Ververica Announces Partnership with Aiven - Empowering Leading Enterprises to Create Value from their Data in Real-Time

BERLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 18, 2025--

Ververica, the original creators of Apache Flink® and a leader in stream processing technology, today announced a new partnership with Aiven, the AI-ready open source cloud data platform. This partnership enables Aiven to provide Ververica’s Unified Streaming Data Platform to their customers, expanding access to enterprise-grade streaming data capabilities for data-driven businesses around the world.

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Under the partnership, Aiven customers can now unlock enterprise-grade stream processing with Ververica’s powerful platform — allowing them to make decisions and take actions at speed with data from any source — plus expert support from the original creators of Apache Flink.

“This partnership is about removing friction and delivering real business value,” said Vladimir Jandreski, Chief Product Officer at Ververica. “Aiven users running Kafka can now seamlessly step into real-time stream processing with Apache Flink® through our enterprise-grade platform. And for Ververica users, Aiven simplifies operations with a proven managed service. Together, we’re lowering the barrier to scalable, high-performance streaming.”

"Partnering with Ververica gives our customers direct access to enterprise-grade stream processing, powered by the creators of Apache Flink," said Conor Forde, SVP Go To Market at Aiven. "Together, we’re making it easier to build scalable, real-time applications with expert support and unlock more value from streaming data, faster."

This marks the first step forward in further collaboration to position Aiven and Ververica in leading the way forward for empowering enterprises to create value from their data.

About Ververica

Ververica, the original creators of Apache Flink®, empowers businesses with high-performance data streaming and processing solutions. Streamlining operations, developer efficiency, and enabling customers to solve real-time use cases reliably and securely. Ververica’s advanced Streaming Data Platform, powered by its cloud native VERA engine, revolutionizes Apache Flink®, making it easy for organizations to harness data insights at scale. With Ververica, customers can meet any business SLA, leveraging advanced data streaming and processing capabilities in real-time or on the lakehouse. Ververica enables businesses to connect, process, govern, and analyze data, across infinite use cases, with flexible deployment options, including public cloud, private cloud, or on-premise environments. Discover more at ververica.com.

About Aiven

Aiven is a global open source data platform company, helping organizations drive more value from their data. As a trusted foundation to power innovation, Aiven’s comprehensive cloud data platform combines the tools to stream, manage and analyse data, simply, securely, and rapidly. Aiven is trusted by customers globally to create next-gen applications with confidence. Learn more at aiven.io.

Ververica Announces Partnership with Aiven - Empowering Leading Enterprises to Create Value from their Data in Real-Time

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and his family waved to a crowd of flag-waving New Year’s well-wishers gathered at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Friday.

Standing with his wife Masako and the rest of the royal family, he wished a happy new year to people lined up below the palace balcony, some shouting, “banzai" — Japanese for "long live.”

The annual New Year’s appearance by the emperor and his family draws huge crowds to the palace’s usually cloistered grounds in central Tokyo.

People stand in long lines, weathering the cold, for each of the five appearances during the day, as the imperial family remains relatively popular.

The emperor does not have political power but holds symbolic significance for Japan. He and his family are longtime advocates for peace, although World War II was fought in the name of Naruhito’s grandfather Hirohito.

In a statement released in advance, Naruhito noted that last year marked 80 years since the end of that war. He stressed the importance of the message of peace, given that war and strife continued in parts of the world.

“I deeply feel it’s important to continue with efforts among people for dialogue, trying to deepen mutual understanding, so we can build a world of peace,” he said in the statement.

In both the statement and comments Friday, he spoke about recent natural disasters such as earthquakes, heavy rainfall and snow, and forest fires.

In 2024, the annual appearance was canceled because of a New Year’s Day quake in the Noto Peninsula, a coastal area in central Japan, which killed hundreds of people. In 2021 and 2022, it got canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Princess Aiko, the imperial couple's only child, appeared with her parents at this year’s greeting, as did other relatives. She is at the center of a national debate about rules allowing only men to inherit to the Chrysanthemum Throne.

The presence of Naruhito’s nephew, Hisahito, also drew attention, as he now takes part in adult imperial events and is a possible heir to the throne. He is second in line after his father, the emperor’s brother.

Akihito, Naruhito’s father and emperor emeritus who abdicated in 2019, was also there with his wife Michiko, the emperor’s mother.

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Japan's Princess Kako and Prince Hisahito, daughter and son of Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko, greet well-wishers during a public appearance for New Year's celebrations at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Friday, Jan. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Japan's Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko greet well-wishers during a public appearance for New Year's celebrations at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Friday, Jan. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Japan's Emperor Emeritus Akihito and Empress Emerita Michiko greet well-wishers during a public appearance for New Year's celebrations at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Friday, Jan. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako greet well-wishers during a public appearance for New Year's celebrations at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Friday, Jan. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Japan's Emperor Naruhito greets well-wishers during a public appearance for New Year's celebrations at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Friday, Jan. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)