In the News
2017
Big data and IoT: what’s next?
DataStax’s Martin James responds to worries about the veracity of data, areas of progress with IoT projects and the growing importance of natural language processing.
Managing UK elections – could technology help prevent voting issues?
WebRoots Democracy, says online voting could increase the turnout of 18 to 24-year-olds by up to 70 per cent.
Three Tips For Communicating More Effectively As A CEO
Our CEO, Billy Bosworth, shares his tips for being an effective communicator.
Challenges of GDPR – Voices of GDPR – DataStax’s Martin James
In this episode of Voices of GDPR, DataStax’s Martin James explains how data security and graph capability help companies become GDPR compliant.
Customer experience transformation at Macquarie bank brings legacy system retirement as a bonus
Macquarie Bank uses DataStax Enterprise to help power its digital transformation across a variety of customer-focused channels.
The continuing rise of graph databases
DataStax’s Patrick McFadin comments on the continuing rise of graph databases.
Looking to Work From Home? These Top Tech Firms Are Hiring for These Remote Jobs
DataStax is recognized as a forward-thinking company that embraces flexible work options.
2017 Big Data 100: 35 Coolest Data Management And Integration Vendors
DataStax is featured as one of the coolest data managment and integration vendors by CRN.
Picking the right data model – how to make the right decision on your data management
The role of the data model is becoming more important and there’s a lot to consider to make the right decision on your data management.
DataStax Puts Speed, Efficiency into Customer Experience Management
DataStax puts speed and efficiency into Customer Experience (CX) management. Bottom line: IT in 2017 is all about speed. If a web service or website reacts quickly and efficiently and is easy to navigate, success for all parties generally will follow.
NoSQL databases ride System of Engagement trend
DataStax CEO Billy Bosworth chats with TechTarget’s Jack Vaughan about the NoSQL landscape.
How to stay on top of the always-evolving tech landscape
DataStax Luke Tillman shares ways for developers to stay ahead of the always-evolving tech landscape.
DataStax sets sights on customer experience
With companies increasingly making customer experience projects top priorities, DataStax is marshaling its resources in a move to help its customers build the data infrastructures to support them.
DataStax CEO launches new CX strategy – focus shifting from tech to business
DataStax announced a comprehensive strategy and new solutions to help enterprises implement their critical Customer Experience (CX) applications, signaling a move away from tech-heavy discussions, towards understanding business problems.
DataStax Launches Strategy Focusing on its Customer Experience Solutions
DataStax announced new solutions to help users achieve their Customer Experience (CX) goals apart of a new comprehensive strategy the company is deploying.
DataStax revs up its enterprise-focused Cassandra database
DataStax announced announced DataStax Enterprise 5.1, the latest version of the always-on data platform, to make cloud applications easier to scale.
DataStax: Inside the brain of the container
Patrick McFadin, Chief Evangelist for Apache Cassandra at DataStax, discusses the best way to develop containers
How First Utility keeps ahead of the energy analytics curve
First Utility leverages DataStax Enterprise to stay ahead of the energy analytics curve.
A look at the leading operational database management systems
DataStax and Apache Cassandra are featured as leading operational database management systems.
Preparing for PSD2: the impact on infrastructure
Tim Vincent, Solutions Engineer Manager for EMEA at DataStax, talks about PSD2 and its impact on infrastructure.
2016
Why we’ll all be engineers, not scientists, when it comes to data
Patrick McFadin, Chief Evangelist for Apache Cassandra at DataStax, shares his 2017 industry prediction on why we’ll all be engineers, not scientists, when it comes to data.
DataStax Managed Cloud spotlights new richness of choices for enterprises
With the acquisition of DataScale, DataStax becomes the latest database player to control its own destiny in the cloud. DataStax’ move signifies, for customers that the choices for running managed database services in the cloud has never been richer.
Big Data Industry Predictions for 2017
Patrick McFadin, Chief Evangelist for Apache Cassandra at DataStax, shares his 2017 industry prediction about cloud computing.
Scaling for web: enterprise web-scale IT
DataStax customer Macquarie Bank is a prime example of a business adopting a web-scale IT strategy to deliver quick, innovative and personalised services to customers.
Why Macquarie Bank doesn’t see financial institutions as competition
DataStax customer Macquarie Bank talks about why it doesn’t see financial institutions as competition.
Trend-Setting Products for 2017
DataStax Enterprise was named a Trend-Setting Product for 2017 by Database Trends and Applications.
5 tips to help developers keep up with changing technologies
DataStax Luke Tillman shares five tips to help developers keep up with changing technologies.
DataStax – Rethinking the Data Layer For Today’s Cloud Computing
DataStax Karl Van den Bergh talks about rethinking the data layer for today’s cloud computing.
Video interview: Data challenges when developing your own cloud applications
DataStax Patrick McFadin chatted with BrightTALK about the data challenges you may face when developing your own cloud applications.
A Peek Inside DataStax’s New Cloud Strategy
DataStax announced that it’s getting into the Apache Cassandra cloud business with the acquisition of DataScale.
DataStax buys DataScale, plans to launch managed cloud service
DataStax announced the acquisition of DataScale, a specialist in cloud-based management services for data infrastructure, paving the way for a fully managed version of DataStax’s offering.
DataStax buys DataScale, plans to launch managed cloud service
DataStax, which powers companies like Netflix and eBay, acquired DataScale, a provider of cloud-based management services for data infrastructure.
DataStax picks up DataScale; launches plan for DataStax Managed Cloud
DataStax announced the acquisition of cloud-based management services for data infrastructure company DataScale.
DataStax Acquires DataScale and Announces Release of New Cloud Platform
DataStax is acquiring DataScale, a provider of cloud-based management services for data infrastructure, and is releasing a new cloud platform.
DataStax acquires DataScale; Boundless open GIS gets ecosystem
DataStax has acquired open source software cloud provider DataScale, enabling it to offer its DataStax Enterprise (DSE) product as a managed service, to be called DataStax Managed Cloud.
DataStax acquires its way into managed NoSQL cloud database market
DataStax acquired DataScale and will launch a fully managed cloud version of its DataStax Enterprise product.
DataStax slurps DataScale, burps out own managed cloud
DataStax announced its acquisition of DataScale, as well as plans to launch its own managed cloud offering next year.
DataStax jumps into managed cloud service with Silicon Valley startup buy
Big Data software vendor DataStax acquired open source software cloud provider DataScale.
Microservices will reshape your facility
DataStax Patrick McFadin discusses microservices and data centre design as well as the impact that putting together new cloud applications can have on infrastructure.
Fear of Staxit: What next for ASF’s Cassandra as biggest donor cuts back
Apache Cassandra MVP discusses DataStax’s contributions to the Cassandra community.
The battle for Apache Cassandra highlights major problem with open source projects
DataStax is mentioned as an exceptional steward of Apache Cassandra.
Can KDS Disrupt Expenses Market with Neo1
KDS is using DataStax Enterprise for Neo1, a self-service spend management solution architected specifically for the SME market.
At Big Data London: The Ineluctability of the Business Case for Data Work
DataStax Jonathan Ellis talking about his excitement for graph database technology use cases at Big Data London.
The 2017 Wealthfront Career-Launching Companies List
DataStax is featured in the 2017 Wealthfront Career Launching Companies List.
Building a 360 degree view of the customer with data is a two-way process
DataStax shares why building a 360 degree view of the customer with data is a two-way process.
Why Your Database Choice Is Critical for Transforming Customer Experience
DataStax shares why your database choice is critical for transforming customer experience.
Want To Telecommute? These Are The Top 250 Companies For Flex Work
DataStax is recognized as a top company for work flexibility by FlexJobs.
Top Companies for Operational Database Management – Leaders & Challengers
DataStax, known for data distribution and speed features, is included in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Operational Database Management Systems.
Why Highly Connected Data Is Transforming the Customer Experience
DataStax shares why highly connected data is transforming the customer experience.
B2B startups: Do you know the new go-to-market rules?
Building and executing an effective go-to-market (GTM) approach for an emerging technology market requires a High Propensity Approach, says DataStax Steve Rowlands.
DataStax Extends Cassandra Capabilities
DataStax extends Apache Cassandra capabilities with powerful indexing, search, analytics and graph functionality.
A world without software licenses
DataStax Patrick McFadin talks aboout a world without software licenses.
Macquarie banks on customer appetite for a ‘Spotify-like’ experience
Australian financial services provider Macquarie launched a new platform for consumer banking that relies on technology from Datastax to provide natural language search and machine learning capabilities.
For Transformational Customer Experience, Cloud Apps Must Deliver Real-Time Value at Epic Scale
DataStax shares why cloud applications must deliver real-time value at epic scale for a transformational customer experience.
Australian bank re-imagines customer experience thanks to NoSQL technology
Macquarie Bank re-imagined customer experience thanks to NoSQL technology. Based on Apache Cassandra, DataStax Enterprise offered the speed and scalability the bank needed to analyze streaming data against a large store of historical information while also supporting a much great variety of data types than the structured relational engine would.
Step by Step: How to Migrate Systems to the Cloud
DataStax Matt Kennedy joined the discussion about the adoption of cloud services on an episode of DM Radio.
NoSQL is a No-Brainer
DataStax Enterprise allows user to harness the true power of a multi- model NoSQL database to deliver an always-on customer experience, faster performance, and powerful contextual recommendations.
Big Data 50 – Companies Driving Innovation
DataStax is recognized as one of the companies driving innovation in Database Trends and Applications’ Big Data 50.
Inside Macquarie Bank’s big digital ambitions
DataStax Enterprise helps powers Macquarie Bank’s big digital ambitions.
Macquarie Bank gets personal with DataStax tech
DataStax helps deliver a world-class digital customer experience for Macquarie Bank.
Chatting Cassandra with Jonathan Ellis
DataStax Jonathan Ellis talks Apache Cassandra and what he looked forward to most at Cassandra Summit 2016.
Banking Technology
DataStax helps power Macquarie Bank’s world-class customer experience.
What real-time data streaming means for the enterprise
SD Times shares what real-time data streaming means for the enterprise and highlights DataStax as a recommended big data tool.
New report confirms you need NoSQL, and probably in the cloud
DataStax recognized as one of the best in the big data NoSQL space in Forrester Wave report.
5 Factors Driving the Graph Database Explosion
Datanami shares why graph databases are set to power the next generation of big data analytics and mentions DataStax Enterprise Graph.
Simplifying Market Tick Data Management
DataStax Daniel Cohen shares how banking IT teams can simplify market tick data management.
Real-Time Fraud Prevention for Payments – the Future Role for Data
DataStax Daniel Cohen discusses real-time fraud prevention for payments and the future role for data.
Globo.com ramps up live streaming for Olympic Games
Brazilian TV giant Globo.com partnered with DataStax to improve its streaming capabilities and cope with increased demand for the Olympic Games.
Interview: Ocado on open source, data and warehouse automation
Online supermarket Ocado shifted from Oracle to Cassandra and DataStax Enterprise to handle its vast amount of data.
Mesosphere launches “Container 2.0″ initiative
DataStax and Mesosphere announced that DataStax Enterprise is now generally available and will be commercially supported on both Mesosphere Enterprise DC/OS and the open source DC/OS distribution.
DataStax injects a graph database into DSE 5.0 release
DataStax Enterprise 5.0 is the database for cloud applications based on the open source NoSQL database, Apache Cassandra.
DataStax 5.0: Embracing most everything but SQL
According to ZDNet, the release of DataStax Enterprise 5.0 places the company squarely in the mainstream of a database market, where variety and convergence are the spices of life.
Graph Databases See Growth in Business Applications, Adoption
DataStax Robin Schumacher discusses the growth of graph databases in business applications and adoption.
Cassandra Data Modeling with Jon Haddad
DataStax Jon Haddad discusses data modeling in Cassandra on the Software Engineering Daily podcast.
The next wave of disruption: Graph-based machine learning
According DataStax Matthias Broecheler, “Companies are creating data sets that are made up of increasingly connected and complex structured data gathered from multiple sources and they are starting to extract value from it.
Datastax Pushes Scalability and Enterprise Readiness with DSE Graph
DataStax Matthias Broecheler chatted with Voxxed about DataStax Enterprise Graph and the accelerating movement towards graph models.
DataStax: spreading Marmite on graph data theory
DataStax Patrick McFadin compares data to Marmite and how it should be spread thinly in your app infrastructure rather than being all in one place.
Terabyte terror: It takes special databases to lasso the Internet of Things
IoT car technology company VCARO and cloud-based building management solutions developer Riptide chose DataStax Enterprise to lasso the Internet of Things.
DataStax Announces DataStax Enterprise 5.0 – the Multi-Model Database for Cloud Applications
DataStax announced the release of DataStax Enterprise 5.0 to provide enterprises a comprehensive and operationally simple data management layer.
DataStax gets graph DB and Titan gets rewrite
DataStax’s formal introduction of a Cassandra NoSQL engine coupled with a graph DB looks to further the software’s use in applications that straddle transaction processing and real-time analytics.
Tinkerpop Growing with Graph Database Popularity
Apache Tinkerpop is growing with graph database popularity. Built on the foundation of TinkerPop and Cassandra, DataStax Enterprise Graph is the only scalable real-time graph database built for cloud applications that need to manage complex data with many relationships.
DataStax is shifting from selling databases to data-driven software
“DataStax Matt Pfeil chats with Diginomica to discuss how DataStax is moving up the stack. “
Datastax comes for Oracle’s lunch with new graph database release
DataStax announced the release of DataStax Enterprise 5.0 to provide enterprises a comprehensive and operationally simple data management layer.
DataStax Updates Cassandra-Based Database for Cloud Apps
DataStax announced the new release of its database for cloud applications, DataStax Enterprise (DSE) 5.0.
Beyond Titan: The Evolution of DataStax’s New Graph Database
DataStax’s 2015 acquisition of Aurelius–the company behind the TitanDB graph database–was a clear statement about the importance of graph databases to Cassandra customers.
From SQL to NoSQL – and back again
ComputerWeekly looks at the suppliers behind the emergence of databases that organize web-scale datasets including DataStax.
NoSQL database technology finds use cases, but still minority sport
From managing water meter data, through Bitcoin and video data, to web publishing, NoSQL database technology like DataStax and Apache Cassandra are finding real use cases.
Shifting applications to hybrid cloud: Does your database strategy keep up?
DataStax Robin Schumacher shares three things to consider for your database strategy for hybrid cloud.
Apache Cassandra
DataStax Robin Schumacher shares three things to consider for your database strategy for hybrid cloud.
Meet the 11 Hottest Startups in the Country, According to Investors
DataStax is one of the top 11 companies that venture capitalists and angel investors are most excited about.
Datos IO and DataStax Partner to Deliver Scale-Out Data Protection for Next-Generation Applications and Apache Cassandra
“DataStax partners with Datos IO to deliver scale-out data protection for next-generation applications and Apache Cassandra. “
DBTA 100 2016 – The Companies That Matter Most in Data
DataStax is recognized in Database Trends & Application’s fourth annual list of top 100 companies that matter in data.
How Throwing Away Data Limits the Power of the IoT
DataStax Patrick McFadin shares how throwing away data limits the power of the Internet of Things.
Big Data Trends: 38 Top Experts on the Biggest Trends
DataStax Billy Bosworth shares the trend that excites him the most about big data.
How a mix of Cassandra and DC/OS makes massive scale simple
DataStax partners with Mesosphere to bring DataStax Enterprise (DSE) to the Mesosphere DC/OS (Datacenter Operating System) platform.
The 2016 SD Times 100: ‘Best in Show’ in Software Development
DataStax is recognized as a leader in the 2016 SD Times 100 in the Database & Database Management space.
Martin Van Ryswyk on DataStax Enterprise Graph Database
DataStax Martin Van Ryswyk participates in a Q&A interview about DataStax Graph.
Big Data – from Cost to Profit Center
DataStax Christian Hasker shares why the key to turning big data efforts into profitable outcomes relies on people and the training the company assists them with.
Comparing graph with other database technologies
DataStax Robin Schumacher compares graph technology with our database technologies.
An introduction to data processing with Cassandra and Spark
DataStax Dani Traphagen and Jon Haddad share an introduction to data processing with Cassandra and Spark.
Spark and Cassandra with Tim Berglund
DataStax Tim Berglund discusses how how Spark and Cassandra can be used together to provide a stack with the analytics and storage we need for today’s distributed computing environment.
Using NoSQL Databases to Handle Fast Data
NoSQL databases like DataStax can help enterprises handle so-called Fast Data.
Big Data Trends: 38 Top Experts on the Biggest Trends
DataStax CEO Billy Bosworth shares the big data trend that excites him the most.
Sopra Steria partners with DataStax for data storage tools for banks and FIs
Sopra Steria has teamed with DataStax to target finserv organizations across the retail banking, investment banking and trading sectors.
Big Data – From Cost to Profit Center
DataStax Christian Hasker discusses the importance of bringing staff up to speed on the latest skills while staying focused on the day to day of running the business.
2016 Big Data 100: 30 Coolest Data Management Vendors
DataStax named one of the coolest data management vendors in CRN’s 2016 Big Data 100 list.
What is a graph database? Graph database vendors, use cases and customers explained
DataStax Billy Bosworth discusses graph technology and the industries that can benefit the most from the technology.
Multi-Channel Banking – Why the Role of the Database is Critical to Delivery
DataStax Matt Stump discusses why the role of the database is critical to delivering multi-channel banking.
14 Game Changing Database Trends for 2016
DataStax’s involvement with next generation applications and multi-model database strategies are recognized as game changing trends for 2016.
Power tools: Sorting through the crowded specialized database toolbox
IoT car technology company VCARO shares why they opted for DataStax Cassandra.
Graphing the complexity of data
DataStax Matthias Broecheler discusses graph technology, the problems it solved and whether customers really abandon their relational database technology to take on something new.
British Gas fires up its connected homes project with DataStax
British Gas Connected Homes is building out its connected home capabilities using DataStax products.
Cambridge-US alliance to power global security solutions
Cambridge Intelligence and DataStax announced a technology collaboration that will enable the visualisation of dynamic, complex connected data on a massive scale.
DataStax CEO – ‘We know our tech solves the use case, but there is a skills problem’
DataStax Billy Bosworth explained how the company’s core engine is coming together and is fulfilling use cases for companies that want to take advantage of more sophisticated internet/cloud based architectures.
DataStax: Graphing Data To Run ‘Operationally Chaotic’ Businesses
DataStax announced DataStax Enterprise Graph, a scale-out graph database built for cloud applications that need to manage highly connected data.
NoSQL chips away at Oracle, IBM, and Microsoft dominance
NoSQL databases like Cassandra are chipping away at Oracle, IBM, and Microsoft dominance and insinuating themselves into enterprise data centers and cloud deployments.
DataStax Embeds Apache Graph Framework in Cassandra
DataStax unveiled Datastax Enterprise Graph. Built on top of the open source Apache Cassandra database, DataStax is making use of Apache TinkerPop, an open source Apache graph computing framework, to embed graph database functionality in Cassandra.
DataStax Brings Graph Databases to Enterprise Cassandra
DataStax brings graph databases to the enterprise Cassandra with the announcement of DataStax Enterprise Graph.
DataStax Gets Multimodel Database Powers
DataStax announced DataStax Enterprise Graph, a scale-out graph database built for cloud applications that need to manage highly connected data.
DataStax Unveils an Enterprise Graph Database Built From Cassandra and TitanDB
DataStax is launching DataStax Enterprise Graph, a scale-out graph database for cloud applications based on Cassandra and additional graph database technology the company acquired last year.
DataStax Launches Scalable Real-Time Enterprise Graph Database
NoSQL database provider DataStax has announced its entry into the graph database space with DataStax Enterprise Graph.
Survey Shows Significant Opportunity for Backup and Recovery Solutions for Next-Generation Databases
Survey results released by Datos IO show the rising demand for distributed applications and adoption of scale-out databases, including Cassandra (Apache and DataStax).
DataStax enters graph market
DataStax announced that it will be releasing the DataStax Enterprise Graph later this year. The new database is built on the foundations of Apache Cassandra and the Apache TinkerPop Project.
DataStax Introduces Graph Database Solution for the Cloud
DataStax is releasing a scale-out graph database solution built for cloud applications, providing users with a new tool for maintaining their highly connected data.
DataStax adds graph databases to enterprise Cassandra product set
DataStax announced DataStax Enterprise Graph, a scale-out graph database built for cloud applications that need to manage highly connected data.
DataStax layers graph database on top of Cassandra engine
DataStax is hoping to jump-start graph databases out of their niche with DataStax Enterprise Graph, a real-time graph engine targeted at cloud applications that manage high-volume changeable data.
DataStax believes multi-model databases are the future
DataStax is strengthening operational database support for multiple data models, from key value to tabular, JSON and graph, and has added DataStax Enterprise Graph to its offering.
The Future Of Big Data Is Bigger Than You Can Possibly Imagine
DataStax Marko A. Rodriguez discusses the universal graph and the future of big data.
MongoDB, Amazon RDS and Aurora, Cassandra are the top next-gen databases being considered by enterprises
Apache Cassandra is one of the top next-generation databases being considered by enterprises.
At These 125 Companies, All Or Most Employees Work Remotely
DataStax is recognized as a company that embraces a remote workforce.
Study Reveals ‘Massive’ Skills Gap for NoSQL, Apache Cassandra Pros
DataStax survey shows a “massive” skills gap in the database industry and a particular need for expertise in managing and implementing Apache Cassandra and DataStax Enterprise.
Apache Cassandra experts are in high demand
DataStax survey shows there is an increasing demand for NoSQL database experts, especially those highly trained on Apache Cassandra.
DataStax : developers bemoan lack of NoSQL skills
DataStax has run a survey with developers worldwide — of 273 responses, only eight per cent of those surveyed thought that there were enough skilled people available to meet demand from companies for skills around NoSQL.
High Demand and Salaries for Apache Cassandra, Other NoSQL Skills
DataStax survey shows increasing demand for Apache Cassandrda and massive skills gap in the NoSQL industry.
DataStax Survey Shows NoSQL Skills Gap, Demand for Apache Cassandra
DataStax announced survey results that show an increasing demand for NoSQL database experts, particularly those trained on Apache Cassandra.
If you have less than a petabyte of data you don’t need Hadoop
Bitcoin analysis firm Kaiko uses DataStax Enterprise to perform storage duties for stability, flexibility and extensibility.
Why all your data matters for IoT business impact – Part Two
DataStax Patrick McFadin shares part two of why all your data matters for IoT business impact.
Big Data Investors Put a Premium on Proprietary Software
DataStax is one of the hottest open source companies are focused on big data.
Why all your data matters for IoT business impact – Part One
DataStax Patrick McFadin shares part one of why all your data matters for IoT business impact.
Key database considerations for hybrid cloud
DataStax Robin Schumacher shares key considerations for hybrid cloud.
NoSQL revs up to the tune of the Spark connector
At Intuit, Spark performs analytics on data stored in DataStax Enterprise running on the AWS cloud
How to safely bet your business on open source to support apps
DataStax Patrick McFadin shares how to safely bet your business on open source to support apps.
Work From Home In 2016: The Top 100 Companies For Remote Jobs
DataStax is recognized as a top 100 company for remote jobs by FlexJobs.
Better bookings through analytics and agile – an interview with Hotels.com CTO Thierry Bedos
Hotels.com uses DataStax Enterprise to help manage its big data transformation.
What’s new in Cassandra 3.0?
DataStax Jonathan Ellis highlights the new features in Cassandra 3.0.
Four low risk Big Data predictions for 2016
According to IT Pro Portal UK, Apache Cassandra will continue to dominate the NoSQL space in 2016.
MongoDB and Cassandra put relational databases on notice
NoSQL databases like Apache Cassandra are gaining as enterprises turn to NoSQL to tame big data and rally around winners.
Shaping the Genuine Internet Enterprise atop NoSQL
DataStax CEO Billy Bosworth discusses why users turned to DataStax Enterprise and Apache Cassandra to meet the performance and availability demands of modern applications.
4 predictions for NoSQL technologies in 2016
DataStax Patrick McFadin offers his 2016 predictions for NoSQL technologies.
2015
DataStax 2016 Prediction: IoT isn’t the cool kid on the block anymore
DataStax Patrick McFadin discusses his IoT prediction for 2016.
Stop making excuses and get your data distributed
DataStax Patrick McFadin discusses how you can globalize your data with Apache Cassandra.
IoT Industry Predictions for 2016
DataStax Patrick McFadin provides his 2016 prediction around IoT.
The mega-clouds are coming for your data center
DataStax Matt Pfeil offers his thoughts around private data centers.
Big Data Industry Predictions for 2016
DataStax Patrick McFadin provides his 2016 prediction around big data.
DataStax Enterprise operational database tames Cassandra
DataStax Enterprise (DSE) is a commercial version of the Cassandra NoSQL database that supports geographically distributed handling of large volumes of fast-arriving data.
Top 8 trends for big data in 2016
The NoSQL takeover is featured as one of the top eight trends for big data in 2016.
Trend-Setting Products for 2016
Database Trends and Applications named DataStax DevCenter 1.4 a DTBA Trend-Setting Product for 2016.
The Coming of the Hybrid Cloud
DataStax Martin Van Ryswyk discusses how Cassandra is built from the ground up for a multi-data center environment.
How SMACK makes big data faster
DataStax Patrick McFadin discusses how SMACK (Spark, Meses, Akka, Cassandra and Kafka) makes big data faster.
Apache Cassandra 3.0 touts 50 percent storage savings
Cassandra 3.0 is announced with performance optimizations, improved data consistency operations, an average of 50% storage savings, and important developer enhancements, such as new materialized views, simplifying application development.
The future of Cassandra: interview with Patrick McFadin
DataStax Patrick McFadin discusses the future of Cassandra at Spark Summit Europe 2015.
Will NoSQL be the undoing of Oracle’s database reign?
NoSQL vendors like DataStax are climbing quickly to challenge yesterday’s relational database (RDBMS) champions.
NoSQL is still the cool kid in class
DataStax Jonathan Ellis helps dispel the “NoSQL is no longer cool” myth.
Disruption Alert: Gartner’s Operational DBMS Leaders
DataStax is a featured leader in the 2015 Gartner Operational Database Management Systems Magic Quadrant.
Making every transaction pay its way – using data as part of your business model
DataStax Matt Pfeil discusses how companies can make smarter transactions based by using data as part of their business model.
DataStax Interview with Remote.co
DataStax Martin Van Ryswyk discusses how the company embraces the benefits of a remote workforce.
The 10 Most Popular DB Engines (SQL and NoSQL) in 2015
Cassandra is featured as one of the top 10 most popular database engines in 2015 accoding to DB Engines.
Gartner Magic Quadrant: Open Source, Cloud Disrupt Database Market
DataStax announced that Gartner has named DataStax a leader in the 2015 Magic Quadrant for Operational Database Management Systems.
In database evolution, two directions of development are better than one
The DB-Engines popularity analysis listed 12 databases among the top 50 databases including Cassandra in the top 10.
The future of big data is very, very fast
DataStax CEO is quoted in an article about how traditional BI is far too slow and increasingly machines will take over data analytics.
CIO Insight: First Utility IT chief on the technology powering the energy firm
Energy firm First Utility hosts its customer data on DataStax Enterprise, and uses Apache Spark for queries, which is also carried out on DataStax as well, having first used Hadoop.
The machines are eating your BI, says DataStax CEO
DataStax CEO Billy Bosworth discusses how traditional BI is far too slow to be of use to machines.
Case Study: Cassandra Meets Call of Duty
Call of Duty uses Apache Cassandra to manage player progress, loadouts, online presence, and user messaging.
Keeping up with Cassandra, the NoSQL database
The Weather Channel, British Gas, Activision and William Hill have one major thing in common: they all rely on Apache Cassandra to deal with ever-increasing amounts of data and to personalize customer experience.
DataStax Cassandra Moves Ahead With Azure Deal And Graph Store
DataStax announced a strategic partnership with Microsoft, along with DataStax Enterprise 4.8.
Rackspace, Microsoft and the Game to Make Cassandra Accessible to the Mainstream
Rackspace has partnered with DataStax to bring Managed Cassandra to its managed services portfolio.
Microsoft Azure partners with DataStax
DataStax and Microsoft Azure announced a partnership that will see the DataStax Enterprise package available on the Azure cloud platform.
DataStax Cassandra & the big, messy and connected world of data
DataStax announced DataStax Enterprise 4.8, the database platform purpose-built for the performance and availability demands of Internet of Things (IoT), Web and mobile applications.
Rackspace Partners with DataStax, Adding Managed Cassandra
Rackspace announced it has added Managed Cassandra to its NoSQL data services portfolio through a partnership with DataStax.
New DataStax Enterprise 4.8 offers enhancements for running transactional-analytical applications
DataStax announced general availability of DataStax Enterprise 4.8, the database platform purpose-built for the performance and availability demands of Internet of Things (IoT), Web and mobile applications.
Microsoft, DataStax team on IoT, Web and mobile apps in the cloud
DataStax announced that it is collaborating with Microsoft on Internet of Things, Web and mobile apps in cloud environments. DataStax Enterprise is available on Azure to aid in fast, scalable enterprise app development, deployment and monitoring.
Microsoft Azure, Rackspace to Sell NoSQL Cassandra to Enterprises
With interest in the open source NoSQL Cassandra database as platform for highly distributed applications picking up, the platform is starting to gain significant traction at the higher end of the enterprise IT market.
Microsoft Azure – DataStax partnership focuses on hybrid cloud and IoT applications
DataStax announced a partnership with Microsoft to deliver DataStax Enterprise on the Azure cloud platform.
Making Cassandra Do Azure, But Not Windows
DataStax announced a strategic partnership with Microsoft, along with DataStax Enterprise 4.8.
DataStax teams up with Microsoft; unveils DSE 4.8 & Titan 1.0 | #CassandraSummit
DataStax announced a new strategic partnership with cloud heavyweight Microsoft that brings its DataStax Enterprise platform to the Azure cloud. DataStax also rolled out a new version of its flagship DataStax Enterprise platform, together with the first production-ready release of Titan, a new high-performance, scale-out graph database built to manage “highly connected data”.
DataStax Pulls a Trifecta at the #CassandraSummit
At Cassandra Summit 2015, Scott Guthrie, Executive Vice President of Microsoft’s Cloud and Enterprise Group joined DataStax CEO Billy Bosworth in a keynote to announce a strategic collaboration between their companies.
DataStax Partners With Microsoft, Unveils Graph Database
DataStax has augmented the latest release of DataStax Enterprise with an open source, scale-out graph database capability. The upgrade coincides with a preview release of the latest version of Apache Cassandra that incorporates storage and developer improvements.
DataStax partners with Microsoft to improve Cassandra on Azure
DataStax announced that it has formed a strategic partnership with Microsoft. The commercially supported DataStax Enterprise software has been for sale on Microsoft’s Azure Marketplace since the launch of the Azure Marketplace.
DataStax Enterprise delivered with Microsoft Azure to run on any cloud
Datastax has worked with partner Microsoft to fine tune the delivery of its new cloud based system over the latter’s Azure service.
The power of open source: From Postgres to Cassandra at First Utility
UK energy provider First Utility discusses the power of open source and its move from Postgres to Cassandra.
Bossie Awards 2015: The best open source application development tools
Apache Cassandra is recognized with a 2015 Bossie Award in the best open source application development tools category by InfoWorld.
Apple’s secret NoSQL sauce includes a hefty dose of Cassandra
Apple’s secret NoSQL sauce includes a hefty dose of Cassandra for features including continuous availability, linear scale performance, operational simplicity, and easy data distribution across multiple data centers and cloud availability zones.
Apple runs on open source, and you will too
Apache Cassandra is featured as one of the open source technologies that large companies like Apple are turning to.
Cassandra NoSQL Deployments Convincing Doubters
Apache Cassandra is making inroads in production despite lingering skepticism about its ability to handle mission critical deployments.
Improving the customer experience and preventing identity fraud
DataStax customer Paycasso discusses how they can scale and analyze data in real time using DataStax Enterprise, ensuring that a decision on identity risk can be made instantly.
NoSQL technology still prepping for wide enterprise entry
NoSQL technology like DataStax/Cassandra and others are still prepping for enterprise entry.
Case study: French delivery company Chronopost looks to NoSQL for big data challenge
DataStax customer Chronopost uses NoSQL systems like DataStax Enterprise to improve services and customer retention.
Forget the Internet of Things – the Internet of Data is where it’s really at
DataStax Matt Pfeil talks about the Internet of Things and the use of data from smart devices.
Big Data 50 – Companies Driving Innovation
DataStax is named to Database Trends and Applications’ “Big Data 50,” a list of companies driving innovation.
Cassandra Starts to Fulfill Enterprise Database Prophecy
Cassandra is generating enough buzz that solution providers are thinking about how to build a practice around it.
9 NoSQL Pioneers Who Modernized Data Management
DataStax CTO and co-founder Jonathan Ellis is featured as a NoSQL pioneer who modernized data management.
Exclusive – DataStax Co-Founder Jonathan Ellis Talks Analytics and Austin TX
DataStax CTO and co-founder Jonathan Ellis is featured discussing analytics, his career and his path that led him to his current role at DataStax.
Datapipe and DataStax Partnership Brings Simplified Data Analysis to the Enterprise
Datapipe announced a new partnership with DataStax to provide organizations flexible, always-on, secure, managed database solutions that accommodate today’s toughest big data workloads.
Why Mesosphere is tapping into Spark and Cassandra for Infinity big-data and IoT stack
The Mesosphere Infinity open-source stack consists of Mesos-based DCOS, fast-growing analytics cluster framework Apache Spark, NoSQL distributed database Cassandra, high-throughput distributed messaging system Apache Kafka, and middleware Apache Akka.
Datapipe, DataStax Announce Partnership: Here’s What You Need to Know
Datapipe is working with Apache Cassandra solutions provider DataStax to help customers analyze data sets in real-time, regardless of cloud environment.
Datapipe Partners with DataStax to Drive Cassandra Adoption
Datapipe and DataStax jointly announced a managed Cassandra service designed to be either hosted on a private cloud managed by Datapipe or delivered via Amazon Web Services (AWS) or Microsoft Azure public clouds.
Datapipe and DataStax team up to bring data analytics to the enterprise
Datapipe and DataStax announced a new partnership to streamline data analysis for the enterprise. The partnership will give Datapipe the ability to securely dissect and analyze massive data sets in real time, regardless of the cloud environment.
How the new ‘Internet Enterprise’ is demanding a different type of infrastructure
DataStax Chief Customer Officer and co-founder Matt Pfeil talks about the rise of the global database and the Internet Enterprise.
DataStax Delivers JSON Support for Apache Cassandra 2.2
DataStax announced the general availability of DataStax DevCenter 1.4, an easy-to-use visual development tool for Cassandra and DataStax Enterprise.
NoSQL is a “complete game changer,” declares database expert
Apache Cassandra is featured as one of the NoSQL databases that is changing the game of databases.
NoSQL: It really is all in the name
DataStax is featured in SDTimes.com’s NoSQL Buyers Guide.
Gaming and the power of real-time data
DataStax Chief Customer Officer and co-founder Matt Pfeil explains how real time and interactive services are transforming the gaming industry, and how other companies can also use the same approaches.
10 Top Commercial Hadoop Platforms
DataStax is featured as one of the top 10 Commercial Hadoop Platforms.
DataStax Announces DevCenter 1.4 and Support for JSON
DataStax announced the general availability of DataStax DevCenter 1.4, an easy-to-use visual development tool for Cassandra and DataStax Enterprise.
NoSQL vs. NewSQL: Choosing the Right Database for Your Business
Apache Cassandra is featured as an alternative to traditional RDBMSs, best known for its fast ingest ability and replication across multiple datacenters.
Big data at your bedside
DataStax Chief Customer Offier and co-founder Matt Pfeil discusses the potential role of data in the healthcare in the UK.
Announcing the top 2015 Global 250 Private Companies
DataStax is recognized as a Global 250 winner by AlwaysOn.
10 organizations that open sourced (at least a part of) their platforms
DataStax is highlighted an organization that advocates open source technologies like Apache Cassandra.
Next-Generation Databases Take On Big Data Management Challenges
Next-generation databases like Apache Cassandra take on big data management challenges.
Hotels.com turns to cloud and big data to drive up online holiday bookings
Hotels.com CTO Thierry Bedos talks about how the company turned to cloud and NoSQL like Apache Cassandra to drive up online holiday bookings.
Why do big data projects fail?
Hotels.com CTO Thierry Bedos talks about how the company uses Apache Cassandra to deliver excellent customer service.
LIKEtoKNOW.it Turns Instagram Content Into Revenue
Retail startup RewardSyle and their LIKEtoKNOW.it service uses DataStax Enterprise as the backend for several new services that power the retail edition of its service.
Oracle Sales Erode as Startups Embrace Souped-Up Free Software
DataStax Chief Customer Officer and Co-founder Matt Pfeil comments on how open-source technologies like Apache Cassandra and companies like DataStax pose a challenge for database company Oracle.
Scaling online ad innovations with the help of a NoSQL wide-column database
GumGum Vaibhav Puranik and Ken Weiner discuss the challenges and benefits of open source databases for in-image advertising and its use of an Apache Cassandra database.
Gartner’s 19 In-memory Databases for Big Data Analytics
DataStax is recognized as a top in-memory database for big data according to a recent Gartner market guide.
Housing and Managing Big Data for the Next 10 Years
DataStax Chief Customer Officer and Co-founder Matt Pfeil discusses the best infrastructure with which to house and manage big data over the next decade.
The 2015 SD Times 100: ‘Best in Show’ in Software Development
DataStax is recognized as a leader in the 2015 SD Times 100 in the Database & Database Management space.
DBTA 100 2015 – The Companies That Matter Most in Data
DataStax is recognized in Database Trends & Application’s third annual list of top 100 companies that matter in data
As Enterprise Cloud Computing Adoption Matures, Investments In Application Development Increase
DataStax is a leading NoSQL vendor for analytics and database platforms expected to see the biggest budget increases from 2015 according to the latest IT Spending survey from research firm Cowen & Company.
Announcing Cassandra certification
DataStax and O’Reilly Media announced a new partnership to offer certification and training in Apache Cassandra.
Computing Vendor Excellence Awards shortlist announced
DataStax is shortlisted in the Internet of Things Solution category for the Computing Vendor Excellence Awards.
DataStax and O’Reilly Media join forces to launch Apache Cassandra Certification Program
DataStax, the company that delivers Apache Cassandra to the enterprise, and O’Reilly Media, the leading voice in Data Science, today announced a partnership to launch an Apache Cassandra Certification Program.
DataStax Announces DSE 4.7, Complete Distributed Database Platform
DataStax announced the general availability of DataStax Enterprise 4.7, a leading database platform purpose-built for the performance and availability demands of web, mobile and Internet of Things applications.
DataStax launches DSE 4.7 for mixed workload environments
DataStax Enterprise 4.7 platform offers integrated enterprise search, analytics, security, in-memory computing, and database management and monitoring, making it ideal for mixed workload environments.
DataStax Releases DSE 4.7 Distributed Database Platform
DataStax Enterprise 4.7 is the latest offering in DataStax’s distributed database platform designed to meet the database demands of Web, mobile and Internet of Things applications.
DataStax Enterprise 4.7 released
DataStax has announced the release of DataStax Enterprise 4.7, the latest version of its Apache Cassandra database platform for enterprise applications.
DataStax launches database platform designed for mixed workloads
DataStax Enterprise 4.7 offers integrated enterprise search, analytics, security, in-memory computing, and database management and monitoring, making it ideal for mixed workload environments.
DataStax Debuts DSE 4.7, The Complete Enterprise Database Platform
DataStax Enterprise 4.7 is a database platform purpose-built for the performance and availability demands of web, mobile and Internet of Things applications.
DataStax Announces DSE 4.7 With Integrated Search and Analytics
DataStax introduced DataStax Enterprise 4.7 which is purpose-built for the stringent performance and availability demands of web, mobile and Internet of Things applications.
How Enterprise Graph Databases Are Maturing
DataStax VP of Engineering Martin Van Ryswyk and Marko Rodriguez Chief of Engineering and Co-founder of Aurelius, acquired by DataStax in February 2015, discuss the challenges and benefits of big data analytics with graphs.
Creating a Body Language of Online Learning with Graph Databases
Pearson Chief Architect of Innovation and Advanced Development Sean York discusses how graph technology becomes a medium for enriching online environments as well as the company’s use of Titan GraphDB and Apache TinkerPop.
2015 Big Data 100: Data Management
DataStax is featured in CRN’s Big Data 100 in the category of Big Data Management.
Top 10 Most-Funded Big Data Startups April 2015
DataStax is highlighted as one of the “Top 10 Most-Funded Big Data Startups.”
From Apple to Google: a medical technology revolution is underway
DataStax Chief Customer Officer and Co-founder Matt Pfeil discusses how Amara Health Analytics uses Cassandra to monitor and analyze patient data in real-time.
HP Moonshot lands on planet DataStax: to boldly cluster & scale for data-driven apps
DataStax announced DataStax Enterprise (DSE) on HP Moonshot as a joint database management solution aimed at extremely high-volume, high-velocity, dynamic and unstructured data.
Best Places to Work 2015 – DataStax
DataStax is named one of the 2015 Bay Area’s Best Places to Work.
“4 Big Industries And Their Next Generation Tech Disruptors “
“DataStax, built on the open source, NoSQL database Apache Cassandra, is taking aim at incumbent enterprise infrastructure firms by packaging and servicing the enterprise use of the Cassandra project.
Beneath big data: building the unbreakable
DataStax is mentioned in an article about the various methods of extracting value from data and the best infrastructure to house and manage data and quotes Matt Pfeil talking about cost savings associated with combining commodity hardware and open source.
Cassandra Carves Storage Niche, Aims At Microservers
DataStax, the company that delivers Apache Cassandra to the enterprise, has achieved tremendous groth over the past five years and announced a new partnership with HP.
The Next Billion-Dollar Startups
DataStax is one of 25 companies included in Forbes’ list of “The Next Billion Dollar Startups.”
Cassandra NoSQL Database Lands on HP Moonshot Servers
DataStax announced that its NoSQL database, DataStax Enterprise, is now available on Moonshot servers, a new architecture for servers developed by HP.
Apache Cassandra named best NoSQL database
In a NoSQL database benchmark conducted by End Point, Apache Cassandra emerged as the top performer among leading NoSQL databases, both in throughput and latency.
DataStax + HP Moonshot Show Off at SpringCM
DataStax announced DataStax Enterprise (DSE) on HP Moonshot, a joint database management solution that delivers breakthrough efficiency and scale.
HP and DataStax to deliver scale-out NoSQL service for big data on Moonshot servers
“DataStax and HP have teamed up to offer a joint offering for big data processing using HP’s Moonshot server platform and the DataStax Enterprise software built on Apache Cassandra.
DataStax’s Cassandra hitches a ride on HP’s Moonshot
DataStax and HP’s joint database management solution is designed to deliver an average saving in the total cost of ownership in large-scale complex deployments of up to two-thirds.
DataStax, HP Bring Cassandra to Moonshot Servers
DataStax has partnered with HP to bring Apache Cassandra to HP’s low-power Moonshot servers in a joint enterprise database management solution focused on efficiency and scale.
DataStax brings enterprise grade Cassandra database to HP Moonshot
DataStax has teamed up with HP to deliver an enterprise-grade version of its software on HP Moonshot, the low-power, hyperscale servers.
DataStax just scored a big partnership with HP. Here’s why.
DataStax is a five-year old database management company that has raised close to $190 million, with more than 500 large corporate customers including eBay, Netflix, and Target. DataStax has passed the 1,000-customer mark, including one-third of the Fortune 100, a milestone that influenced a key new alliance with HP. Under the new relationship, the two companies have created a scalable, purpose-built solution for big data applications that pairs DataStax Enterprise software with HP Moonshot high-end server hardware.
Apache Cassandra leads the way in latest NoSQL benchmark
Apache Cassandra outperformed the most recent versions of other leading NoSQL databases in both throughput and latency in the scale-out tests in a NoSQL database benchmark conducted by End Point.
5 things you need to know about big data
DataStax Chief Customer Officer and Co-founder Matt Pfeil comments on the importance of rich data.
Why big data is crude oil – while rich data is refined, and the ultimate in BI
DataStax Chief Customer Officer and Co-founder Matt Pfeil comments on the difference between big data and rich data.
Security, Stability Are Keys to Making Apache Spark Enterprise-Ready
DataStax EVP of Engineering Martin Van Ryswyk comments on the need for security as a key to making Apache Spark enterprise-ready.
Interview: Matt Pfeil of DataStax on Apache Cassandra and Big Data
DataStax Chief Customer Officer and Co-founder Matt Pfeil discusses the origins of the company, Apache Cassandra and predictions on where the market is heading.
Beyond Hadoop: The streaming future of big data
DataStax Chief Evangelist Patrick McFadin comments on various big data technologies and how getting value from enterprise data isn’t as simple as many like to think.
Alternatives to Oracle database
Datastax Chief Evangelist Patrick McFadin comments on alternatives to traditional relational databases like Apache Cassandra.
NoSQL market frames larger debate: Can open source be profitable?
DataStax Chief Customer Officer and Co-founder Matt Pfeil comments on building sustainable businesses around open source NoSQL databases.
Hackers Make Strong Security Systems ‘Critical’ For Smart Homes and Meters
As the adoption of the Internet of Things continues to grow, DataStax Chief Customer Officer and Co-founder Matt Pfeil comments on how the importance of tech companies protecting their systems will be more prevalent as their customers realize who they can and can’t trust.
Best Places to Work 2015 finalists: Mid-sized companies
DataStax is a finalist for Silicon Valley Business Journal’s Best Places to Work 2015 for Mid-sized companies. Read more at Silicon Valley Business Journal: http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2015/03/18/best-places-work-2015-finalist-mid-sized-companies.html
Can anything dim Apache Spark?
DataStax weighs in on future of Apache Spark as it has yet to hit mainstream big data adoption.
Beyond the 3 Vs: Where Is Big Data Now?
Apache Cassandra is featured as one of the notable projects from the Apache Software Foundation.
Into the fray: is your network ready to take on the Internet of Things?
Datastax Chief Evangelist Patrick McFadin comments on how not very many organizations can make use of data from devices in the products they sell.
Internet of Things: Where Does the Data Go?
As Internet of Things projects go from concepts to reality, DataStax Chief Evangelist addresses how one of the biggest challenges is how the data created by devices will flow through the system.
Planning for the Data Deluge
DataStax Chief Evangelist Patrick McFadin comments on how companies can prepare for the data deluge associated with the Internet of Things.
Keep Business Objectives in Mind when Panning for Gold In IoT Rush
DataStax Chief Evangelist Patrick McFadim discusses the Internet of Things and the storage and data analysis mining challenges presented by the capture and storage of huge amounts of data.
10 In-Memory Database Options Power Speedy Performance
DataStax Enterprise is featured as a top in-memory database options that power speedy performance.
DataStax Grabs Aurelius In Graph Database Acqui-Hire
DataStax acquired open source graph database company, Aurelius, along with its engineering talent.
DataStax’s first acquisition is a graph-database company
DataStax acquired graph-database specialist Aurelius, which maintains the open-source graph database Titan.
DataStax snaps up Aurelius and its Titan team to build new graph database
DataStax is building a new graph database using the expertise of the engineering team from Aurelius.
DataStax’s first acquisition spotlights graph database software
Database announced its first acquisition of Seattle-based company called Aurelis, which is behind the open source “graph database” TitanDB.
InfoWorld’s 2015 Technology of the Year Award winners – Apache Cassandra
Apache Cassandra is awarded the InfoWorld 2015 Technology of the Year Award.
Open Source Databases Keep Chipping Away at Oracle’s Empire
Open Source databases including Apache Cassandra continue to chip away at popularity of closed source databases.
Hadoop, Cassandra vendors see NoSQL applications emerge
Enterprise NoSQL applications will emerge built on Apache Cassandra and similar platforms.
Predictive analytics, a potent prescription for health care
DataStax has found a following among businesses seeking to disrupt healthcare including Amara Health Analytics that uses real-time predictive analytics to identify sepsis.
Watch out, Wall Street: 27 tech IPOs to expect in 2015
DataStax is highlighted as a technology IPO content to watch for in 2015.
2014
Why We Picked Cassandra For Big Data
Shifting from MongoDB to Apache Cassandra, ShareThis maintains high write throughput with a minimal number of nodes allowing the company to manage infrastructure costs more effectively.
The 10 Coolest Big Data Startups Of 2014
DataStax is highlighted as one of the top 10 coolest big data startsup of 2014.
British Gas to use Apache Cassandra for latest big data project to connect customers’ boilers
British Gas will use Apache Cassandra to crunch data collected from customers’ water heaters to predict when they might fail.
DataStax bids to be THE Internet of Things database
DataStax announced DataStax Enterprise 4.6, the leading database platform for Internet of Things (IOT), web and mobile applications.
Why You Need NoSQL For The Internet Of Things
According to DataStax CTO Jonathan Ellis, “Relational databases like Oracle are great for dealing with data from a single company or department, but cannot provide the scale or availability that a database designed for the cloud like [NoSQL] Cassandra can.”
MongoDB, Cassandra, and HBase – the three NoSQL databases to watch
With so many NoSQL choices, how do you decide on one? Here’s a handy guide for narrowing your choice to three
Big data success: iovation drops Oracle for Apache Cassandra, sees 600% volume growth
Shifting from Oracle to Apache Cassandra, iovation gains a service-oriented architecture, reduced transaction times, and new product features, and grows traffic volumes.
10 Trends Transforming Enterprise IT
Open source technologies like MySQL paved the way for this model – and the rise of Puppet Labs, DataStax / Cassandra and MuleSoft all show that open source continues to do well – but we now see freemium models in a variety of other IT software products.
How Netflix survived the Amazon EC2 reboot
Netflix was able to keep serving its customers while its cloud hosting provider, Amazon Web Services (AWS), rebooted servers, because of its Cassandra distributed database.
Netflix lost 218 database servers during AWS reboot and stayed online
While some websites were forced offline as a result of Xen hypervisor updates affecting multiple cloud providers, Netflix once again remained up entirely becuae of its Cassandra distributed database.
Once Again, Oracle Must Reinvent Itself
Aeris Communications Inc. uses Apache Cassandra to gather data and analyze it in ways in which relational technology cannot deliver.
Oracle Sales, Profit Miss Estimates: Ellison Exits as CEO
DataStax seen as a rising competitor in Oracle Q3 earnings coverage.
Cassandra Summit 2014
theCUBE covered the 5th annual Cassandra Summit creating videos interviews with DataStax executives as well as various companies using Cassandra including The Weather Channel, Google, Microsoft, and Hailo.
Facebook-Created Database Software Finds Use in Financial Services
Financial services firms ING Group and Credit Suisse Group AG are using Cassandra to handle ever-growing quantities of data.
Instaclustr, which runs the Cassandra database in the cloud, gets $2M
Instaclustr, the leading managed Cassandra hosting provider, announced a seed round of $2 million in which DataStax was an investor.
DataStax Raises $106 Million in New Pre-IPO Round, Chips Away at Oracle
DataStax, one of several young companies that are trying to take business away from Oracle, has raised $106 million as the need for larger, more flexible databases continues to grow.
NoSQL is growing up, and DataStax just raised $106M to prove it
DataStax, like a couple other of its NoSQL peers, has come a long way since it launched a few years ago.
DataStax Raises $106 Million to Challenge Oracle in Databases
DataStax, seeking to challenge Oracle, raised $106 million in a new financing round that values the company at more than $830 million.
DataStax raises $106 million to take on Oracle, Microsoft
DataStax, which helps companies deal with the vast troves of data scattered around the Internet, raised $106 million, further enabling it take on incumbents such as Oracle and Microsoft.
DataStax grabs $106M to achieve big-dog status in database country
DataStax secured a heavy-duty $106 million funding round that puts it in a position to go public in the next two years.
DataStax Lands $106M In Series E Funding
DataStax, the commercial face of the open source Apache Cassandra database, announced $106 million in Series E Funding, bringing their total to date to over $190 million in funding.
Hulu Scales User Database With Apache Cassandra
Hulu has expanded its subscriber base using Apache Cassandra distributed database management technology to store and keep track of the viewing history of its users.
DataStax 4.5 turbocharges Cassandra speed and security
The new 4.5 release of DataStax Enterprise advances DataStax’s case that NoSQL is ready for enterprise applications.
DataStax Cassandra Release Packs More Than Spark
DataStax formally introduced previously announced integrations to the hot Apache Spark data-analysis framework, but the wider DataStax Enterprise 4.5 release also brings important new capabilities to Cassandra users.
DataStax’s 4.5 Cassandra fires up Apache Spark in-memory analytics
With DataStax 4.5, the NoSQL company is offering fast analytics through Apache Spark as well as the option to merge Cassandra and Hadoop data.
Spark meets Cassandra: what it means for big data analytics
Big data analytics represents a fundamental part of the modern enterprise’s business strategy. As such, DataStax announced a new partnership with Databricks, marrying the popular Spark and Cassandra platforms.
These big data companies are ones to watch
Industry analyst Curt Monash mentions DataStax as a company breaking new ground with big data technology.
DataStax Brings Spark To Cassandra
DataStax partnered with Databricks, the company founded by the creators of Apache Spark, to build a supported, open source integration between the two platforms.
What It’s Like Working At A Red-Hot Big Data Startup
Snippets from employee ratings give an idea of where you can ride this technology trend—and have fun, too. DataStax is one of the leaders in the emerging database market and the company behind NoSQL database Cassandra.
Why businesses should be paying attention to NoSQL in 2014
DataStax is the company behind the open source database Cassandra, which powers companies from eBay Spotify and Netflix through to water utility software company i20 Water and sports e-commerce house Wiggle in the UK.
DataStax Brings In-Memory To NoSQL
DataStax joins Microsoft, Oracle, and others adding in-memory features to their database management systems.
Apache Cassandra gets in-memory option with DataStax Enterprise 4.0
DataStax has added an in-memory computing feature in the latest version of its Apache Cassandra-based NoSQL database, as part of a drive to increase the performance of online applications.
How Google and Accenture’s DataStax deals point up Cassandra’s rise
Alliances with Accenture and Google unveiled by DataStax prove Apache Cassandra’s growing stature in the enterprise.
The best-of-breed makes a comeback to database architecture: “Big Data” is going away
DataStax EVP of Field Operations talks about updates about DataStax, the in-memory movement, and the launch of the DataStax partner network.
This week in big data: Clouds, collaboration and Cassandra
DataStax’s partnerships with Google, GoGrid and large-enterprise consultants such as Accenture suggests that these partners’ customers are running or interested in running Cassandra (and other NoSQL data stores) and are asking for support.
How NoSQL will power the Internet of Things
Open-source NoSQL databases such as Apache Cassandra are (and will be) key enablers of the Internet of Things.
2013
20 Red Hot, Pre-IPO Companies in 2014 B2B Tech
In tech, successful companies will almost always end in a liquidity event of some sort: a sale or an initial public offering, so now that the Twitter buzz has calmed, who should you be looking at next?
One Year Later: Are Tech Firms Ready for Another Sandy?
Today marks a somber anniversary. One year ago, a ferocious storm unleashed its wrath and devastated many people’s personal lives and businesses.
The Morning Ledger: Corporate Bond Binge
The Morning Ledger from CFO Journal cues up the most important news in corporate finance every weekday morning.
Flash furtler Fusion-io’s stocks dip as Apple and Facebook ‘taper off investment’
Fusion-io has just lost its chief financial officer and chief sales officer, and is now reporting deepening losses in its first fiscal 2014 quarter, although the sales still look healthy.
CFO Moves: Boston Scientific, Coupons.com, Fusion-io, DataStax
Fusion-io Inc., a maker of high-performance, data-storage systems based in Salt Lake City, said CFO Dennis Wolf will leave the company after a transition period to join a private company.
Dennis Wolf Recognition Plaque
Dennis Wolf will join the company as CFO, where he will oversee all of the company’s financial and operational functions.
Wolf to leave Fusion-io for DataStax CFO post
Dennis Wolf will leave his CFO post at storage drive-maker Fusion-io for the same position at DataStax, a database startup.
Fusion-io posts 3Q loss, outlook week; CFO leaving
Fusion-io Inc. on Wednesday posted a fiscal first-quarter loss as revenue dropped 27 percent, and the flash storage-drive maker also said that two top executives are leaving.
Dennis Wolf Leaves CFO Post at Fusion-io, Moves to DataStax
DataStax Inc. said Silicon Valley veteran and former Fusion-IO Inc. executive Dennis Wolf will join the company as chief financial officer.
More Bad News From Steve Wozniak’s Fusion-IO: A Crummy Outlook And The CFO Is Leaving
We’ve been documenting the implosion of Fusion-IO, a 2011 IPO darling and the employer of Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak.
Acunu and Cassandra Drive the Hailo App
London’s number one taxi app has come a long way in two years thanks to real time data analytics.
Sky Swaps Oracle for Cassandra to Reduce Online Shopping Errors
The broadcasting company also saw performance improve by ten times.
Free Training and Free Software From DataStax
DataStax has announced its Startup Programme designed to allow “eligible startups” (by its own terms and classification) to deploy DataStax Enterprise (DSE) applications for free, along with a new DevCenter tool and free online training courses for Cassandra users.
Why you shouldn’t use NoSQL just for the sake of it
A long-time Java advocate, University of Dundee lecturer Andy Cobley explains why he’s teaching Cassandra, the reason he hopes it doesn’t all go horribly wrong for NoSQL, and why he still stands behind Oracle’s platform, fifteen years down the line.
Cassandra’s Europe Summit – The Keynote – Extra Scaling
At the opening of the conference day at Cassandra Summit Europe 2013, Johnathan Ellis, Datastax CTO, made a point of positioning Apache Cassandra as an enterprise scalable database and one that scales in a linear fashion to massive scales.
DataStax Tempts Start-ups with NoSQL by Offering Cassandra for Free
DataStax is trying to tempt start-ups away from using traditional relational databases to grow their business by offering its enterprise version of Apache Cassandra’s NoSQL database for free.
IP EXPO 2013: Rackspace, DataStax join new initiative to support high-growth UK startups
A new programme aiming to give early-stage ventures the cloud, software, and data stack resources they need to rapidly scale has launched at IP EXPO 2013.
History in the Making: Datastax’s Plan to Devour a Slice of Oracle’s Pie
Repeat after me: Legacy databases weren’t built to power online businesses. Legacy databases weren’t built to power online businesses. Legacy databases….
DataStax Offers Free Software for Startups
Online application specialist DataStax has announced a new initiative to help startup businesses.
Datastax Gives Startups Free Production Cassandra DB
Datastax today announced a new initiative to give new companies free licenses to its enterprise version of Cassandra.
Why NoSQL Databases Are Gaining Fans
Given their Web roots, Cassandra, Couchbase and MongoDB have certainly taken more business away from MySQL than any commercially licensed database, but the recent infusions of capital show that there’s big money riding on broad enterprise adoption of NoSQL.
Start up CIOs opt for NoSQL
A new database dawn? Emerging digital business tech leaders explain their database choice.
When NoSQL Makes Sense
Scalability and flexibility. These are the two key attributes of NoSQL databases, the ones that have made them big data darlings.
A new database dawn?
Rising data levels and real-time web applications are driving a shift towards NoSQL databases a move that could be as significant as the switch from mainframe to relational databases 30 years ago.
Skillpages develops DataStax Cassandra to rank trades with NoSQL
How do you find a good tree surgeon? One you can trust, because he or she has been recommended by someone in your social circle?
Cassandra 2.0: The next generation of big data
In 2008, Facebook gave big data users a gift. The social network released Cassandra, its NoSQL, big data distributed data store to open source.
A big data case study: Ooyala’s real-time video analytics
An early adopter of the NoSQL database Apache Cassandra and data crunching platform Hadoop, the firm’s set-up now includes hot new technologies such as Storm, Spark, Shark and Splunk.
Cassandra advances into the top 10 most popular database engines
One month after MongoDB gained one rank, Cassandra made this outstanding move in our ranking, underlining the increasing popularity of NoSQL database systems.
Goodbye CEP, hello streaming and Cassandra
In particular, advocates of Cassandra would suggest that event streaming is fine if you just want to analyse what’s happening right now but that if you want to understand what’s happening now in the context of what was happening five minutes ago and five minutes before that – in other words, trending – then Cassandra is better option.
Sexy Enough To Be A Data Scientist? Here’s What It Takes & Where To Begin
“Data Scientist” is the sexiest job of the 21st century. The Harvard Business Review made this claim last October and it seems that everyone (including your grandmother) has been repeating it ever since.
Big Data Debate: Will HBase Dominate NoSQL?
HBase is modeled after Google BigTable and is part of the world’s most popular big data processing platform, Apache Hadoop.
Weekly Big Data Review: SQL Alternatives are All the Rage
This past week featured a number of Big Data developments. Cloudera released an open-source authentication engine for Hadoop, Google upgraded its Cloud Platform with new data management capabilities, and DataStax raised $45 million in funding to accelerate Cassandra development.
DataStax Launches New Cassandra-Based NoSQL DBs, Gets $45M Funding
DataStax, provider of a big data platform based on Apache Cassandra, has announced new versions of its enterprise-grade and community-edition database software, along with a new round of funding to help to grow its business.
DataStax Raises New $45 Million Round Of Funding
DataStax says the funding builds on its ongoing customer momentum, which includes 20 companies in the Fortune 100, as well as “dozens” of enterprise migrating from Oracle to Cassandra-based NoSQL.
DataStax Nabs $45 Million for NoSQL Tech
Apache Cassandra distributor DataStax announced yesterday morning that it has raised $45 million in Series D funding from Scale Venture Partners, DFJ Growth, and Next World Capital.
Oracle and the Innovator’s Dilemma: An interview with DataStax CEO Billy Bosworth
DataStax, distributor of the NoSQL database Apache Cassandra, yesterday announced the release of the latest version of its Enterprise distribution.
DataStax raises £29m in funding to expand NoSQL database business
NoSQL database provider DataStax has managed to raise $45 million (£29 million) in funding to help it expand internationally, support the open-source community and carry out further product development.
DataStax Stalks Oracle with Cassandra Upgrades
DataStax says scalability improvements and a fresh infusion of $45 million in venture capital will lure customers from Oracle Database to Cassandra.
DataStax CEO: Let’s clear the air about NoSQL and ACID
This week on the New Tech Forum, DataStax CEO Billy Bosworth offers an incisive essay on a key difference in relational and NoSQL mindsets.
The Daily Startup: Database Startup DataStax Stacks Up Cash
DataStax Inc. has raised $45 million in Series D funding led by Scale Venture Partners, as the company deals with increasing demand from enterprise customers and moves toward a possible initial public offering.
DataStax Nabs $45M to Dominate the Global ‘Enterprise NoSQL’ Market
DataStax, the company that wants to bring down Oracle’s relational database, has scored yet more venture funding.
DataStax Finds $45M for Apache Cassandra
DataStax, a developer of services and support for the Apache Cassandra open source NoSQL database, has raised a big, $45M funding round.
DataStax Readies For IPO, Raises $45M For Modern Database Platform Suited To New Data Intensive World
DataStax will use the funding to build out globally and invest in Apache Cassandra, the NoSQL open-source project and foundation for the company’s database distributions.
DataStax Raises $45M as its Big Data Flavor Explodes
DataStax CEO Billy Bosworth said he wasn’t looking to raise money but the $45 million in new funding he just got will be invaluable.
DataStax Raises $45 Million
San Mateo-based DataStax, founded in 2010, sells software and services built on top of Apache Cassandra, an open source distributed database management system originally developed by Facebook that advocates say can be flexible and resilient on a global scale to an unprecedented degree.
DataStax Bags $45 Million to Massage Cassandra
Funding foretells coming storm for trad database vendors.
High-Performance Database Company DataStax Raises $45 Million
DataStax will be using the funding to expand globally and continue to invest in their NoSQL open source project called Apache Cassandra.
Big Data Company DataStax Raises $45M Series D
DataStax, which provides a big data platform built on Apache Cassandra, has raised $45 million in Series D funding.
DataStax Raises $45M Series D for Enterprise NoSQL Database Offering
Enterprise big data platform company DataStax has raised a $45 million Series D round led by Scale Venture Partners, with participation from DFJ Growth, New World Capital, and existing investors Lightspeed Venture Partners, Crosslink Capital, and Meritech Capital Partners.
NoSQL Startup DataStax Seal Extra $45m for Cassandra Crafting
The latest round of venture capital takes the startup’s total to $83m since its creation in 2010, and will be used to “fuel international expansion, channel growth and product development.”
DataStax Simplifies the Transition to NoSQL Cassandra Database
To celebrate the fifth birthday of the NoSQL Cassandra open source database, DataStax released an update to the enterprise version of Cassandra that makes it easier for applications built on SQL databases to transition to the NoSQL platform.
DataStax Primps Cassandra for Developers
Eyeing Oracle, CEO Billy Bosworth says DataStax Enterprise 3.1 eliminates some of the complexity that’s deterred holdouts.
NoSQL Startup DataStax Raises $45M to Ride Cassandra’s Wave
DataStax, a San Mateo, Calif.-based startup offering a commercial version of the Apache Cassandra NoSQL database, has raised a $45 million series D round led by new investor Scale Ventures.
DataStax Raises $45M, Eyes Possible IPO
Faced with growing demand from enterprise customers for online applications that work fast and don’t crash, DataStax Inc. raised $45 million in additional funding as the company moves toward a possible initial public offering.
DataStax Rakes $45 Million; Schemes Growth
While Hadoop has been getting the elephant’s share of attention recently in NoSQL database circles, Cassandra database vendor, DataStax, has been dutifully squirrelling away at their own plans, which it was revealed this morning will be fueled by a $45 million dollar series D funding round.
Big Data Startup DataStax Raises $45 Million Series D Round, Sets Sights On IPO
DataStax, a next-generation database startup that’s making noise about stealing customers from Oracle (NSDQ:ORCL), announced a $45 million series D funding round Tuesday and is preparing to go public.
Why NoSQL is a No-brainer
This blog features a mini interview-cum-discussion-cum-‘fireside chat’ with Jonathan Ellis, who is CTO at DataStax and, indeed, the current Apache Cassandra project chair.
DataStax Makes it Easier for Developers to be Productive + Wins US $45 Million Investment
Larry Ellison probably won’t be celebrating Apache Cassandra’s fifth birthday today.
DataStax Enterprise 3.1: NoSQL; Yes, CQL.
DataStax, the major commercial entity behind the Apache Cassandra wide column store NoSQL database, is today announcing version 3.1 of its DataStax Enterprise distribution.
Oracle Databases: From MySQL to NoSQL Switch?
Is the NoSQL database trend a threat to Oracle (ORCL)?
Is It Oracle, Or Is It The Market?
Oracle is under attack in virtually all of its markets.
Here’s The Latest Threat To Oracle’s Database Empire
The biggest companies in the world keep their most valuable data in Oracle databases but there’s a new kind of database, known as noSQL, that has slowly become a threat.
Big Data News: Intel, WalmartLabs, DataStax
Big data continues to be big news, as Intel expands Lustre to the enterprise, @WalmartLabs acquires Inkiru and DataStax helps move customers off of Oracle, over to Cassandra NoSQL databases.
Cassandra project chair: We’re taking on Oracle
With Cassandra 2.0 due in July, Apache project chair Jonathan Ellis says his team is focusing on such issues as ease of use.
Big Data Pioneers Get Big For Their Britches
DataStax and Cloudera say NoSQL databases and Hadoop are the future, but don’t count out Oracle and company just yet.
Unplugged: Cassandra could wreak havoc on Oracle
Cassandra isn’t the girl next door. In fact, she isn’t a person at all. Cassandra is an open-source database technology that is likely to wreak havoc on the technology industry and threaten the future of legacy purveyors of relational databases, such as Oracle.
DataStax Finds the Enterprise Fulcrum with Cassandra
Red Hat and MySQL did it successfully first, before there was a roadmap or formula – they balanced the commitment to being a primary open source curator while simultaneously building a commercial business around the open source offering.
Key Takeaways From DataStax’s Cassandra Big Data Conference
Fast-developing DataStax has about 300 customers–growing from a mere 11 in 2011–and is aiming in the market at industry veterans Oracle, SAP and Microsoft.
DataStax Takes Aim at Oracle as Cassandra Summit Kicks Off
The traditional database world is under more fire this week as the Cassandra Summit kicks off in San Francisco. Oracle, the poster child for the traditional database, was the target of choice when Apache Cassandra database vendor, DataStax released news dissing the entrenched database giant.
Will Oracle Become a Bit Player? DataStax’s Apache Cassandra Takes the Main Stage
“That’s problematic,” says Robin Schumacher, Vice President of Product Management at DataStax, a company which sells and supports an enterprise version of Big Data database Apache Cassandra.
DataStax and The New Rules Of Data-Driven Clouds – Breaking the Oracle Chains
Big Data is accessible for any organization – whether big or small, reaching across the spectrum of data demands, in clouds throughout the world – and your best possible data infrastructure can be achieved quickly, easily and with cost-effectiveness with DataStax and Apache Cassandra.
DataStax CEO: Open source databases onslaught for Oracle
Netflix, Openwave Messaging and Ooyala have migrated from Oracle to an enterprise edition of Apache Cassandra. DataStax CEO Billy Bosworth argues more companies and developers will follow.
14 Big Data Startups You’re Going To Be Hearing A Lot More About
Startups that got funding a couple of years ago are starting to get some serious momentum. Others are still in stealth mode, busily putting the finishing touches on potentially game changing tech.
HealthCare Anytime Improves Big-Data Management with DataStax
The amount of data being generated in the healthcare industry is staggering. The numbers for just one organization, HealthCare Anytime, demonstrates how critical it is to have a management system that can handle the ever-increasing volume.
Friday Night Bytes: Leadership Lessons From Coaching Football
Technology and football. These have been the twin faces of Billy Bosworth’s life, CEO of DataStax, a data platform that competes with the likes of Oracle and counts Netflix among its major clients.
Big movies, big data: Netflix embraces NoSQL in the cloud
Netflix is the big Kahuna of a Web media businesses, with 33 million subscribers in more than 40 countries. As Netflix’s “watch now” streaming service has grown, the company has had to rethink its data and storage strategies to cope with ballooning workloads managed in the cloud.
DataStax – Three Ways to access the same Big Data
We recently had a conversation with DataStax regarding their DataStax Enterprise product, which got us to thinking a little about the nature of Big Data and Cloud.
The biggest cloud app of all: Netflix
Netflix, the popular video-streaming service that takes up a third of all internet traffic during peak traffic hours isn’t just the single largest internet traffic service.
Netflix foretells ‘House of Cards’ success with Cassandra big data engine
House of Cards, staring Kevin Spacey, is the first major TV show to completely bypass the usual television ecosystem of networks and cable operators and premier on the streaming service Netflix.
Big Data Comes To London – open source makes the market.
I met up with DataStax earlier this week, a company building a business around the Apache-licensed Cassandra key value store. the company is very bullish about the European market for non relational database technology generally, and Cassandra specifically.
DataStax Offers Enterprise-Ready NoSQL Big Data Platform: BizCloud Video
Many companies are currently in the midst of figuring out how to best manage the ever increasing influx of both semi-structured and unstructured data.
DataStax pushes NoSQL into Europe with new London-based subsidiary
Last year was a good year for NoSQL outfit DataStax. The big data company’s customer base increased roughly tenfold to 270, including 20 Fortune 100 firms and names such as eBay, Netflix and Thomson Reuters.
Big data player DataStax opens UK office
Big data platform provider DataStax, which helped Netflix determine the likely popularity of its first proprietary series House of Cards, has opened a London Office to help it keep up with demand for its services in EMEA.
NoSQL database firms step up attack on relational in UK and Europe
NoSQL suppliers DataStax, CouchBase and 10Gen all smell blood as they land and expand on European territory. All seem to sense a weakening of the relational model, with its neat rows and columns.
Big Data distributor DataStax launches UK office Cassandra community is vibrant throughout EMEA
DataStax, the open source start-up which combines Apache Cassandra (the database developed by Facebook) with Hadoop (the number-crunching platform based on Google’s backend infrastructure), has opened an office in London to address the growing Big Data market in Europe.
Oracle is Bleeding At The Hands Of Database Rivals
Something is seriously wrong in Larry Land. Oracle does not command absolute control like it once did. You can see this clearly with the earnings the company posted last week and the growth that startups like Datastax are witnessing as more customers seek alternative databases for online applications.
DataStax Brings Enterprise Security To Cassandra, Hadoop, Solr
DataStax Enterprise (DSE) 3.0 was announced last month with several Enterprise security features for a cluster using Cassandra, Hadoop and Solr.
Enterprise Sector Keeps Booming as Actifio Scores $500M Valuation
Like Mr. Bansal of AppDynamics, Billy Bosworth, CEO of database company DataStax, also opted against a “Sand Hill crawl”–taking a series of meetings up and down the Menlo Park, Calif., street that is home to many of the biggest venture firms–to maximize the valuation, he said.
Hunt for Engineers Leads to Scattered Workforces
Facing a talent crunch at home, young Bay Area companies are establishing teams of engineers around the world—and adjusting to the complexities of a far-flung workforce.The hunt to hire workers abroad comes as startups are also rushing to lure foreign workers to their Bay Area headquarters, as demand for top technical talent outstrips local supply.
DataStax Introduces World’s First NoSQL Big Data Platform With Comprehensive Enterprise-Grade Security Features
DataStax, the company that powers the big data apps that transform business, today announced the general availability of DataStax Enterprise (DSE) 3.
Debt Collector Taps Analytics, Cloud to Reduce Debtor Phone Calls
To support Mr. Trepel’s work, Mr. Eberling said he is considering using cloud analytics from startup DataStax Inc., whose commercial version of the open-source Apache Cassandra database is designed to process large amounts of data in real-time.
DataStax Merges Enterprise Security, NoSQL In Big Data Platform
Big data applications vendor DataStax said this week it will start shipping its next-generation data management platform on Feb. 25, a release the company says melds the flexibility of NoSQL databases with enterprise-level security.
DataStax Combines Security with NoSQL Big Data
Two major trends have emerged in the Big Data channel in recent months: First, NoSQL is becoming an increasingly popular database choice, and second, commitment to security is finally catching up with the drive to build Big Data infrastructures as quickly as possible.
DataStax 1.2 on Windows: A guided tour
Cassandra is a major wide column store NoSQL database. It’s popular in standalone form, and can be used with Hadoop to perform MapReduce analyses on Cassandra column families (tables).
DataStax cranks up Facebook NoSQL to 3.0 with enterprise features
DataStax, the company that was founded to take the Cassandra NoSQL data store created by Facebook commercial and therefore usable by mere enterprise data centers, is keeping to its cadence and is rolling up a new release of its DataStax Enterprise Edition.
IT Briefcase Exclusive Interview: Transforming Big Data with Robin Schumacher, DataStax
There is no doubt that Big Data has exploded over the last 12 months. The real question lies in how many businesses are truly maximizing the opportunities that Big Data can afford.
Startup Success: Think Like a Quarterback
So I asked Mike: “What do you look for in a company before you make an investment?” His response was certainly interesting.
2012
13 Big Data Vendors To Watch In 2013
Apache Cassandra is an open-source, column-group style NoSQL database that was developed by Facebook and inspired by Amazon’s Dynamo database. DataStax is a software and commercial support provider that can implement Cassandra as a stand-alone database, in conjunction with Hadoop (on the same infrastructure) or with Solr, which offers full-text-search capabilities from Apache Lucene.
Big Data Revolution Will Be Led By Revolutionaries
By Constant Contact’s estimates, the relational route would have required a $2.5 million investment and nine months of development. It deployed Cassandra, supported by DataStax, within three months at a cost of $250,000.
Top 3 Enterprise Ecommerce Player eBay Use That SMB Ecommerce Owners Shop Emulate
To accommodate eBay’s explosive data growth— its data centers perform hundreds of millions of reads and writes each day—and the increasing demand to process data at blistering speeds, eBay needed a solution that did not have the typical bottlenecks, scalability issues and transactional constraints associated with common relational database approaches.
Forbes: Simple Ways E-commerce Sites Can Compete With eBay and Amazon
Gathering and analyzing shoppers’ behavioral data is one step towards providing customers with a superior online experience they’ll be crowing about.
Forbes: More Data, More Dollars?
As seen with the IPO of Splunk (NASDAQ:SPLK), the Big Data industry is certainly red hot. But what are early-stage operators doing — especially with monetizing things?
Apple Says Greatest Tribute To Steve Jobs Is ‘Dreaming Up’ New Products
“Steve Jobs taught us all that a vision can be realized even in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds. The game is never over.
DataStax Wants a Pound of Flesh From Oracle
Last week, I met up with DataStax CEO Billy Bosworth, and he talked about the new opportunity he sees in the database business.
DataStax CEO on Why Big Data Is a Big Deal
This week DataStax announced a $25 million C round, which was led by Meritech Venture Parnters. The company is a fast-growing player in the hot Big Data market, which is benefiting from megatrends like mobile, the cloud and social networking.
The Daily Start-Up: It’s Still the Best Year for VC-Backed IPOs Since 2007, Despite Slow 3Q
DataStax, which makes a commercial version of the highly scalable Apache Cassandra database, raised $25 million in Series C funding as the amount of data that organizations are trying to analyze continues to explode.
Cassandra-based DataStax leads the NoSQL charge, pulls in $25m
DataStax, a startup that wants to bring down Oracle’s relational database, has pulled in $25 million in venture capital funding. The company’s pitch is that unlike the relational database, it is equipped to handle higher velocity and volumes of data.
DataStax Adds $25M in Series C Funding to Scale Big Data Platform
Today San Mateo, CA-based big data company DataStax announced it has raised $25 million in C round of funding led by Meritech Capital Partners, with participation from previous investors Lightspeed Venture Partners and Crosslink Capital.
Forty Vendors We’re Watching: 2012
DataStax brings an array of open source products to Cassandra, a scalable NoSQL database for real-time big data workloads across multiple nodes.
Wikibon: Cassandra Continues to Win Real-Time Big Data Converts
Cassandra stands at the front of the NoSQL pack when it comes to supporting real-time, interactive (non-analytics) Big Data applications.
Apache Cassandra database upgrade due this fall
The open source NoSQL database, which reached the 1.0 release stage last October, is now in use at companies including Disney, eBay, and Netflix, according to Jonathan Ellis, project chair for the Apache Cassandra project and CTO at DataStax, which offers commercial products and services based on Cassandra.
10 Coolest Big Data Startups Of 2012
Here are 10 examples of cool big data startups from the first half of 2012. Some have been incubating awhile and had their big debuts in 2012.
Because Hadoop isn’t perfect: 8 ways to replace HDFS
DataStax, a startup commercializing the Cassandra database, has fused Hadoop atop Cassandra to provide web applications fast access to data processed by Hadoop, and Hadoop fast access to data streaming into Cassandra from web users.
Hadoop Summit Brings Wave of Product Enhancements
With the Hadoop Summit taking place this week in San Jose, California, vendors supporting the open-source data-analysis platform are rushing new products to market.
Cassandra 1.1 Released: What’s New
There are a lot of interesting new features and improvements in the newly released Cassandra 1.1 version to cover them all here, but here’s the gist of them…
Cassandra 1.1 Brings Cache Tuning, Mixed Storage Support
Apache has dished out another serving of Cassandra, the open source NoSQL database popular for handling big data. The improvements speak to a maturing NoSQL database that’s well-suited for big data deployments.
Cassandra Stays Ahead Of The NoSQL Pack
The NoSQL market continues to red hot with everyone throwing their hat into the ring. One of the stalwarts of the segment, Apache’s Cassandra project just released the 1.1 version of the NoSQL database and it has significant new features among which are improved caching, a revised query language and better Hadoop integration.
Integrating Enterprise Search with Analytics. Interview with Jonathan Ellis.
I wanted to learn more about the new version of the commercial version of Cassandra, DataStax Enterprise 2.0. I did interview Jonathan Ellis, CTO and co-founder of DataStax and project chair of Apache Cassandra.
DataStax adds search to Cassandra NoSQL
At the Structure Data 2012 conference in New York this week, DataStax, which as commercialized the Apache Cassandra NoSQL database originally created by Facebook and open sourced as an Apache project, has bolted on search to the data store and a plug in that lets it also search and index application logs.
DataStax Enterprise 2.0 Combines Cassandra, Hadoop And Solr For Ultimate Big Data Solution
With the GigOm Structure Data conference going on this week in NYC, there is lots of news around the still red hot Big Data space.
How to Get a Twitter-esque Architecture Out of the Box
Today, a developer can work on a platform that integrates Hadoop, Cassandra, and Solr on a single cluster… Hey! Those technologies are used at another major company I’ve read about… what was their name again?
Cassandra + Hadoop + Solr and Sqoop and Log4j => DataStax Enterprise 2.0
The tl;dr version is: DataStax has announced. Cassandra + Hadoop + Solr on the same cluster plus Sqoop, Log4j, and workload provisioning = DataStax Enterprise 2.0
DataStax Manages Big Data Trio: Real-Time, Analytic, and Search
DataStax is pushing forward its commercial offerings for the Apache Cassandra open source distributed database management system with this week’s release of its DataStax Enterprise 2.0 product.
DataStax Enterprise 2.0 combines search and big data
DataStax just launched the second version of its DataStax Enterprise (DSE 2.0). This software combines DataStax’s edition of Apache Cassandra, Hadoop and Solr.
Datastax Integrates Solr and More in Latest Release
Datastax annuonced the new version of its commercial Apache Cassandra distribution today. The biggest new feature in DataStax Enterprise 2.0 is the integration of Solr on top of the Cassandra stack.
DataStax Enterprise 2.0 enhances enterprise search capability to Smart Big Data platform
DataStax, provider of Apache Cassandra, announced this week DataStax Enterprise 2.0 (DSE 2.0), its complete big data solution designed to manage real-time, analytic, and now enterprise search data, all in the same database cluster.
DataStax Enterprise 2.0 Adds Enterprise Search Capabilities to Big Data Platform
DataStax, which offers products and services based on the open source database Apache Cassandra, has announced DataStax Enterprise 2.0 (DSE 2.0), a big data solution designed to manage real-time, analytic, as well as enterprise search data, all in the same database cluster.
DataStax Enterprise 2.0
My client DataStax is announcing DataStax Enterprise 2.0. The big point of the release is that there’s a bunch of stuff integrated together…
The Big Promise of Big Data
For Twitter, making sense of its mountains of user data was big enough of a problem that it purchased another company just to help get the job done.
Pentaho, DataStax Build Ties To Ease NoSQL Data Movement
Apache open-source software distributors Pentaho and DataStax announced Tuesday that they have integrated their software to simplify the task of getting data into and out of the Cassandra NoSQL database.
Pentaho Teams with DataStax for Visualized NoSQL Analytics
Today Pentaho, a BI software maker, announced that it’s working on a joint solution with DataStax, the first commercial distributor of the Cassandra Hadoop connector.
Creating a Big Data Platform: A Q&A with Billy Bosworth of DataStax
This BeyeNETWORK spotlight features Ron Powell’s interview with Billy Bosworth, CEO of DataStax. Ron and Billy discuss why enterprises should consider using the NoSQL database Apache Cassandra for big data analytics and talk about the products and services DataStax provides for Apache Cassandra.
Roundup: Amazon’s DynamoDB
Amazon Web Services has launched DynamoDB, a fully managed NoSQL database service that provides extremely fast and predictable performance with seamless scalability.
DataStax Reviews Company, Cassandra Through 2011
DataStax, a commercial distributor of the Apache Cassandra NoSQL database is reflecting on the past year. The company reached several milestones in the past year, as did Cassandra, and there are high hopes surrounding both as we enter 2012.
5 Big Data Startups That Matter
Cassandra in the NoSQL movement has not enjoyed the hype of let’s say…Mongo, but I view that as a good thing.
Interview with Sylvain Lebresne of DataStax
Sylvain Lebresne will give a talk about “The Apache Cassandra storage engine” at FOSDEM 2012.
2011
How to to provide a strongly consistent distributed database…
During the recent round of NoSQL Road Show events it has emerged that this description could be taken to suggest that NewSQL products are able to provide consistency, availability and partition tolerance and therefore contravene the common understanding of CAP Theorem that “a distributed system can satisfy any two of these guarantees at the same time, but not all three.”
The 10 Most Important Open Source Projects of 2011
Well, here we are, another year almost done for. Time to look back and take stock of the year that was.
Netflix opens “portal” for its open source projects
Netflix has announced that it has opened a “portal” for its open source projects… The “portal” is a github page for the Netflix projects.
Netflix Benchmarks on AWS Show Cassandra Still Has the Goods
Fastforward to last month and we see the stability issues fade away as Apache Cassandra reaches a major milestone in version 1.0.
Big Data: Hadoop, Business Analytics and Beyond
Providing effective business analytics tools and technologies to the enterprise is a top priority of CIOs and for good reason. Effective business analytics – from basic reporting to advanced data mining and predictive analytics — allows data analysts and business users alike to extract insights from corporate data that, when translated into action, deliver higher levels of efficiency and profitability to the enterprise.
Calxeda Introduces EnergyCore ARM Processor for Servers
Calxeda, which has been talking about ARM servers for quite some time, made it official today. It announced a new ARM processor designed for servers, called EnergyCore, as well as Hewlett Packard’s plans to build a low-energy server around the chip.
DataStax to Hire 20; Serves Cisco, Netflix
Burlingame, Calif-based start-up DataStax will hire up to 20 new employees over the next year after raising $11 million in financing from Crosslink Capital and backer Lightspeed Venture Partners.
CIA: Cloud Solving Our Petascale Data Problem
Cloud computing will help him manage that data with technologies that include distributed database management system Apache Cassandra, which was initially developed for Facebook, and cloud data platform MapReduce.
Oracle Releases NoSQL Database, Advances Big Data Plans
Another attractive attribute of Cassandra and other open source products is their low cost, as they’re designed to scale out on commodity hardware.”There’s an order-of-magnitude difference in the speed, performance, and cost of deploying conventional relational databases and Cassandra,” said Billy Bosworth, CEO at Cassandra enterprise support and system monitoring and management software provider DataStax.
Cassandra 1.0.0. Is Ready for the Enterprise
Apache has announced the release of Cassandra 1.0.0, the first major milestone of the distributed column-based data store coming with data compression and several performance improvements and optimizations.
Cassandra database now ready for mere mortals
Jonathan Ellis, vice president of the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) Cassandra project, is reported to have announced that the NoSQL database is now ready for “mere mortals.
StartUp Beat Q&A with DataStax VP of Marketing Michael Weir
DataStax , which just closed an $11 million Series B funding round, offers an enterprise database platform with big functionality enhancements.
Cassandra Reaches 1.0: What’s Next?
One of the leading NoSQL databases has reached the coveted 1.0 release. Apache announced Cassandra 1.0 today, just two years after entering the Apache Incubator.
Apache Cassandra Ready for the Enterprise
“We’re consciously signalling that Cassandra is ready for mere mortals,” said Jonathan Ellis, who is the Apache vice president of Apache Cassandra project, jokingly referring to the amount administrative expertise needed to deploy previous versions of the software.
The Apache Software Foundation Announces Apache Cassandra 1.0
The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), the all-volunteer developers, stewards, and incubators of nearly 150 Open Source projects and initiatives, today announced Apache Cassandra™ v1.0.
Apache launches Cassandra 1.0 NoSQL DB
The Apache Software Foundation announced Tuesday the release of Cassandra 1.0, the NoSQL database originally developed at Facebook for handling distributed, massive workloads common in cloud computing.
Apache Cassandra reaches foretold version 1.0
The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) has announced the release of version 1.0 of the open source, highly scalable, column-oriented, distributed “NoSQL” database, Cassandra.
VIDEO: DataStax brings big data, Cassandra, to business
Cassandra is big data, no-SQL infrastructure for building new kinds of web services. Billy Bosworth, CEO of DataStax, explains what this is all about and tells me what the role of DataStax is in helping developers get into this new world.
Oracle Sails Out of OpenWorld, Into Uncharted Waters
At OpenWorld, the company rolled out not only a social network, but a “NoSQL” database along the lines of MongoDB and Cassandra and a “public cloud” that follows in the footsteps of Amazon Web Services and Google App Engine.
Oracle’s NoSQL
I have to agree with DataStax and other developers in the NoSQL movement: Oracle’s announcement is a validation, more than anything else.
DataStax Launches Enterprise Platform
DataStax, a provider of solutions based on the open source Apache Cassandra database platform, announced it is shipping an enterprise database platform designed to enable the management of both real-time and analytic workloads from a single environment.
Oracle does about-face on NoSQL
Oracle’s introduction of its Big Data Appliance at the OpenWorld conference here this week is an indication of the attention it is being forced to pay to NoSQL database technology.
Oracle Digs in On NoSQL, Hadoop, End-to-End Big Data
This week at Oracle OpenWorld, Oracle execs unveiled what the company called an “end-to-end solution” for big data, designed to make massive data volumes readily available to BI, analytics and data warehouses.
Trends and Data – Notes from Strata NYC 2011
I’ve attended the Strata conference in NYC last week. Its been many years since I’ve last attended a conference without presenting in it.
Are you really data-driven or just using data to prove a point?
I love data, I love the benefits that data analysis offers, and I love the concept of large amounts of data being massaged, queried, and providing insights through a whole new set of technical innovations – and there are many in data right now.
DataStax goes ‘open core’ with Facebook’s Cassandra
DataStax – the outfit that commercialized the Cassandra distributed database originally open sourced by Facebook – will soon release two new software packages based on the “NoSQL” platform.
DataStax lands $11 million to further the “NoSQL” data store revolution
DataStax, which sells products built on top of the open source “NoSQL” data store Apache Cassandra, just announced a $11 million investment from Crosslink Capital and Lightspeed Venture Partners.The company also announced a new enterprise product which will be available in Q4, 2011.
DataStax, Neo Bank on NoSQL, Investors Bank on Them
Demand for NoSQL database technologies is growing as companies are adapting to open-source, seeking an alternative to SQL that can handle the massive amounts of data they need to analyze.
More Corporate Customers Are Saying Yes To NoSQL
NoSQL databases promise to solve some of the most pressing problems with traditional database management systems, but so far they’ve been used sparsely by companies willing to pay for the software.
DataStax raises $11 million for expansion
DataStax has raised $11 million to expand its software and services that help companies deal with massive amounts of web data threatening to overwhelm their systems.
NoSQL’s Next Step Forward: DataStax Makes Cassandra Commercial
Cassandra – which lies at the core of the new DataStax Enterprise project – is based on three and only three very simple methods: insert, get, and delete.
DataStax pivots back to its original strategy
The DataStax and Cassandra stories are somewhat confusing. Unfortunately, DataStax chose to clarify them in what has turned out to be a crazy news week.
Understanding Apache Cassandra
Many IT pros have heard of Apache Cassandra, but don’t know much about the project and haven’t had time to really find out more.
The State of Solandra – Summer 2011
A little over 18 months ago we talked to Jake Luciani about Lucandra – a Cassandra-based Lucene backend. Since then Jake has moved away from raw Lucene and married Cassandra with Solr, which is why Lucandra now goes by Solandra.
AppDynamics takes Cassandra out for Beer and Big Data
An interview by AppDynamics about Apache Cassandra
Red Hat considering NoSQL/Hadoop acquisition
InternetNews.com yesterday published an article based on an interview with Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst asking the question “Is Red Hat Interested in the Database Market?” In truth there was no real need to ask the question, as Whitehurst’s comments made it pretty clear that Red Hat is interested in the database market, and specifically the NoSQL database market.
How to Boost Your Hadoop Performance With Brisk
The discussion of big data technology can often be split into one side or another: the realtime capabilities of databases that often have to organize records at sub-second speeds, or the analytical capabilities of databases that have to comprehensively search those same records at the same level of speed.
Matt Dennis interviewed at OSCON 2011
Matthew Dennis from DataStax interviewed at OSCON 2011
CassandraSF2011: Progress and Futures
Jonathan Ellis, CTO of DataStax and project chair for Apache Cassandra, keynoted at Cassandra SF 2011. Major accomplishments for the project in the last year include better support for multi-data center deployments, optimized read performance, included integrated caching and improved client APIs including a SQL-like language CQL.
Database high priest mud wrestles Facebook
Last week, in a piece from our friends at GigaOM, Database Grandpoobah Mike Stonebraker announced that Facebook’s continued dependance on MySQL was “a fate worse than death,” insisting that the social network’s only route to salvation is to “bite the bullet and rewrite everything.”
Big Data Drives Enterprise Solutions to the Next Level
One of the key, driving changes to IT infrastructure today is the exponential growth in the areas of data, storage, processing power and bandwidth utilization.
Big data in real time is no fantasy
Big data — as in managing and analyzing — large volumes of information, has come a long way in the past couple of years.
Choosing a cloud data store for Big Data
Established vendors and startups alike have spearheaded advanced technologies for managing petabytes of data that have sprung from social computing and data analysis applications, commonly called Big Data.
Cassandra with CQL
CQL will look very familiar to anyone who knows SQL, with most of the usual keywords – Select, Use, Update, Drop and Create are all there and work pretty much as you expect.
Cassandra and Hadoop-Strange Bedfellows or a Match Made in Heaven?
Both HBase and Cassandra can deal with large data sets, and provide high transaction rates and low latency lookups. Both allow map-reduce processing to be run against the database when aggregation or parallel processing is required.
NoSQL database Cassandra version 0.8.0 arrives
Nearly five months after 0.7.0 arrived, the Apache Cassandra development team has released version 0.8.0 of its highly scalable, column-oriented, NoSQL database.
When The Going Gets Tough, Call On Open Source
It used to be that open source was not “industrial” enough for the big jobs, now it is just the opposite
DataStax Brings in New CEO to Lead NoSQL Expansion
DataStax, the Burlingame, Calif.-based startup that sells commercial products and services on top of the NoSQL Cassandra database, has appointed database industry veteran Billy Bosworth as its new CEO.
Interview with Jonathan Ellis, Apache Cassandra
This interview is part of my series of interviews on the evolving market for Data Management Platforms. This time, I had the pleasure to interview Jonathan Ellis, project chair of Apache Cassandra.
Integration’s Spring Collection? Cloud and Big Data
It’s spring, which means there’s a slew of new product releases, upgrades and announcements from integration vendors. Not surprisingly, what’s hot this year are Big Data offerings and cloud solutions that focus on supporting enterprise IT
EMC’s Hadoop Move Points To Analysis Arms Race
Planned Greenplum appliance will bridge structured and unstructured data, and it’s easy to see the industry’s top vendors will follow with their own all-purpose analytic platforms.
Top Signs You Need NoSQL For Your Data
Not everyone is sure whether they have big data or not, or whether they need a NoSQL system to handle it.
DataStax Unveils Second-Generation Open Source Hadoop Distribution Called ‘Brisk’
DataStax, the commercial leader in Apache Cassandra, today released Brisk, a second-generation open source Hadoop distribution that the company says eliminates the key operational complexities with deploying and running Hadoop and Hive in production.
Hadoop Seeing a Surge of New Products at EMC World 2011 from Greenplum to Brisk
EMC World 2011 is casting the umbra of Big Data and the Cloud over Las Vegas today and Hadoop has taken its usual front-and-center stage in the spotlight.
5 New Hadoop Products Launching Today: EMC Greenplum HD, DataStax Brisk and More
EMC World is taking place in Las Vegas today. In addition to the announcement of EMC’s own Apache Hadoop appliance and distribution, several other companies have announced new products.
EMC, NetApp Make it a Big Day for Big Data Star Hadoop
The recent excitement around Hadoop has culminated in five new Hadoop products today from EMC, NetApp, Mellanox, SnapLogic and DataStax.
DataStax Serves Up Free Portion Of Apache Cassandra OpsCenter
After launching its base product back in February 2011, Apache Cassandra focused company DataStax has announced a free version of its OpsCenter platform for the Cassandra open-source distributed database management system.
What Will This Bubble’s Legacy Be?
First of all, let’s leave aside the issue of whether we’re in a bubble or not, and just assume that we are.
NoSQL Databases – A Look at Apache Cassandra
Across the series of blog posts, we’ll be discussing the most popular and widespread NoSQL tools. But in this post, we’ll concentrate on Apache Cassandra.