About the Confluent Platform ============================ The Confluent Platform is a `stream data platform `_ that leverages the proven capabilities of `Apache Kafka `_ to make all of your data available as realtime streams. It enables you to easily organize large amounts of data into a well-managed, unified *stream data platform* for your organization, which can be used for a wide variety of realtime as well as batch operational and analytical purposes. With the Confluent Platform, you can focus more time on deriving business value from your data, and worry less about figuring out how to to move data around in your organization. Learn more about Confluent Platform and what it can do for your organization: .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 1 platform avro Or, start using the Confluent Platform today: .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 1 installation quickstart app-development kafka/operations schema-registry/docs/index kafka-rest/docs/index camus/docs/index operations