DataStax has released an ODBC driver for Apache Cassandra that can be used with both open source and DataStax Enterprise versions of the database. The driver, developed by Simba Corporation, is compliant with the latest ODBC 3.52 specification and runs on both 32 and 64-bit platforms. It allows users to connect to Cassandra clusters using popular BI tools like Tableau or Microsoft Excel. Currently in beta, the driver will be generally available soon.