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Confluent announces cloud deployment on Azure UAE regions to meet demand for data streaming
Confluent , a data streaming pioneer , has announced that Confluent Cloud is now available to customers in the United Arab Emirates through Microsoft ’ s local Azure data centres in the country .
“ Data sovereignty and residency is increasingly important to modern digital projects in the region , forcing enterprises to look to their cloud providers to support their compliance efforts ,” said Fred Crehan , Area Vice President , Emerging Markets at Confluent . “ Now that Confluent Cloud is being locally hosted , we can bring peerless , reliable data streaming to our regional customers and empower them in their Digital Transformation initiatives in an increasingly hybrid and multi-cloud world .”
Microsoft Azure regions offer Confluent the availability , high performance , low latency and security it needs to meet customer standards of flexibility , reliability and
Disaster Recovery . Additionally , because data is stored in-country , Confluent can cater to highly regulated verticals such as government and financial services . “ Microsoft ’ s UAE region is the home of choice for any innovative cloud offering because of our ability to offer top-grade availability , latency and security ,” said Onur Gorur , Director of Product
Management , Microsoft MEA . “ Confluent has established itself as a leader in data infrastructure and management with its open-source data streaming platform ‘ data in motion ’ offering .”
Confluent Cloud is a fully managed , cloudnative service for connecting and processing data , everywhere it is needed .
Mobility Education Summit held in Abu Dhabi ends on a high note
The Mobility Education Summit concluded in Abu Dhabi on a high note . Hosted and organised by Emirates Driving Company ( EDC ), the event saw leading local and global authorities converge to discuss the technological advances in the field of mobility , road safety education , sustainable mobility solutions and automation among several others pertinent topics concerning driving education and mobility .
great ideas , inspiring speakers and priceless learning opportunities ,” said Khalid Al Shemeili , CEO of Emirates Driving Company . “ We have already received great feedback from many attendees and I ’ m so proud of my team for making it such a huge success .
“ I also want to thank our partners from the European Driving Schools Association , Abu Dhabi Police and the Integrated Transport Centre for making this important event possible and contributing their invaluable expertise .
Talking about WHO statistics , the conference highlighted that every year the lives of approximately 1.3 million people are cut short as a result of a road traffic crash .
To this effect , the emirate of Abu Dhabi has developed a strategy where it aspires to completely eliminate toad fatalities by the year 2040 .
“ Every minute of the ‘ EDC – Mobility Education Summit 2022 ’ was filled with
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