Finding specific policies and operating procedures is time-consuming and challenging due to scattered storage across various platforms. Using Astra DB's vector search capabilities, SkyPoint can leverage these benefits to enhance its services, offering users real-time, contextual, and personalized solutions. This leads to accurate predictions and personalized healthcare outcomes at a lower cost.”
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DataStax on Azure
Deliver generative AI applications with a one-stop GenAI RAG + vector DB stack that provides 74x faster response time and 20% higher relevance, and is integrated with Azure AI Foundry models (including Azure OpenAI) and Microsoft tools you already love.
DataStax & Microsoft Azure Partnership
DataStax and Microsoft Azure have partnered to deliver a comprehensive generative AI (GenAI) solution that meets developers and customers where they are. Alex Rodriguez, Head of AI Solutions at DataStax, discusses the evolving AI landscape and how the collaboration leverages Azure's global presence and compliance offerings, along with DataStax's expertise in real-time applications, to provide a seamless and scalable platform for GenAI development.
Why DataStax on Azure?
DataStax empowers you to develop real-time applications, incorporate RAG, and expand to billions of vectors, all with the flexibility of your preferred API, achieving extremely low latency and utilizing top-tier security standards.
With DataStax on Azure, you gain access to cutting-edge GenAI models from Azure AI Studio and Azure's unparalleled global presence and compliance offerings, along with your preferred Microsoft tools like Azure Functions, Power Query, Azure Arc, and GitHub Copilot.
Up to 20% more relevant vector search results
9x higher throughput
Response times up to 74x faster
Ultra-low latency on billions of vectors
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Finding specific policies and operating procedures is time-consuming and challenging due to scattered storage across various platforms. Using Astra DB's vector search capabilities, SkyPoint can leverage these benefits to enhance its services, offering users real-time, contextual, and personalized solutions. This leads to accurate predictions and personalized healthcare outcomes at a lower cost.”
Tisson Mathew
Founder & CEO, Skypoint
We chose Cassandra because we needed a high-performance data store for our machine learning features store and our real-time order processing features store. Cassandra provides very high throughputs with very low latencies and is almost the de facto standard in this area.”
John Madden
Chief Architect, ACI Worldwide
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Azure Arc
DataStax HCD for Azure Arc enables you to deploy and manage Cassandra-based infrastructure on cloud and on-premises environments from a single control pane, ensuring secure, scalable data operations.
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GitHub Copilot
Build with Astra DB even faster, enhance database management, integrate Langflow support, and streamline the development of GenAI applications—all via natural language chat in GitHub Copilot.
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Semantic Kernel
Integrate cutting-edge Large Language Models (LLMs) from OpenAI and Hugging Face with Astra DB using conventional programming languages.
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Azure Functions
Extend DataStax on Azure with a serverless solution to write less code, maintain less infrastructure, and save on costs.
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Power Query
Seamlessly connect hundreds of data sources, transform them with 300+ transformations, and load them into Astra DB.
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What is Astra DB?
Astra DB is a cloud-native, scalable Database-as-a-Service built on Apache Cassandra. New vector search capabilities enable complex, context-sensitive searches across diverse data formats for use in GenAI applications.
Can I use Astra DB on Azure?
Astra DB is on the Azure Marketplace. Get started today with our Pay-As-You-Go option.
How do I run Astra DB on Azure?
To deploy Astra DB on Azure, you can create a new vector database or migrate an existing Cassandra cluster with zero downtime migration.
Is Astra DB free on Azure?
Astra DB has a free tier that’s ideal for trying out the service as you get started. Beyond the free tier, you’re only billed for what you use. You can also buy Astra DB through Azure. There are no minimums and no upfront commitment is required; your Astra DB cost will be billed to your Azure account. Get Started
Can I buy Astra DB through Azure Marketplace?
Yes, Astra DB is available through Azure Marketplace. There are no minimums and no upfront commitment required; your Astra DB cost will be billed to your Azure account.
"Astra DB on Microsoft Azure brings together the trusted scale and security of Azure with the performance and cost efficiency of our partner DataStax’s leading vector database. With its availability in Azure Marketplace, Astra DB helps our mutual customers streamline procurement, accelerate deployment of AI solutions, and maximize the value of their Azure consumption commitments."
– Yvonne Muench, Sr. Director - Marketplace & ISV Journey, Microsoft
What is HCD?
Hyper-Converged Database (HCD) is a cloud-native data infrastructure designed to add GenAI and vector search capabilities to self-managed, enterprise data workloads.
What is HCD for Azure Arc?
HCD for Azure Arc enables enterprises with physical, hybrid, or multi-cloud infrastructures to manage their resources as if they were native Azure assets. By leveraging Azure Arc, DataStax HCD allows customers to deploy, monitor, and manage their entire infrastructure consistently, whether on-premises, in Azure, or across multiple cloud platforms.
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What Is a Hybrid Database and Why Do You Need One?
Learn why hybrid databases like HCD and remote management offerings like Mission Control help you adapt to changing data demands.
Initiate Your Database with the Latest DataStax Astra DB GitHub Copilot Extension
Chat with your database to build queries and code with simple statements, create a new database, or automatically build GenAI apps with Langflow.
Cloud Native Data Infrastructure for AI
Add generative AI and vector search capabilities to self-managed, enterprise data workloads.
Make RAGs Easier with DataStax, GitHub Copilot, and Azure OpenAI
Discover how developers can chat with their databases and data to build and test queries with natural language through Astra DB in GitHub Copilot.
Building RAG at Scale with Semantic Kernel and DataStax Astra DB
This demo session from Microsoft Build shows you how we built WikiChat, a RAG-based chatbot for Wikipedia which updates in real time.
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Harness the most proven, powerful database for scale and performance to build real-time GenAI projects.