At Kafka Summit London, Redpanda announced the availability of Redpanda Serverless, a fully managed, pay-as-you-go edition of its powerful, cost-effective streaming data platform. Redpanda Serverless empowers developers to get started with streaming data in seconds and to automatically scale the service up or down to match their data workloads. As with all Redpanda products, Redpanda Serverless is fully Apache Kafka® API-compatible, ensuring it works with the complete Kafka ecosystem without requiring changes to application code. “The magic of Redpanda Serverless is its ability to create a globally available cluster in the blink of an eye,” said Redpanda CEO and founder Alex Gallego. “Engineered from the ground up for massive multi-tenancy, speed and performance, Redpanda Serverless is the most cost effective and simplest way to get started with streaming, whether you are a solo dev just getting started or an expert at a large enterprise looking to absorb spikes and scale to zero during downtime.”. With Redpanda Serverless, developers will be able to tap into the Redpanda streaming data ecosystem to build new real-time applications

Head over to our on-demand library to view sessions from VB Transform 2023. Register Here. Data streaming major Confluent has launched a ‘Connect with Confluent’ partner program to help technology providers like Google BigQuery and MongoDB enable faster access to real-time data streams through their products.The initiative will enable vendors to bring fully managed data streams directly to their customers through native integrations with Confluent Cloud. It also provides partners with access to technical, sales and marketing support to amplify go-to-market efforts and ensure their customers can make the most of real-time data at every stage and unlock new experiences for end users.“When companies can harness streams of real-time data from previously siloed teams and applications across their business, it creates a powerful network effect that opens new avenues for growth and innovation,” Erica Schultz, president of field operations at Confluent, said in a press statement. “As technology partners bring Confluent data streams directly into their platforms, they unlock potential for more cutting edge, real-time applications to be developed on their platform.” How will Connect with Confluent help?Enterprises are bullish on real-time data, with 89% of technology leaders saying investments in data streaming are important, while 44% cite the technology as a top strategic priority for their business. Even IDC predicts that nearly 30% of data generated by 2025 will be real-time