Hazelcast is a unified real-time data platform combining stream processing with a fast data store, allowing customers to act instantly on data-in-motion for real-time insights.

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The City of Munich uses Hazelcast in its reference architecture for in-house developments applications for caching and the synchronization of user sessions. This is implemented within the API Gateway, which is based on Spring Cloud Gateway. Hazelcast enables consistent session management across multiple instances of the application, allowing users to have a seamless experience when switching between instances.