A fully managed version of Apache Kafka, the popular open-source event streaming platform, that handles the complex setup, scaling, and maintenance for you. Like hiring a professional DJ service instead of setting up your own sound system.
An e-commerce company uses Amazon MSK (Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka) to process order events, inventory updates, and payment notifications across dozens of microservices without managing Kafka brokers, ZooKeeper clusters, or storage.