Redpanda 26.1: The R1 vision delivered

Redpanda Streaming 26.1 introduces a transformative approach to streaming by eliminating traditional trade-offs between speed, performance, and cost, with the launch of Redpanda One (R1) and the general availability of Cloud Topics. This update offers a flexible, multi-modal platform that allows for efficient scaling and management of streaming data, reducing operational complexity and costs by enabling direct writing to object storage like S3 or GCS without the need for additional clusters. The release also enhances security with Group-Based Access Control (GBAC), simplifying authorization across multiple users and clusters. In addition, updates to Leader Pinning and Remote Read Replicas improve scalability across regions while minimizing expenses, and other features such as Schema Registry contexts and JSON improvements for Iceberg Topics further bolster data management capabilities. The release represents a significant step forward in providing a single engine solution for diverse workloads, promising over 90% lower networking costs and maintaining reliability with local-disk broker features.

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