Posted On: Aug 30, 2023

Today, AWS is renaming HAQM Kinesis Data Analytics to HAQM Managed Service for Apache Flink. With HAQM Managed Service for Apache Flink, you can transform and analyze streaming data in real time with Apache Flink, an open-source framework and engine for processing data streams. The name change is effective in the AWS Management Console, documentation, and service webpages. There are no other changes, including to service endpoints, APIs, the AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI), the AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) access policies, HAQM CloudWatch metrics, or the AWS Billing console dashboard. Your existing applications will continue to work as they did previously.

Use HAQM Managed Service for Apache Flink to reduce the complexity of building and managing tens of thousands of Apache Flink applications. HAQM Managed Service for Apache Flink comprises access to the full Apache Flink range of industry-leading capabilities—including low-latency and high-throughput data processing, exactly-once processing semantics, and durable application state—in a resilient, highly secure, and highly available service. Using built-in connectors, HAQM Managed Service for Apache Flink integrates with HAQM Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (HAQM MSK), HAQM Kinesis Data Streams, HAQM OpenSearch Service, HAQM DynamoDB Streams, HAQM Simple Storage Service (HAQM S3), custom integrations, and more.

For more information about the AWS Regions where HAQM Managed Service for Apache Flink is available, see the AWS Region table.

To learn more and get started, see HAQM Managed Service for Apache Flink and the AWS News Blog post