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- Apache Cassandra
- Technical
The Apache Cassandra Ecosystem
Apache Cassandra provides a highly scalable and reliable data storage engine for your application. When you need tools to help you analyse or move data there is a range of powerful and innovative options to choose from. One of the things I’ve been doing recently is getting my head around some of the technologies that...
Learn MoreBen SlaterMarch 20, 2015 -
- Apache Cassandra
- Technical
Expanding Platform Support
Ben Slater is Instaclustr’s newly appointed Chief Product Officer and he has been charged with steering our development roadmap and overseeing the engineering of our products and managing our production support team.
Learn MoreBen SlaterMarch 16, 2015 -
- Apache Cassandra
- Technical
Understanding our managed Apache Cassandra offering
This is the end on of my first official week at Instaclustr and it’s been a great start. I’ve spent the week getting to know the fantastic team we have here, getting an understanding of our architecture and planning for the future, including reviewing our product roadmap. What we provide at Instaclustr is a fully...
Learn MoreBen SlaterMarch 13, 2015 -
- Technical
Developer Nodes from $20
Launch of new developer node offerings Instaclustr is pleased to announce that we have added new lower cost developer nodes to use our service aimed at developers who want to get started straight away with a lower cost Cassandra-as-a-Service. We have launched two new node types that start from as little as $20 a month. These...
Learn MoreInstaclustrFebruary 23, 2015 -
- Apache Cassandra
- Technical
Getting to know Apache Cassandra!
Ben Slater is Instaclustr’s newly appointed Chief Product Officer and he has been charged with steering our development roadmap and overseeing the engineering of our products and managing our production support team. Ben has over 20 years of experience in systems development including previous stints with a software product company and, for the last 10...
Learn MoreInstaclustrFebruary 20, 2015 -
- Apache Spark
- Technical
Media: Apache Spark™ – Hadoop friend or foe?
The Spark project encompasses no fewer than four other components, including a stream analytics engine and a structured query interface. It provides out-of-the-box capabilities that previously required learning, setting up and maintaining a mishmash of different technologies. And once users inevitably start shifting their attention away from third-party components to Spark, vendors will follow suit....
Learn MoreInstaclustrFebruary 06, 2015 -
- Apache Cassandra
- Technical
Apache Cassandra in the Cloud
View Adam Zegelin’s Presentation Slides – Cassandra in the Cloud, presented at January’s DataStax Sydney Tech Day. Apache Cassandra in the Cloud from Instaclustr
Learn MoreInstaclustrJanuary 27, 2015 -
- Technical
Cassandra Summit Europe 2014
Ben Bromhead presentation from Cassandra Summit in December, London.
Learn MoreInstaclustrJanuary 06, 2015 -
- Technical
Modernising a nation’s payment infrastructure
Background In October 2014 RBA Governor Glenn Stevens announced that he wanted Australian banks to work together and modernise the nation’s payment systems to keep pace with technological innovations. He issued an ultimatum – build a better payments system or we will make you. Mr. Stevens then reminded Australia’s banks that other comparable countries had...
Learn MoreBen BromheadNovember 26, 2014