If you need a new database for your business, Amazon Web Services DynamoDB and Apache Cassandra are two of the most prominent options. Choosing between them isn’t easy, but this breakdown will help ...

DataStax Inc., which sells an enterprise version of the Apache Cassandra NoSQL database, today said it has tripled the speed of operational analytics compared with an open-source combination of ...

One trend that has been gaining traction in the enterprise is the adoption of the open source Apache Cassandra database as an alternative to traditional relational databases for higher-end transaction ...

“An invention has to make sense in the world in which it is finished, not the world in which it is started.” This quote has a prophetic ring to it, especially considering my co-author Eben Hewitt ...

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. Vivek Yadav, an engineering manager from ...

If you want a fast database management system (DBMS), which can handle petabytes of data for web and mobile applications, chances are you're using the NoSQL Apache Cassandra database. After all, such ...

In my last post, “Hello Cassandra,” I looked at downloading the Cassandra NoSQL database and using cqlsh to connect to a Cassandra database. In this post, I look at the basics of connecting to a ...

Cassandra is a poster child of the NoSQL world. Originally an open source project sprung out of Facebook, it has been adopted by the Apache Foundation and backed by an enterprise, DataStax, that also ...

The Weather Channel, British Gas, games company Activision and William Hill operate in different sectors, with different customers and different business plans. But the firms have one thing in common: ...