Latest version of Apache's open source distributed database can pack two billion columns into a row, which could be useful to big data cloud computing projects The cadre of volunteer developers ...

Apache has just released Apache Cassandra v2.0, the latest version of its popular highly-scalable, big data distributed database.

Apache Cassandra is a free, open source NoSQL database designed to manage very large data sets (think petabytes) across large clusters of commodity servers. Among many distinguishing features ...

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How Cassandra 5.0 improves data density and performance Beyond the new indexing approach, Cassandra 5.0 introduces a unified compaction strategy that significantly increases data density per node.

We are generating a massive amount of data. This isn’t just hyperbole. Social networking activity streams, sensor data, personal information collected to personalize a user experience -- it’s ...

San Mateo, Calif.-based DataStax has about 300 customers -- growing from a mere 11 customers in 2011 -- that include startups and 20 of the Fortune 100 ...

Apache Cassandra is a very powerful NoSQL database that is perfectly at home driving big data. This particular database provides linear scalability, high availability and serious performance.

Pentaho is continuing its efforts to make big data a first -class citizen in business analytics. In October of last year, the open source business analytics provider began its efforts to ...

“Jaspersoft is delighted to partner with DataStax to provide rich reporting and analytics for Cassandra,” said Karl Van den Bergh, Vice President of Product and Alliances at Jaspersoft. “DataStax ...