Apache Cassandra Specialists | Technology

Manage high volumes of data easily

OpenCredo has been working with Apache Cassandra since 2012, and we now use our expertise to help clients get the most from it.

Why Cassandra?

A robust and highly scalable database. Its a distributed NoSQL store, thats ideal for writing and storing vast amounts of data fast.

Its usage spans real-time analytics to event-based systems to streaming data. With features like linear scalability and multi data-centre replication, it is suitable for the most demanding of enterprise setups.

HOW WE CAN HELP

We prefer to engage as early as possible, to ensure Cassandra is optimally located within a business’ technical landscape.

We provide full Discovery and Delivery services and can help in the following ways:

Giving an expert opinion on data store technology
Providing technical leadership during implementation
Advising on design and development patterns
Operational guidance for running small-to-large Cassandra clusters
Expertise within integration of Cassandra with other technologies (such as Spark) as part of broader Data Engineering initiatives
Troubleshooting:
- Queries with consistently lower than expected performance
- Compaction issues
- Unpredictable query performance
- Node failures

OPENCREDO AND CASSANDRA

Back in 2013, OpenCredo became a DataStax partner. We were recognised for our significant experience in helping customers with Apache Cassandra and DataStax Enterprise. This partnership saw OpenCredo become the very first UK-based partner to have consultants complete the partner certification process.

When we first trialled Apache Cassandra, it proved itself by dealing with some issues our client was experiencing with larger than expected data volumes. Since then, we’ve got to know Cassandra very well and have learned how to help clients get the very best from it.

Our Cassandra specialists have tackled projects ranging from debugging thorny cluster problems to building full event-driven systems. We often recommend partners who can provide Cassandra as a service to our clients.

OUR EXPERIENCE WITH CASSANDRA

We’ve shared our experience across a variety of mediums.

TALKS & WEBINARS

Cassandra – The Good The Bad And The Ugly (Webinar) – Common mistakes in designing and deploying Cassandra.
Building a Scalable Event Service with Cassandra: Design to Code (Video) by Tareq Abedrabbo & David Borsos
Building a Scalable Event Service with Cassandra: Design to Code (Slides) by Tareq Abedrabbo & David Borsos
Time Series and Events: Storage and Querying Strategies with Cassandra (Slides) by Tareq Abedrabbo & David Borsos

PUBLICATIONS

Concursus: Technical Report by Dominic Fox and Tareq Abedrabbo

REFERENCES

Data Engineering for Kaidee

Growing Online Marketplace tackles expanding Data needs with Apache Cassandra

“We have definitely gained value from the training and support that OpenCredo provided, in designing our newest use cases. We have already started implementing some of the use cases discussed and modelled during the workshop, and are hoping to benefit from the gained data insights shortly” – Mark Hollow, CTO, Kaidee

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