The announcement of the fully managed Couchbase Connector for Confluent Cloud, available in both Sink and Source configurations, simplifies the integration of Couchbase with Confluent by eliminating the need for managing connector infrastructure. This advancement allows for seamless, bi-directional data movement, reducing complexity and accelerating development for real-time, event-driven applications. By handling deployment, scaling, and lifecycle management, these connectors free up developers to focus on building applications rather than managing operational overhead. The Couchbase Sink Connector facilitates streaming data from Kafka to Couchbase, supporting various data formats and offering features like secure authentication and custom document ID logic. The Couchbase Source Connector enables the ingestion of data from Couchbase into Kafka, supporting features such as Change Data Capture (CDC), schema-aware serialization, and secure connections. Both connectors support flexible configuration through Confluent Cloud’s UI or API, empowering users to quickly set up and verify data ingestion with minimal setup time.