Posted On: Sep 5, 2023

Today, we are renaming Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics to Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink. Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink makes it easy to transform and analyze streaming data in real time with Apache Flink, an open source framework and engine for processing data streams.

Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink provides you with access to the full range of Apache Flink‘s industry-leading capabilities including low latency and high throughput data processing, exactly-once processing semantics, and durable application state, in a highly secure, resilient, and highly available service. Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink integrates with Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK), Amazon Kinesis Data Streams, Amazon OpenSearch Service, Amazon DynamoDB streams, Amazon Simple Storage Service, custom integrations, and more, using built-in connectors.

The name change will be effective in the Amazon Web Services Management Console, Documentation, and the product detail pages. There are no changes to existing applications, service endpoints, the Command Line Interface, IAM access policies, CloudWatch Metrics, or the Billing dashboards.

Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink is available in Amazon Web Services China (Beijing) Region, operated by Sinnet, and Amazon Web Services China (Ningxia) Region, operated by NWCD.

You can learn more and get started with Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink here.