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Confluent and AWS sign agreement to stream real-time data in the cloud
more data than ever and it is spread across every facet of their business . Through our collaboration with AWS – which is significantly enhanced through this new agreement – we ’ re making it easier for customers to unlock data in motion everywhere so they can build real-time applications that enable analytical and operational workloads , across cloud and hybrid environments .”
Confluent , a leading data streaming platform to set data in motion , has announced a Strategic Collaboration Agreement ( SCA ) with Amazon Web Services ( AWS ). Under this five-year agreement , Confluent and AWS have committed to joint go-to-market initiatives to help organizations accelerate their cloud adoption journey with real-time data .
“ To thrive in the modern world , organizations must tap into their data as it ’ s created ,” said Erica Schultz , President of Field Operations , Confluent . “ At the same time , they have
Companies are looking to accelerate digital initiatives and lower operational costs as they transition to the cloud . For these projects to be successful , organizations need a cloud-native platform for data in motion . Data infrastructure can collect and process a continuous flow of data from any source across the company , helping teams use the relevant data for faster innovation . The deepened relationship between Confluent and AWS will help organizations power their AWS services with real-time data to unlock rich customer experiences and improve backend operations .
Pipedrive enhances service with Rackspace Technology private cloud management and UK data centre
Pipedrive , a global sales-first CRM and intelligent revenue management platform for small businesses , has announced the opening of a newly built Rackspace OpenStack private cloud environment in the UK , provided by Rackspace Technology .
Now live , the private cloud environment brings Pipedrive closer to its European customers outside of the EU , including in the UK . The presence ensures Pipedrive is able to minimise response times and meet these territories ’ security , compliance and data sovereignty requirements .
In addition , Pipedrive will be enhancing its managed Amazon Web Services ( AWS ) environment to launch additional application regions via AWS , further expanding its reach for customers . Pipedrive , the New York headquartered , Estonian-born unicorn technology company , adds the UK data centre as a fourth cloud region to better scale the platform to the needs of regional customers . The addition also lessens the risk to customers in the unlikely event of data centre or connectivity issues across the world through a strategy of multiple regions . This reduces the risk of congestion or saturation on the platform and , therefore , the requirement for engineering remediation . “ Pipedrive has grown dramatically from a 2010 start-up to a company with nearly 100,000 users in more than 150 countries worldwide ,” said Agur Jõgi , CTO , Pipedrive . “ We significantly benefit from the innovation Rackspace Technology offers customers and as our managed cloud provider it helps us to scale to match our rapidly growing customer base .”
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