DataStax Hosts Cassandra Summit 2015 - World's Largest Vendor-Led NoSQL Conference

SANTA CLARA, CA--(Marketwired - Jul 29, 2015) -

• Microsoft, British Gas Connected Homes, Activision, ING, the New York Times and many more to share how they use Apache Cassandra™ to transform their businesses
• The largest vendor-led NoSQL event of the year expects more than 3,500 on-site attendees along with 3,500 virtual attendees
• DataStax and O'Reilly Media to unveil the first-ever Apache Cassandra Certification Program at Cassandra Summit 2015

DataStax, the company that delivers Apache Cassandra™ to the enterprise, today announced it will host the sixth annual Cassandra Summit from September 22-24, 2015 at the Santa Clara Convention Center. With more than 3,500 expected to attend on-site, and another 3,500 expected to attend virtually, the event will be the world's largest gathering of Cassandra users. DataStax and O'Reilly Media, the leading voice in Data Science, will also debut the first-ever Apache Cassandra Certification Program at the event.

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PERSPECTIVES ON THE EVENT
"I am excited to share my experience with Cassandra as a first-time speaker at Cassandra Summit," said Daniel Chia, Software Engineer, Coursera. "But more importantly, I look forward to immersing myself in two full conference days of learning and conversing with other experts in this field with the goal of adding more tools to my bag, both at a strategic and day-to-day level."

"We use Apache Cassandra to support breaking news and other critical functions. Properly designed and operated, no other open-source offering can match its function and scalability across multiple datacenters," said Michael Laing, Systems Architect, The New York Times. "The Apache Cassandra Certification Program recognizes the devops expertise that is needed in the rapidly expanding marketplace -- and certification is a powerful tool for recruitment, retention and recognition."

CASSANDRA SUMMIT 2015 EVENT DETAILS
The three-day event consists of one certification day and two full conference days with more than 120 deep dive technical sessions for developers, administrators and executives. The event will provide attendees with numerous opportunities to learn about the world's greatest Cassandra implementations from community users and DataStax experts, as well as community and networking opportunities. This year's agenda includes:

• A dedicated instructor-led training day, with hands-on sessions
• An executive track featuring organizations that are using Apache Cassandra to help transform their business and engage customers like never before
• A technical track featuring deep dive sessions from users in the community and DataStax experts discussing best practices for architecture, development and operations

To register for Cassandra Summit 2015 and for updates on the agenda, sessions, speakers, and sponsors, please visit Cassandra Summit 2015 and follow #CassandraSummit on Twitter.

APACHE CASSANDRA CERTIFICATION PROGRAM
DataStax and O'Reilly Media will debut the Apache Cassandra Certification Program during Cassandra Summit 2015 on September 22, 2015. The formalized program will help establish the industry standard for measuring the skills and proficiency level of Cassandra developers and administrators. All registrants will be able to prep for the training and certification day by registering for self-paced courses on DataStax Academy a month prior to Cassandra Summit. The training and certification package also includes a proctored exam by O'Reilly Media.

To learn more about the Apache Cassandra Certification Program, please visit Apache Cassandra Certification at Cassandra Summit 2015.

About DataStax
DataStax delivers Apache Cassandra™ in a database platform purpose-built for the performance and availability demands for IoT, web and mobile applications. This gives enterprises a secure, always-on database technology that remains operationally simple when scaling in a single datacenter or across multiple datacenters and clouds.

With more than 500 customers in over 50 countries, DataStax is the database technology of choice for the world's most innovative companies, such as Netflix, Safeway, ING, Adobe, Intuit and eBay. DataStax is backed by industry-leading investors including Comcast Ventures, Crosslink Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Meritech Capital, Premji Invest and Scale Venture Partners. For more information, visit DataStax.com or follow us @DataStax.