August 2021 Summaries

In recent updates, DataStax has launched game-changing products, expanded globally with an APAC headquarters, and added Goldman Sachs as an investor while focusing on partnering with enterprises and developers to unlock the value of their data. The company believes that success in the fast lane requires an open data stack, which is exemplified by its partnership with Macquarie Group, T-Mobile, Overstock, and others. DataStax has made significant investments in product innovations to help deliver the open data stack, aiming to provide products developers love and that change the trajectory of enterprises they work for.

Trading Technologies (TT), a company providing high-performance professional trading software, infrastructure, and data solutions, has evolved its approach to leverage data for competitive advantages in capital markets. The company's vision is to be the operating system for capital markets, focusing on enhancing its surveillance platform with AI/ML capabilities and improving filtering and streaming analytics. TT uses open-source technologies like Cassandra, Kafka, and Zookeeper, partnering with DataStax for support and expertise. The company aims to provide access to data and services even for non-trading customers, exponentially growing its data set and offering the same tools for exploring that data on TT screens.

Apache Cassandra 4.0, released after three years and over 1,000 bug fixes, is considered the most stable database ever released due to its relentless commitment to quality. The open-source project has seen contributions from more than 200 people, with a focus on collaboration and dedication to the community of users, developers, and enterprises. Companies like Apple, Netflix, T-Mobile, and The Home Depot are successfully running Cassandra in production, leveraging its ability to manage massive amounts of fast-moving data reliably and scalably. With innovations like Stargate and K8ssandra, the future for Apache Cassandra looks promising as it continues to expand its ecosystem while maintaining its open-source foundation.

Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) is a fully managed way to have databases hosted in the cloud, offering significant benefits compared to on-premises databases. DBaaS platforms are efficient, scalable, and secure, with pay-as-you-go pricing. Examples of NoSQL DBaaS include DataStax Astra DB, Google Bigtable, MongoDB Atlas, Amazon DynamoDB, and Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB. Relational DBaaS options include Microsoft Azure SQL Database, Amazon RDS, and Amazon Aurora. Making the move to DBaaS can benefit many use cases and applications, with advantages such as high performance, continuous availability, reliability, and massive scalability.

DataStax and One Million by One Million (1Mby1M) have partnered to launch the "DataStax - 1Mby1M Startup Challenge." The virtual program offers entrepreneurs access to a wide network of potential customers, partners, investors, media, analysts, and advisors. This challenge reaffirms DataStax's commitment to supporting developer entrepreneurs using Apache Cassandra™ and open source tools for building modern data applications. Open to anyone using Cassandra, DataStax Enterprise, or Astra DB as a core component of their business, submissions are being accepted from September 9th through October 28th, 2021.