“ Confluent happens to be really well aligned with the needs and mission of the Air Force . They have a ton of examples where they ’ re handling
data in motion ”
Bringing technology solutions to the military
Confluent : data in motion
Government data is vast and complex to manage . Confluent is partnering with the US Air Force to enable mission to process and react to data in real time
Data in motion . That ’ s Confluent in a nutshell . For years , companies in the commercial and public sectors have collected and stored data , unable to unlock its potential . Confluent was formed in Silicon Valley seven years ago to set data in motion and bring insight where and when organisations need it . This transformational process is something Confluent helps a variety of clients with , not least the US Air Force , a project which sits under the wing of Public Sector CTO Will LaForest .
“ I would characterize the US Air Force as early adopters in government ,” he says . “ Confluent ( Enterprise Apache Kafka ) happens to be really well
“ Confluent happens to be really well aligned with the needs and mission of the Air Force . They have a ton of examples where they ’ re handling
data in motion ”
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Will LaForest , CTO , Public Sector ,
Confluent
Bringing technology solutions to the military
aligned with the needs and mission of the Air Force . They have a ton of examples where they need to rapidly process and react to data events in real time and they need to do across globally distributed operations . We have a lot of data nerds who love this problem set , focusing on geographic data distribution . We love this sort of challenge .”
LaForest feels there has been a sea change in the government ’ s attitude towards technology . It has started to more aggressively adopt lessons learned from the commercial sector “ working to infuse some silicon valley DNA ”. It has changed the way companies such as Confluent interact with the government . “ They have really begun to embrace this new norm , working closely with technology companies on the cutting edge , “ he says .
The difference between commercial projects and government work comes down , in LaForest ’ s view , to scale and scope . “ Operations span the globe – land , air , sea and space – and the variety of infrastructure , security requirements , and networking available impose some tough challenges on how the data will flow . Confluent is really well positioned to address this because it ’ s at the heart of what we do .”
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