New in Confluent Cloud: Extending Private Networking Across the Data Streaming Platform

Confluent has introduced several features to enhance security, scalability, and developer experience in its cloud offerings. The company is now offering private networking for governance and Apache Flink products, as well as a BYOC-native Schema Registry. This allows organizations to set clear, universal data standards that ensure data quality and compatibility. Confluent also introduces user-defined functions (UDFs) in Confluent Cloud for Apache Flink, enabling developers to extend Flink SQL with custom logic. Additionally, the company has made migrating and replicating to WarpStream easier with the introduction of WarpStream Orbit, a fully managed, offset-preserving replication tool. Other new features include BYOC Schema Registry, follower fetching, Freight clusters, and an official JavaScript Client for Apache Kafka. These updates aim to improve security, scalability, and developer experience in Confluent's cloud offerings.