Many IT organizations are adopting fully managed Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) like Astra DB to reduce operational overhead and scale applications in the public cloud. This move brings agility to IT teams, enabling faster delivery of new innovations as a value add to customers. Companies can enjoy significant TCO savings by paying only for what they consume with serverless Astra DB, eliminating operational costs and burning down existing public cloud commits. DataStax CQL Proxy is an open-source tool that simplifies connecting applications to Astra DB without changing drivers or versions of Java. It works as a data proxy that handles the cloud network connection for Cassandra apps to Astra DB, auto-discovering and configuring communication with Astra DB. This separation of concerns between network management and query management makes it easier for companies to adopt fully managed Astra DB serverless on public clouds with minimal effort.