Confluent Cloud, a fully managed event streaming platform, now supports Protobuf and JSON Schemas in addition to Apache Avro, enhancing its Schema Registry capabilities. This update allows developers to manage schemas across Kafka topics, ensuring easy integration and development across on-premises and cloud deployments. The blog post provides a comprehensive guide on implementing Protobuf with Confluent Cloud, covering steps to enable Schema Registry, generate client configurations, and create producer and consumer applications that handle sensor data. It also explores tools like Maven plugins for schema management and ksqlDB for streaming applications, highlighting the platform's ability to streamline schema governance and enhance application development efficiency. Additionally, Confluent Cloud's CLI tools facilitate integration with CI/CD platforms, offering robust solutions for managing events and schemas.