DataStax, The Real-time Data Company, today Unveiled 'Change
The real-time data company DataStax unveiled a new capability to its multi-cloud database named "change data capture" (CDC) for Astra DB.
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Updated November 2026. This was first published on 14 April 2022. The idea is the same. Any number below is what the original piece said then. It is not a new count.
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- The real-time data company DataStax unveiled a new capability to its multi-cloud database named “change data capture” (CDC) for Astra DB.
- This new technology will enhance the streaming and run smooth on Apache Cassandra.
- The best part about the new CDC for Astra DB is that it’s now powered by advanced streaming technology and is built on the latest Apache Pulsar.
The real-time data company DataStax unveiled a new capability to its multi-cloud database named “change data capture” (CDC) for Astra DB. This new technology will enhance the streaming and run smooth on Apache Cassandra.
The best part about the new CDC for Astra DB is that it’s now powered by advanced streaming technology and is built on the latest Apache Pulsar. It uses the event streams to process and deliver database changes in real-time. This real-time data changes then becomes available for use across data lakes, search, artificial intelligence, data warehouses, and machine learning.
With this advanced and powerful integration of event streaming with high-performance, high-scale Astra DB multi-cloud databases, any company gets enabled to build more reactive and smarter applications. Applications that are fueled by real-time or, we can say, connected data.
According to the chief product officer at DataStax, Ed Anuff, the CDC for Astra DB is a completely new and unique concept. The major areas it taps for the performance of the world’s most scalable database and combines with the next-generation event streaming. Undoubtedly, working with the next-generation event streaming technology will fuel today’s data-intensive applications with the best solutions for a smooth workflow.
Currently, only a fraction of real-time data is being leveraged, even though businesses have a huge urgency to use it. This is major because of the failure of legacy architectures that cannot meet the performance and scale requirements of real-time data processing. Due to this, we see the final result as data uploaded in batches which ultimately creates chronically stale data.
In regard to this, enterprise architect Alpha Ori Technologies Praveen Viswanath said that Alpha Ori Technologies develops real-time data solutions for maritime shipping. Also, he added that they are extremely excited about the availability of CDC for DataStax Astra DB. This will help real-time analytics by providing a real-time source of streaming data. He said CDC help our maritime clients save money on fuel, mitigate maintenance-related risks, and reduce carbon emissions by enabling them to rapidly alert and deliver analytics.
According to the report made by McKinsey, one of the seven characteristics predicted to define data-driven enterprises is the Data-Driven Enterprise of 2025, where data is processed and delivered in real-time. But, companies often choose between speed and computational intensity, which can delay more sophisticated analyses and inhibit the setup of real-time use cases. WorkJam is the place of the business governor for actual forerunner orchestration: plan, duty administration, activities, communications, staffing, and several others.
The director of the R&D at WorkJam had earlier stated in an interview that they’re always hunting for different means to simplify their functions and operations with the help of Change Data Capture (also known as CDC). This will allow them to produce smarter and more responsive connected applications; live data would power.
With the help of Change Data Capture for Astra DB, companies could homogenize on the enormous scalable with no downtime Astra DB whatsoever. Apart from this, any modifications to the database are distilled and furnished in real-time to different portions of the data system without having any sort of downtime between rate, scale, and accessibility. This smooth incorporation facilitates corporations to initiate their real-time data to raise accumulative business significance from regions encompassing e-commerce, crime detection, consumer satisfaction, trades, stock and transport, and logistics.
The principal analyst at DBInsight stated that Through the CDC, Astra DB also unites functional and streaming data to evolve to be a bidirectional data center for live data. He added that the CDC would enable their consumers to combine Astra DB with cloud analytic places such as the Snowflake or the junction for Android application with further limited resistance.
Through DataStax, every business could be able to muster live data and rapidly construct the smart, top-notch apps needed to come to be a data-driven firm. DataStax Astra DB differently mixes the strength of Apache Cassandra’the highly scalable database across the globe’with the developed Apache Pulsar streaming tech in a harmonious bunch provided as assistance on any cloud.
Several giant corporations, comprising names such as ESL Gaming, Verizon, Audi, and several others, depend on DataStax to express the strength of real-time data to provide instant virtual experiences that could gain a victory in modern markets and shift businesses.
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The real-time data company DataStax unveiled a new capability to its multi-cloud database named “change data capture” (CDC) for Astra DB.
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This new technology will enhance the streaming and run smooth on Apache Cassandra.