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DataStax

The world is changing at a rate we could never have imagined. Today’s digitally empowered and geographically distributed customers are radically connected, hyper-informed and always-on. To survive and thrive in this customer-centric, data-driven economy, businesses need to rethink the technology infrastructure on which they are building and deploying mission critical

  • Editorial Team
  • May 12, 2021
  • 2 minutes

Mission statement

The world is changing at a rate we could never have imagined. Today’s digitally empowered and geographically distributed customers are radically connected, hyper-informed and always-on. To survive and thrive in this customer-centric, data-driven economy, businesses need to rethink the technology infrastructure on which they are building and deploying mission critical cloud applications and move to a modern, distributed database platform. In doing so, businesses are able to make data the centerpiece of their organization, build real-time value at epic scale and transform into an Internet giant.

Profile

DataStax powers the Right-Now Enterprise with the always-on, distributed cloud database built on Apache Cassandra™ and designed for hybrid cloud.

Benefits

It starts with a human desire, and when a universe of technology, devices and data aligns, it ends in a moment of fulfillment and insight. Billions of these moments occur each second around the globe. They are moments that can define an era, launch an innovation, and forever alter for the better how we relate to our environment. DataStax is the power behind the moment. Built on the unique architecture of Apache Cassandra™, DataStax Enterprise is the always-on data platform and has been battle-tested for the world’s most innovative, global applications. With more than 500 customers in over 50 countries,

History

Based in Santa Clara, Calif., DataStax is backed by industry-leading investors including Comcast Ventures, Crosslink Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Meritech Capital, Premji Invest and Scale Venture Partners.

Apache Cassandra™ is an open source distributed database management system designed to handle large amounts of data across many commodity servers, providing high availability with no single point of failure. Apache Cassandra™ offers robust support for clusters spanning multiple data centers, with asynchronous masterless replication allowing low latency operations for all clients. Evolved from work at Google, Amazon and Facebook, Apache Cassandra™ is used by leading companies such as Disney, IBM, New York Times, Hulu, Spotify and Twitter.

Focus

DSE 6 is the always-on, distributed cloud database built on Apache Cassandra™ and designed for hybrid cloud.

People

Billy Bosworth, CEO
Jonathan Ellis, SVP and CTO