Data Matters: The Future Is Being Written in Real-Time

By Bryan Kirschner, Vice President, Strategy at DataStax

How Real-Time Data and Open-Source Software Fuel ‘AI Factories’

By Bryan Kirschner, Vice President, Strategy at DataStax - Successful AI companies — think Apple, Netflix, Google, Uber, or FedEx — build innovative applications and, as they scale, start the flywheel of data, growth, and improvement spin....

Jan 26, 2023 10 mins

Artificial Intelligence IT Leadership

Why Investing in the Database Market Is More Interesting Than Ever

By Olaf de Senerpont Domis, senior editor at DataStax - Premji Invest is an evergreen fund formed to support the Azim Premji Foundation, which was founded by Azim Premji, the former chairman of IT services consultancy Wipro. Premji Invest deploy....

By Olaf de Senerpont Domis, senior editor at DataStax

Jan 4, 2023 6 mins

By Chet Kapoor, Chairman & CEO of DataStax

Digital Transformation and the Evolving Role of CIOs

By Chet Kapoor, Chairman & CEO of DataStax - Enterprises have been talking about digital transformation for quite a while. It’s about rethinking how we use technology to drive new or improved strategy, people, and operations to meet changin....

Dec 19, 2022 6 mins

Digital Transformation IT Leadership

Why CIOs Need to Understand Apache Cassandra

By Jeff Carpenter - You might have heard of Apache Cassandra, the open-source NoSQL database. And you might know that some big, very successful companies rely on it, including LinkedIn, Netflix, The Home Depot, and Apple. But did you know that Cassan....

By Jeff Carpenter

Dec 13, 2022 11 mins

By George Trujillo, Principal Data Strategist, DataStax

How to Pinpoint Where Your Organization Wins (and Loses) with Data

By George Trujillo, Principal Data Strategist, DataStax - Innovation is driven by the ease and agility of working with data. Increasing ROI for the business requires a strategic understanding of — and the ability to clearly identify — whe....

Nov 29, 2022 10 mins

Data Management

Building Services Versus Buying Them: It’s Not a Zero-Sum Game

By Patrick McFadin, DataStax - When the gap between enterprise software development and IT operations was bridged 15 or so years ago, building enterprise apps underwent a radical change. DevOps blew away manual and slow processes, and adopted the ide....

By Patrick McFadin, DataStax

Nov 22, 2022 10 mins

Enterprise Applications IT Leadership

Digital Champions: Building the Future In Real Time

By Thomas Been, DataStax - DataStax set out to identify enterprises and builders that define the future of data and have planned and prepared to scale to whatever demand their growing businesses and customer bases place upon them.

By Thomas Been, DataStax

Nov 17, 2022 8 mins

Business or IT: Who Drives Results with Your Data?

By Bryan Kirschner, Vice President, Strategy at DataStax - One of the most painful – and pained – statements I’ve heard in the last two years was from an IT leader who said, “my team is struggling to find ways that our compan....

By Bryan Kirschner, Vice President, Strategy at DataStax

Nov 9, 2022 6 mins

By Bryan Kirschner, Vice President, Strategy at DataStax

Real-Time Data: Come for the Resilience, Stay for the Growth

By Bryan Kirschner, Vice President, Strategy at DataStax - Not too long ago, many CIOs might have had to wrestle with a chief financial officer who viewed enterprise IT as a utility. To use a household metaphor, a CFO might be sorely tempted to save ....

Oct 12, 2022 6 mins

CIO IT Leadership

Real-time Data, Machine Learning, and Results: The Evidence Mounts

By Bryan Kirschner, Vice President, Strategy at DataStax - From delightful consumer experiences to attacking fuel costs and carbon emissions in the global supply chain, real-time data and machine learning (ML) work together to power apps that change ....

By Bryan Kirschner, Vice President, Strategy at DataStax

Oct 3, 2022 6 mins

By George Trujillo, principal data strategist, DataStax; and Ara Bederjikian, president, Titanium Intelligent Solutions

Data, Data, Everywhere: How Titanium Built a Cloud IoT Platform

By George Trujillo, principal data strategist, DataStax; and Ara Bederjikian, president, Titanium Intelligent Solutions - The IoT industry is evolving to support a wide range of use cases and operating models. Titanium's broad SaaS platform was ....

Sep 19, 2022 10 mins

IT Leadership IoT Platforms

The AI-First Future of Open Source Data

By Sam Ramji, Chief Strategy Officer, DataStax - Is giving people the right to change, alter, and amend your software a good thing? What about doing this for your data? Companies used to think that publicizing their source code was the same as giving....

By Sam Ramji, Chief Strategy Officer, DataStax

Sep 12, 2022 11 mins

IT Leadership Open Source

Schrodinger’s Open Banking

By David Andrzejek, head of financial services, DataStax - Schrodinger's Cat is a quantum mechanics thought experiment in which a hypothetical cat can be considered to be both alive and dead simultaneously. I can't help but think of open ba....

By David Andrzejek, head of financial services, DataStax

Aug 31, 2022 7 mins

Banking IT Leadership

3 Surprising Insights from Data Leaders

By Thomas Been - Winning enterprises take data, process it, and use it to deliver in-the-moment experiences to customers. Starbucks, Netflix, The Home Depot, and countless other organizations large and small have built great success based on this und....

By Thomas Been, DataStax

Aug 17, 2022 9 mins

Don’t Just Climb the Ladder. Explore the Jungle Gym

By Chet Kapoor, Chairman & CEO of Datastax - I have the great privilege of getting to know leaders from the world's most recognized brands and fastest-growing startups. We share the stories, obstacles, and defining moments that have helped s....

Jul 20, 2022 11 mins

Careers IT Leadership

From Data to Action: 3 Ways to Get Moving with Real-Time Data

By Chet Kapoor, Chairman and CEO, DataStax - There is no doubt that this decade will see more data produced than ever before. But what’s truly going to transform our lives, define the trajectory of each of our organizations, and reshape industr....

Jul 14, 2022 9 mins

IT Leadership NoSQL Databases

Two Reasons Why Apache Cassandra Is the Database for Real-Time Applications

By Aaron Ploetz, Developer Advocate - It’s not only the whims and expectations of consumers that drive the need for real-time or near real-time responsiveness. Think of a bank’s requirement to detect and flag suspicious activity in the fl....

By Aaron Ploetz

Jul 7, 2022 8 mins

Understanding Digital Interactions in Real-Time

By Ed Anuff, Chief Product Officer, DataStax - Enterprises across industries have been obsessed with real-time analytics for some time. The technology that powers this toolset that aims to make critical business decisions quickly is expected to amoun....

By Ed Anuff

Jun 29, 2022 10 mins

What Stands Between IT and Business Success? Data Complexity

By George Trujillo, Principal Data Strategist, DataStax - Any enterprise data management strategy has to begin with addressing the 800-pound gorilla in the corner: the “innovation gap” that exists between IT and business teams. It’s....

Jun 15, 2022 11 mins

Why Financial Services Firms Need to Modernize Core Data Platforms

David Andrzejek, Head of Financial Services, DataStax - While the widespread and large-scale use of data has been well-known among internet giants, the effective capture and use of data has now become a key competitive weapon for enterprises in all s....

By David Andrzejek

Jun 7, 2022 7 mins

You’ve Got the Data. Why Can’t Your Developers Build with it?

By Chet Kapoor, Chairman and CEO, DataStax - Customers demand experiences that meet them at the speed of life. Think about an app that lets you know exactly when your latte will be ready or one that offers you alternate flight options as soon as you ....

Cloud-Native IT Leadership

May 27, 2022 9 mins

Becoming a Fintech: Capital One’s Move from Mainframes to the Cloud

By David Andrzejek, head of Financial Services, DataStax - Capital One might be the sixth-largest bank in the United States, but it's working hard to harness its data and the cloud to execute much more like a fintech. The company is on a mission....

By David Andrzejek

May 17, 2022 11 mins

Real-Time Data at Verizon: It’s as Critical as Air

By Reed Peterson, Field CTO, Telecom, DataStax - Itu2019s one thing to deliver performance and new services that impress customers, but doing so at the scale of one of the largest wireless carriers in the world and at the speed required to compete in....

By Reed Peterson

May 12, 2022 9 mins

3 Ways to Reduce the Climate Impact of Your Web3 Data

By George Trujillo, Principal Data Strategist, DataStax - Web3 is now firmly established as the technology ecosystem that lets developers build decentralized applications. But its reliance on blockchain technology has also raised concerns about its e....

IT Leadership Serverless Computing

May 10, 2022 7 mins

The Right Recipe for a Real-time Data Stack

By George Trujillo, Principal Data Strategist, DataStax - Think about your favorite recipe. You might have all the ingredients for an apple pie, but thereu2019s no guarantee all the elements will come together to produce a delicious dessert. Similarl....

Apr 25, 2022 9 mins

The Future is Being Written in Real-time

By Chet Kapoor, Chairman and CEO, DataStax - Think about an organization where, at each moment, a recommendation engine is talking to every part of the business u2013 sharing immediate data on live sales and inventory, the purchasing pipeline, and al....

Apr 22, 2022 6 mins

3 Patterns for Business Success with Data

By George Trujillo, Principal Data Strategist, DataStax - If, as Gartner puts it, an operating model brings the broader business model to life, then execution patterns are an important part of breathing life into an operating model. Patterns maintain....

Cloud-Native IT Leadership

Apr 6, 2022 9 mins

How to Move from Real-Time Data to Real-Time Decisions

By Cori Land, Corporate Strategist, DataStax - Data creates the context for decision-making. As you approach data saturation, your decisions become more likely to win. If you have anything less than data saturation, your decisions are made with more ....

By Cori Land

Mar 14, 2022 9 mins

Serverless Data Architecture: The Modern Path to Digital Transformation

By Ed Anuff, Chief Product Officer, DataStax - When it comes to digital transformation, data architectures have gotten short shrift. Many enterprises have focused on modernizing by moving applications to the cloud, or building ecommerce offerings (if....

By Ed Anuff

Mar 1, 2022 7 mins

It’s Go Time for Real-time Data

By Thomas Been, Chief Marketing Officer, DataStax - The concept of real-time data has been around for a while. u201cReactive appsu201d were promoted in the early 2000s as the next big thing that would drive customized experiences for customers and in....

By Thomas Been

Feb 24, 2022 8 mins

Databases IT Leadership

Hello, Simplicity. Goodbye, Complexity—Standardize the Real-Time Data That Matters

By Chet Kapoor, Chairman and CEO, DataStax - Data is critical to enabling developer productivity, building powerful customer experiences, and driving revenue. But many of the enterprise technology leaders I speak with face the same obstacle when it c....

Feb 16, 2022 6 mins

How the Decade of Data Makes Digital Economics Even Better

By Bryan Kirschner, Vice President, Strategy at DataStax - With todayu2019s talk of inflation, itu2019s worth taking a moment to acknowledge the relentlessly favorable economics of our industry. Since well before my father was programming mainframes ....

Financial Services Industry IT Leadership

Feb 10, 2022 4 mins

Databases IT Leadership

Banks Are Running Out of Time

By David Andrzejek, head of financial services, DataStax - There's an important and growing trend occurring in financial services business processes and practices thatu2019s upending how banks build applications and manage data. Bank product lea....

By David Andrzejek

Jan 31, 2022 6 mins

Why Everyone’s Talking About Event Streaming

By Chris Latimer, vice president, product management, DataStax - Thereu2019s a lot of talk about the importance of streaming data and event-driven architectures right now. You might have heard of it, but do you really know why itu2019s so important t....

By Chris Latimer

Jan 14, 2022 10 mins

Data Architecture Enterprise Architecture IT Leadership

Getting the Most Out of Your Real-Time Data

By Cody Sanford, former CIO, T-Mobile - Regrettably, companiesu2019 most valuable datau2014generated through the billions of interactions they have with their customersu2014remains locked in silos and isolated in diverse operational data stores.

By Cody Sanford

Dec 17, 2021 6 mins

How Leading Companies Harness Virtuous Data Circles

By Cori Land, Corporate Strategist - Definition of virtuous circle (noun): a chain of events in which one desirable occurrence leads to another which further promotes the first occurrence and so on resulting in a continuous process of improvement (Me....

By Cori Land

Dec 8, 2021 7 mins

How to Kill Complexity with Data Standardization

By Chet Kapoor, Chairman and CEO of DataStax - Today, we are in the final, and most important, phase of digital transformation. The first phase started with u201cmobileu201d. The second was focused on cloud computing. And today itu2019s all about dat....

Dec 2, 2021 7 mins

Data Management: Forward Momentum “Beyond the Base”

By Bryan Kirschner, Vice President, Strategy at DataStax - I was recently asked what I expected in the u201cdatabase managementu201d space over the rest of the decade. My immediate reaction was to adjust the question: where weu2019re headedu2014for t....

Nov 12, 2021 4 mins

Data Management Databases IT Leadership

The Distributed Data Problem

By Aaron Ploetz, Product Manager, DataStax - Today, online retailers sell millions of products and services to customers all around the world. This was more prevalent in 2020, as COVID-19 restrictions all but eliminated visits to brick-and-mortar st....

By Aaron Ploetz

Nov 1, 2021 7 mins

Beware the Frankenstack!

By Bryan Kirschner, Vice President, Strategy at DataStax - When it comes to data infrastructure, organizations risk building a patchwork monster of mismatched technologies.

Oct 18, 2021 5 mins

Three Ways to Prevent Your Digital Transformation From Stalling

By Bryan Kirschner, Vice President, Strategy at DataStax - Understanding the changing elements of digital transformation can help executives lead their organization to a successful outcomeu2014avoiding u201ctwo steps backu201d along the way.

Data Management Digital Transformation IT Strategy

Oct 6, 2021 7 mins

Is Your Data Infrastructure Stifling Innovation?

By Craig Kitterman, Vice President, Product Management, DataStax - Data is a key part of enterprise success, circumventing the roadblocks of cost and capacity are an organizational necessity.

By Craig Kitterman

Sep 30, 2021 8 mins

Apache Cassandra Gets Its Day In the Sun

By Thomas Been, DataStax - There was a time, not too long ago, when Highway 101 in Silicon Valley was lined with billboards paid for by companies like Oracle and IBM, as they fired salvos in their database wars. But those battles feel like ancient hi....

By Thomas Been

Sep 20, 2021 7 mins

Turning the Bank Upside Down: How Data Speed Will Define Winning Financial Institutions

By Joshua Norrid, Senior Technical Director, DataStax - nA conversation with Macquarie Group Chief Digital Officer Luis Uguina

By Joshua Norrid

Aug 30, 2021 7 mins

Technology Industry

4 Unexpected Insights We Learned from Data Leaders

By Bryan Kirschner, Vice President, Strategy at DataStax - The Home Depot accomplished something pretty amazing when COVID-19 struck. In a matter of weeks, the home improvement company was able to deliver curbside pickup functionality to its customer....