{"id":110793,"date":"2025-04-24T16:56:33","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T08:56:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/version-2.com\/?p=110793"},"modified":"2025-04-17T16:58:28","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T08:58:28","slug":"perforce-offers-enterprises-a-supported-cost-effective-alternative-to-proprietary-kafka-platforms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/version-2.com\/zh\/2025\/04\/perforce-offers-enterprises-a-supported-cost-effective-alternative-to-proprietary-kafka-platforms\/","title":{"rendered":"Perforce Offers Enterprises a Supported, Cost-Effective Alternative to Proprietary Kafka Platforms"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The new offering provides expert-backed services, security guidance, and tuning support to help organizations confidently and efficiently run Kafka at scale without vendor lock-in.<\/em><\/p>

MINNEAPOLIS, April 15, 2025 \/PRNewswire\/ — Perforce Software, the DevOps company for global teams seeking AI innovation at scale, today announced the launch of the Kafka Service Bundle<\/strong><\/a>, a new offering that provides enterprises with managed open source Apache Kafka at a fraction of the cost of traditional managed providers.<\/p>

More than 80% of the Fortune 100 rely on Kafka for their streaming data pipelines. The distributed event streaming platform, which can process and store large volumes of data and deliver real-time analytics, is widely used across industries including banking, healthcare, and retail. The Kafka Service Bundle helps organizations seamlessly shift from proprietary Kafka platforms to customized, open source Kafka implementations \u2014 allowing them to leverage the power, reliability, and scalability of Kafka while significantly reducing operational expenses.<\/p>

“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 \u2014\u00a0and 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 \u2014 without getting locked in to an out-of-the-box solution.”<\/p>

With economic headwinds forcing many enterprises to find creative ways to cut IT infrastructure costs, there is an emerging trend of companies pursuing free open source options \u2014 especially in cases where the open source alternative matches a commercial solution in functionality, reliability, and performance. That trend was apparent in a recent survey\u00a0from Perforce<\/strong><\/a>, where they reported a 43% year-over- year increase in organizations choosing open source due to cost-savings.<\/p>

“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 \u2014 giving enterprises the expert support they need to achieve their business goals with open source.”<\/p><\/div>

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About Perforce <\/strong>
The best run DevOps teams in the world choose Perforce. Perforce products are purpose-built to develop, build and maintain high-stakes applications. Companies can finally manage complexity, achieve speed without compromise, improve security and compliance, and run their DevOps toolchains with full integrity. With a global footprint spanning more than 80 countries and including over 75% of the Fortune 100, Perforce is trusted by the world\u2019s leading brands to deliver solutions to even the toughest challenges. Accelerate technology delivery, with no shortcuts.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t

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About Version 2 Digital<\/h3>

Version 2 Digital is one of the most dynamic IT companies in Asia. The company distributes a wide range of IT products across various areas including cyber security, cloud, data protection, end points, infrastructures, system monitoring, storage, networking, business productivity and communication products.\n

\nThrough an extensive network of channels, point of sales, resellers, and partnership companies, Version 2 offers quality products and services which are highly acclaimed in the market. Its customers cover a wide spectrum which include Global 1000 enterprises, regional listed companies, different vertical industries, public utilities, Government, a vast number of successful SMEs, and consumers in various Asian cities.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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