How To Get Started with NoSQL and Apache Cassandra®

DataStax Enterprise (DSE) is built on Apache Cassandra, an open source distributed database that powers applications for major brands requiring high availability, zero downtime, and massive data volume scaling. DSE provides a highly available, fault-tolerant, and scalable data management platform with tunable consistency. Companies like Capital One, Cisco, Comcast, Condé Nast, Delta Airlines, eBay, Macy's, McDonald's, Safeway, and Sony rely on DSE for their business-critical applications. Developing on Cassandra is in high demand, with over 40,000 job listings seeking engineers with Cassandra and NoSQL skills. DataStax Academy offers courses to learn how to develop, administer, or architect with DataStax and Cassandra, as well as specializing in graph, search, or analytics. The benefits of shifting from relational databases to Cassandra include a more elastically scalable and resilient data platform that minimizes downtime, transforming data, and modeling complexity.