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Perforce Software announced the launch of the Kafka Service Bundle, a new offering that provides enterprises with managed open source Apache Kafka at a fraction of the cost of traditional managed providers.

The Kafka Service Bundle helps organizations seamlessly shift from proprietary Kafka platforms to customized, open source Kafka implementations — allowing them to leverage the power, reliability, and scalability of Kafka while significantly reducing operational expenses.

"Kafka is a notoriously complex technology that demands a high level of expertise, but organizations are struggling to pay the premiums charged by managed Kafka providers. They need a more cost-efficient way to securely scale their data infrastructure — and tailor it to meet their needs," said Matthew Weier O'Phinney, Principal Product Manager at Perforce OpenLogic. "With the Kafka Service Bundle, we're enabling teams to keep their Kafka environments running smoothly — without getting locked in to an out-of-the-box solution."

"A global digital media company was struggling to deliver real-time consumer insights to their retail clients at the point of sale due to a brittle Kafka implementation. We helped them build a more resilient, efficient data pipeline by tuning their clusters and modernizing their monitoring strategy," said Chelsea Teplitzky, Managing Director at Perforce Software. "That's exactly the kind of real-world impact we're aiming to deliver with the Kafka Service Bundle — giving enterprises the expert support they need to achieve their business goals with open source."

The Kafka Service Bundle is available now.