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Enterprise for a Modern Datacenter
A Confluent and DataStax Solution Brief

Managing the velocity
and variety of data withan event driven, enterprisearchitecture

Together, DataStax andConfluent provide:• Enterprise proven scalability
and resiliency – replicate
data across machines
for scalability and fault
tolerance

The world’s largest enterprises combine Confluent Platformand DataStax’s distributed database to deliver the industry’s
highest throughput and most resilient microservices architecture.
DataStax data management platforms are built on Apache
Cassandra™ and optimized for distributed data, zero downtime
and high performance at scale.
DataStax makes it easier for companies to deploy, manage andsecure enterprise-grade applications in hybrid and multi-cloudenvironments, while maintaining full control of their data.

• Ideal technology
combination for
microservices development• A platform for highperformance, high volume
workloads with enterprise
grade security compliance• Flexibility and choice to scale
in any environment; single
cloud, hybrid cloud, multicloud on on premises

IoT

Microservices

Event Streaming Platform

Kafka Connect

MobileDatabase PlatformModern Apps
(Graph, Tabular,JSON, Key/Value)

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DataStax offerings - uniquely architected for hybrid cloud
The foundation for personalized, real-time application development at scale, DataStax distributed databases – powered by
Apache Cassandra – make it easy for enterprises to exploit hybrid and multi-cloud environments via a seamless data layerthat eliminates the issues that typically come with deploying applications across multiple on-premises data centers and/ormultiple public clouds.

DataStax Apache Kafka® Connector
The Confluent and the DataStax teams have partnered to deliver the DataStax Apache Kafka Connector that automaticallymoves data from Kafka and Confluent Platform at high-speed ingest rates to DataStax Enterprise (DSE) and DataStax
Distribution of Apache Cassandra. Key features of the connector are market-leading performance, flexibility, security andvisibility.

Confluent Platform makes Kafka enterprise-readyFounded by the original developers of Apache Kafka®, Confluent delivers the most complete distribution of Kafka withConfluent Platform. Confluent Platform improves Kafka with additional community and commercial features designed
to enhance the streaming experience of both operators and developers in production, at a massive scale.

Confluent and DataStax together
Confluent Platform and DataStax Enterprise provide customers with the foundation for a modern datacenter, equipped
to manage the velocity and variety of data with an event driven, enterprise architecture.

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About Confluent

About DataStax

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creators of Apache Kafka®, pioneeredeverywhere hybrid cloud database

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the enterprise-ready event

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streaming platform. With Confluent,

DataStax Enterprise. The foundation

organizations benefit from the firstfor contextual, always-on, real-time,

event streaming platform built for

distributed applications at scale,the enterprise with the ease-of-use,

DataStax Enterprise makes it easy

scalability, security and flexibility

for enterprises to seamlessly build andrequired by the most discerning global

deploy modern applications in hybrid

companies to run their business in realcloud. DataStax also offers DataStax

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Managed Services, provided by experts

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at handling enterprise applications atcloud scale, and DataStax Distributionof Cassandra, a production-certified,
100% open source compatible
distribution of Cassandra with expert
support. Visit www.DataStax.com©2020 Confluent, Inc. | confluent.io/insurance

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