Stephanie Wong (@stephr_wong) and Carter Morgan (@carterthecomic) are back with another episode of How I Launched this: A SaaS Story! This week, they're talking to DataStax Chief Product Officer, Ed Anuff, about how the company has managed to create massively scalable databases capable of running on any cloud platform. 

Ed starts the show by explaining the inspiration for DataStax and why they chose Apache Cassandra to build their software. At DataStax, they recognized the need for packaged software to allow businesses to harness the power of data securely, and their appreciation for open source software meant Apache Cassandra was the perfect fit.

Later in the show, we talk about the evolution of DataStax and Cassandra and how they've changed as technology has evolved. Ed talks about their newest offering, DataStax Astra, explaining the ways it allows Cassandra to work efficiently in the cloud. Specifically, Ed details Astra's scale-out capability and how it's handled on different cloud platforms, including Google.

The show wraps up with a look at the future of SaaS and the technologies Ed believes will  become more and more popular. He makes the point that as technology continues to advance, developers will need to think more about integration of products and services.

Episode Links:
DataStax
Apache Cassandra
DataStax Astra
Envoy
DataStax on GitHub
DataStax Blog
DataStax Academy
DataStax Documentation