Amazon Managed Streaming for Kafka (Amazon MSK) announced in Public Preview

Amazon MSK is a entirely managed, highly obtainable, and secure service which makes it simple for developers and DevOps managers to execute applications on Apache Kafka in the AWS Cloud without requiring Apache Kafka infrastructure management proficiency. Now Amazon Managed Streaming for Kafka (Amazon MSK) introduced in public preview. Amazon MSK works highly available Apache Kafka clusters, offers security features out of the box, is completely compatible with open-source versions of Apache Kafka enabling current applications to relocate without code modifications, and has built-in AWS integrations which escalate application development. There are no upfront commitments or minimum fees with Amazon MSK. You pay as you go for broker instance and storage usage. Amazon MSK is accessible in public preview in the US East (N. Virginia) AWS Region. Amazon MSK supports Apache Kafka version 1.1.1, refer Amazon MSK webpage to learn more.