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al data sources—and made it easy. This big-data analytics platform combines the
continuous availability and extreme scalability of Cassandra with Pentaho's visual
interfaces for data ingestion, manipulation, and integration, as well as data visual-
ization, exploration, and predictive analytics.
Using Pentaho to build out a business intelligence (BI) solution with Cassandra
greatly simplifies and streamlines the process. Without Pentaho, developers would
spend months writing code and scripts to build simple reports and charts, and then
continue to invest in maintaining that code. Only technologists with a deep under-
standing of Cassandra could even get to that point. Pentaho offers a visual drag-
and-drop design studio, eliminating the need to code or even have a thorough un-
derstanding of the underlying technology. The ability to go beyond simple reports
and charts is easy with advanced visualizations accessible via menu options. The
ability to easily blend data from other sources with Cassandra data to enhance and
enrich it for better analytics is also a drag and drop. What this does is drastically
reduce the time and skills necessary to develop BI solutions with Cassandra.
This integrated analytics platform significantly broadened the audience beyond
IT to business users and information consumers. Of equal importance was that this
combined platform made Cassandra a “first-class citizen” among database tech-
nologies, no longer an isolated island with limited reach. Through Pentaho Data
Integration, Cassandra is tightly woven into the broader fabric of traditional data
sources and emerging new big-data techniques.
What does this all mean? This means that there are more opportunities for or-
ganizations of all sizes to tap into Cassandra's unique capabilities and get fast ana-
lytic results.
Instaclustr
Instaclustr provides managed Cassandra hosting across a wide range of cloud
providers. Ranging from small development clusters to multi-data-center clusters
spanning multiple cloud providers, Instaclustr allows organizations to run
production-ready clusters without incurring the administration and learning over-
heads associated with Cassandra.
You can do things like starting a multi-data-center cluster across Amazon Web
Services, Joyent, Rackspace, and others, all with a few clicks. Scaling is also man-
aged for you with a single click/API call to increase your cluster's capacity and
adjust performance. All clusters are backed up to cloud storage services, dramat-
ically minimizing your exposure to data loss.
