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Last year, we introduced Freight clusters, a new, cost-effective Confluent Cloud cluster type—purpose-built for high-throughput, latency-insensitive workloads—such as observability data, batch pipelines, and AI/ML data ingestion. Since then we've been working with early access customers to take their workloads to production, and in doing so, have helped them achieve 90% lower infrastructure costs, while maintaining the reliability we all know and expect from Confluent Cloud.

In the ever-evolving landscape of data streaming and processing, securing and efficiently connecting services has become paramount as it ensures the integrity, confidentiality, and availability of data amidst increasing threats and complexity in cyber environments. Effective security measures must protect against data breaches and losses, fostering trust among stakeholders and complying with legal and regulatory standards.

Across all industries, generative AI is driving innovation and transforming how we work. Use cases range from getting immediate insights from unstructured data such as images, documents and videos, to automating routine tasks so you can focus on higher-value work. Gen AI makes this all easy and accessible because anyone in an enterprise can simply interact with data by using natural language.

Modern data infrastructure demands tools that scale effortlessly to handle growing volumes and complexity. Trino, an open-source distributed SQL query engine, has emerged as a game-changer for high-speed analytics across diverse environments. Its distributed architecture empowers organizations to query massive datasets across databases, data lakes, and cloud platforms with speed and reliability.

Gen AI applications can bring invaluable business value across multiple use cases and verticals. But sometimes it can be beneficial to experience different types of applications that can be created and operationalized with LLMs. Better understanding the potential value can help: In this blog post, we’ve curated the top gen AI demos of AI applications that can be developed with open-source MLRun. Each of these demos can be adapted to a number of industries and customized to specific needs.

Real-time data has become an essential asset for today’s businesses, and the Asia-Pacific market is no exception. Across competitive industries like finance, travel, and more, data streams and event-driven architectures have become table stakes for leading organizations in the region.