On October 16, 2023, Confluent, Inc., a pioneer in data streaming, and Alibaba Cloud, the digital technology division of Alibaba Group, announced an expanded multi-year partnership aimed at providing more solutions to customers in Asia. The partnership, which was previously focused on mainland China, will now extend to Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand. The Confluent Data Streaming Service on Alibaba Cloud is expected to be available to customers in these new markets by the end of 2023. This service, based on Apache Kafka technology, offers powerful and efficient data processing capabilities, including enhanced elastic computing and storage functions, and dedicated customer support. The expansion of this partnership aims to meet the growing demand for real-time data streaming in various industries, including financial services, retail, automobile, and gaming.