The Evolution of NoSQL Databases (Ep. 27)

There was a Cambrian explosion of NoSQL databases just a few short years ago. Each had its own strengths and weaknesses, and none could genuinely call themselves a general purpose enterprise database. DataStax set out to change that. DataStax Enterprise, based on Apache Cassandra, now includes robust search, graph and analytics capabilities, enabling it to support more demanding use cases. In this episode of Pivotal Insights, Jeff and Dormain are joined by Gilbert Lau, Cloud and Big Data Evangelist at DataStax, to discuss the evolution of NoSQL databases.

Show Notes

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News & Resources

• Download the DataStax Cassandra Service Broker for Pivotal Cloud Foundry and check out the documentation here.
• Watch and listen to the webinar Cloud Data at Epic Scale with Gilbert and Pivotal's Pieter Humphrey.
• Study up on Apache Cassandra with these free tutorials on DataStax Academy.

About the Author

Jeff Kelly is a Director of Partner Marketing at Pivotal Software. Prior to joining Pivotal, Jeff was the lead industry analyst covering Big Data analytics at Wikibon. Before that, Jeff covered enterprise software as a reporter and editor at TechTarget. He received his B.A. in American studies from Providence College and his M.A. in journalism from Northeastern University.

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