Open source software plays an important role in the success of leading organizations

DataStax unveiled research findings that show how leading organizations are winning with data, and how others can close the gap. Through insights from over 500 technology executives and practitioners, the report reveals clear, proven patterns for succe… Continue reading Open source software plays an important role in the success of leading organizations

DataStax collaborates with NetApp to adopt and manage high scale, cloud native data

DataStax announced a collaboration with NetApp to deliver full lifecycle management for cloud native data in its DataStax Enterprise database as well as open source Apache Cassandra clusters. As part of this partnership, the two companies have worked t… Continue reading DataStax collaborates with NetApp to adopt and manage high scale, cloud native data

DataStax K8ssandra now available on any Kubernetes environment

DataStax announced that K8ssandra, an open-source distribution of Apache Cassandra on Kubernetes, is available on any Kubernetes environment including distro-specific integrations for Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS), Google Kubernetes En… Continue reading DataStax K8ssandra now available on any Kubernetes environment

Microsoft Azure expands its NoSQL portfolio with Managed Instances for Apache Cassandra

At its Ignite conference today, Microsoft announced the launch of Azure Managed Instance for Apache Cassandra, its latest NoSQL database offering and a competitor to Cassandra-centric companies like Datastax. Microsoft describes the new service as a ‘semi-managed offering that will help companies bring more of their Cassandra-based workloads into its cloud. “Customers can easily take […] Continue reading Microsoft Azure expands its NoSQL portfolio with Managed Instances for Apache Cassandra

Datastax acquires Kesque as it gets into data streaming

Datastax, the company best known for commercializing the open-source Apache Cassandra database, is moving beyond databases. As the company announced today, it has acquired Kesque, a cloud messaging service. The Kesque team built its service on top of the Apache Pulsar messaging and streaming project. Datastax has now taken that team’s knowledge in this area […] Continue reading Datastax acquires Kesque as it gets into data streaming

DataStax Astra provides developers with more deployment options to run Cassandra workloads

DataStax announced that enterprises and developers now have the freedom to run any Apache Cassandra workload, anywhere, at global-scale with DataStax Astra on Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform, and Microsoft Azure. Astra enables users to rapid… Continue reading DataStax Astra provides developers with more deployment options to run Cassandra workloads

DataStax Astra: A DBaaS that simplifies cloud-native Apache Cassandra application development

DataStax announced the general availability of DataStax Astra, a database-as-a-service (DBaaS) for Apache Cassandra applications, simplifying cloud-native Cassandra application development. The DBaaS reduces deployment time from weeks to minutes, remov… Continue reading DataStax Astra: A DBaaS that simplifies cloud-native Apache Cassandra application development

DataStax Enterprise 6.8: Advanced cloud-native data and bare-metal performance

DataStax announced the general availability of DataStax Enterprise (DSE) 6.8. DSE 6.8 adds new capabilities for enterprises to advance bare-metal performance, support more workloads, and enhance developer and operator experiences with Kubernetes. Built… Continue reading DataStax Enterprise 6.8: Advanced cloud-native data and bare-metal performance

DataStax releases open-source Kubernetes Operator for Apache Cassandra

DataStax released code for an Apache Cassandra Kubernetes operator to help enterprises and users succeed with scale-out, cloud-native data. This Kubernetes Operator for Apache Cassandra, cass-operator, is now available and ready for use by the communit… Continue reading DataStax releases open-source Kubernetes Operator for Apache Cassandra

DataStax launches Kubernetes operator for open source Cassandra database

Today, DataStax, the commercial company behind the open source Apache Cassandra project, announced an open source Kubernetes operator developed by the company to run a cloud native version of the database. When Sam Ramji, chief strategy officer at DataStax, came over from Google last year, the first thing he did was take the pulse of […] Continue reading DataStax launches Kubernetes operator for open source Cassandra database