Ververica, the company behind Apache Flink, has introduced its ‘Powered By Ververica’ program to broaden the adoption of advanced stream processing technology. This initiative offers leading partners access to Ververica’s cutting-edge VERA engine.
StreamNative, a cloud-native data streaming company founded by the creators of Apache Pulsar, is the first partner to join the program.
The goal of the Powered By Ververica program is to provide partners with advanced stream processing capabilities, helping them deliver exceptional performance and efficiency to their customers. Through this partnership, StreamNative will offer a managed Apache Flink product, powered by Ververica’s VERA engine, to its cloud clients. This collaboration merges two industry-leading technologies to create a powerful, efficient, and seamless stream processing solution.
Driving Innovation Across Industries
By combining Flink’s advanced stream processing with StreamNative’s 100% Kafka-compatible, Pulsar-based Ursa engine, the partnership aims to bring significant benefits to industries like financial services, automotive, and the Internet of Things (IoT). This integration will make it easier and more cost-effective for organizations to build real-time applications such as fraud detection systems, autonomous vehicle data processing, and predictive maintenance solutions.
Expanding VERA’s Impact
The launch of the Powered By Ververica program marks an important milestone in the evolution of Ververica’s VERA engine. The goal is to bring top-tier stream processing technology to businesses, helping them drive innovation and improve operational efficiency. By partnering with StreamNative, Ververica is simplifying access to cutting-edge technology and enabling businesses to get more value from their data.
Easy Integration for StreamNative Users
One of the key benefits of this partnership is the seamless integration of real-time stream processing into the StreamNative Cloud platform. With just a few clicks, customers can access the power of Apache Flink and the high-performance VERA engine, making it easier than ever for organizations to leverage advanced stream processing. This integration will help accelerate innovation and allow businesses to use their data more efficiently.
The partnership also addresses common challenges faced by businesses when deploying stream processing solutions in the cloud, such as total cost of ownership and system unpredictability. By providing a fully managed, integrated solution, Ververica and StreamNative ensure that organizations can avoid unexpected costs and performance issues, ensuring smooth system functionality.
Simplifying Stream Processing for All
Sijie Guo, CEO and co-founder of StreamNative, emphasized that the combination of Apache Pulsar for real-time data serving and storage with Apache Flink for computing power is key to the collaboration. By combining StreamNative’s Ursa engine with Ververica’s VERA engine, the partnership aims to make stream processing more accessible, affordable, and reliable for organizations of all sizes.
The Ververica Streaming Data Platform will be seamlessly integrated into the StreamNative Cloud, offering core functionalities such as running Flink SQL queries, deploying Flink jobs, and platform management via Command Line Interface and APIs. This integration will be powered by the VERA engine and supported by Flink experts at Ververica.