Sarah Burr

<p>How are today’s leading enterprises using DataStax to change the world?</p>

<p>Find out at <a href="https://www.datastax.com/accelerate">DataStax</a> <a href="https://www.datastax.com/accelerate">Accelerate</a>, the world’s premier Apache Cassandra™ conference, which will take place May 21–23, 2019 in Washington, D.C.</p>

<p>There, we will announce winners of the inaugural Stax Awards, which will be given to DataStax customers in three different categories:</p>

<ol>
	<li>The <strong>Best Use of DataStax in a Hybrid/Multi-Cloud Environment Award</strong> recognizes enterprises that have deployed DataStax Enterprise across multiple cloud providers or in a hybrid cloud environment.</li>
	<li>The <strong>Modern Applications Powered by DataStax Award</strong> showcases companies that are building transformative applications—apps that are always-on, contextual, real time, distributed, and scalable—on top of DataStax.</li>
	<li>The Promising Innovation Award highlights customers that are planning innovative projects that fundamentally transform the way their companies leverage data in a mission-critical way.</li>
</ol>

<p>To qualify, customers must be active users of DataStax Enterprise, DataStax Distribution of Apache Cassandra, and/or DataStax Managed Cloud.</p>

<p>If your organization meets these criteria, apply <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe7sfPh1lHzRMAJ8OfM-D8SSfk5jVX3yZJkRklgZr8HQuGd-g/viewform">here</a> by April 30, 2019 to get in on the fun.</p>

<p>After that, our panel of judges—including Adrian Bridgwater, a reporter at Computer Weekly—will determine a winner and runner-up for each category.</p>

<p>We will also be giving out awards to our partners in three distinct categories:</p>

<ul>
	<li><strong>Solution Partner of the Year</strong></li>
	<li><strong>Emerging Partner of the Year</strong></li>
	<li><strong>Technology Partner of the Year</strong></li>
</ul>

<p>Winners will be announced on May 22 and May 23&nbsp;in what’s sure to be an exciting ceremony. In the meantime, here are a few examples of customers using DataStax and Apache Cassandra to do amazing things.</p>

<h2>Capital One</h2>

<p>A large banking and financial services firm uses DataStax to <a href="https://www.datastax.com/customers/capital-one">accelerate</a> <a href="https://www.datastax.com/customers/capital-one">data</a><a href="https://www.datastax.com/customers/capital-one">-</a><a href="https://www.datastax.com/customers/capital-one">based</a> <a href="https://www.datastax.com/customers/capital-one">decision</a><a href="https://www.datastax.com/customers/capital-one">-</a><a href="https://www.datastax.com/customers/capital-one">making</a> and serve up real-time reporting and analytics to deliver more value to its customers across the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom.</p>

<h2>eBay</h2>

<p>The world’s largest online marketplace uses DataStax to power its integrated search and real-time analytics tools to deliver <a href="https://www.datastax.com/resources/casestudies/ebay">personalized</a> <a href="https://www.datastax.com/resources/casestudies/ebay">experiences</a> to its users on a massive scale.</p>

<h2>Hulu</h2>

<p>One of the largest providers of over-the-top (OTT) content uses Apache Cassandra to <a href="https://www.datastax.com/resources/casestudies/hulu">stream</a> <a href="https://www.datastax.com/resources/casestudies/hulu">video</a> <a href="https://www.datastax.com/resources/casestudies/hulu">to</a> <a href="https://www.datastax.com/resources/casestudies/hulu">millions</a> <a href="https://www.datastax.com/resources/casestudies/hulu">of</a> <a href="https://www.datastax.com/resources/casestudies/hulu">users</a> without any interruptions.</p>

<p>These are just a few of the ways that our amazing customers are using powerful technology to build amazing applications and deliver exemplary experiences.</p>

<p>For more information on DataStax Accelerate or to register for the conference, <a href="https://www.datastax.com/accelerate">check</a> <a href="https://www.datastax.com/accelerate">this</a> <a href="https://www.datastax.com/accelerate">out</a>. We look forward to seeing you in our nation’s capital later this spring!</p>

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