DataStax Astra Now Available, Bringing Apache Cassandra Performance, Reliability, and Scale to the Cloud
Summary
" Astra users will find a consistent developer experience with open-source Cassandra tools and APIs, as well as REST and GraphQL endpoints and a browser-based CQL shell. "Our team has been working for the past couple of years to ensure our infrastructure is set up to scale to meet unforeseen challenges," said Maniyarasan Selvaraj, lead Cisco engineer. DataStax Enterprise and Cassandra are core elements of that infrastructure, enabling us to scale the data tier for our applications to meet the demands of our patrons," said Tom Creighton, chief technology officer at FamilySearch. This will enable our users to experience the simplicity and scale of DataStax’s cloud-native service built on Apache Cassandra," said Kristian Györkös, senior director of alliances at Kong. More than 450 of the world’s leading enterprises including Capital One, Cisco, Comcast, Delta Airlines, eBay, Macy’s, McDonald’s, Safeway, Sony, and Walmart use DataStax to build transformational data architectures for real-world outcomes.