The document discusses Confluent, an open-source platform for building real-time streaming data applications using Apache Kafka. It outlines Confluent's mission to make Kafka-based streaming platforms practical everywhere. Confluent's product includes tools for stream processing integration with Kafka, connectors to move data between systems, monitoring of end-to-end data flows, and schema and metadata management. An upcoming release, Confluent Platform 2.0, is planned for December.