by Angela Guess

According to a new release out of the company, “DataStax, the leading provider of database software for cloud applications, today announced it has been named a leader in the “The Forrester Wave™: Big Data NoSQL, Q3 2016” by Forrester Research. In the report, Forrester evaluated Big Data NoSQL technology from 15 vendors using criteria categorized by current offering, strategy, and market presence. DataStax received maximum scores possible for performance, high availability, product roadmap and ability to execute. According to Forrester’s survey of more than 2,000 data and analytics technology decision makers — more than 60% of enterprises already have implemented or plan on implementing NoSQL solutions within the next 12 months. ‘NoSQL is now a necessity, not an option any longer,’ said Noel Yuhanna, principal analyst, Forrester Research.”

The release continues, “The Forrester NoSQL Wave contains expert analysis of the key differentiators, future outlook and use case suitability for more than 15 of the most prominent vendors within this quickly-changing market. The report also explains why technology decision makers select NoSQL DBMS for their ability to enable elastic scale, support flexible data models, lower data management costs and deliver extreme read and write speeds. The report evaluated DataStax Enterprise 4.8 and awarded it a 4.22 score out of 5 possible points for ‘Current Offering.’ DataStax has subsequently released its latest product, DataStax Enterprise 5.0 which features multi-model capabilities with JSON and Graph DBMS features — other key criteria identified in the report.”

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