Confluent has partnered with VMware Tanzu to provide a complete, cloud-native experience for application developers and platform operators, enabling them to set data in motion everywhere they choose to run VMware Tanzu. Confluent for Kubernetes provides a cloud-native experience but relies on an underlying Kubernetes API and runtime, whereas VMware Tanzu offers a consistent enterprise-ready Kubernetes runtime that streamlines operations. The two companies have jointly validated Confluent for Kubernetes atop VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid, ensuring reliable deployment and operation of the intelligent automation built into Confluent for Kubernetes. By leveraging Confluent for Kubernetes with VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid, platform operators can deploy Confluent to multiple Kubernetes clusters and manage their clusters at scale. Developers can also build applications that harness data in motion using Spring, running them alongside Confluent for Kubernetes on a common runtime for maximum efficiency. The partnership aims to make it easier to procure, deploy, and manage Confluent for Kubernetes as organizations adapt to real-time, event-driven world.