--- title: Streamfest day 2: Smarter streaming in the cloud and the... description: Redpanda Streamfest Day 2 focused on data streaming innovations for real-time applications and AI. Key announcements included Cloud Topics for cost-optimized... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/streamfest-day-2-smarter-streaming-in-the-cloud-and-the-future-of-kafka-cvrfq7qty twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Streamfest day 2: Smarter streaming in the cloud and the future of Kafka | daily.dev og:description: Redpanda Streamfest Day 2 focused on data streaming innovations for real-time applications and AI. Key announcements included Cloud Topics for cost-optimized... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/streamfest-day-2-smarter-streaming-in-the-cloud-and-the-future-of-kafka-cvrfq7qty og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/cVRFQ7QTy.png og:image:alt: Streamfest day 2: Smarter streaming in the cloud and the future of Kafka og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Streamfest day 2: Smarter streaming in the cloud and the future of Kafka **[Redpanda](https://daily.dev/sources/redpanda)** · 15 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Redpanda Streamfest Day 2 focused on data streaming innovations for real-time applications and AI. Key announcements included Cloud Topics for cost-optimized object storage, Iceberg Topics for native Apache Iceberg integration, Shadowing for disaster recovery across clusters, and AWS PrivateLink support for Redpanda Serverless. Product demos showcased CDC for Microsoft SQL Server, multi-cloud BYOC strategies, and migration tools. Customer presentations featured Rivian's migration from Kafka and Crane Logistics' serverless adoption. Panel discussions explored Kafka's future in the AI era and Apache Iceberg's role in unifying streaming and analytics workflows. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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