DataStax Apache Cassandra is a masterless database designed to scale linearly and provide continuous availability. This talk will introduce the fundamental concepts at the heart of Apache Cassandra and cover the integration of DataStax Apache Cassandra into the Google Cloud Platform ecosystem to provide an extremely simple yet powerful managed database.

Speaker Bio:
Peyton Casper is a Solutions Engineer for DataStax in the Southeast and currently resides in Atlanta, GA where he helps customers in the region build solutions with DataStax Enterprise. Peyton Casper has been working at DataStax for over 4 years and he enjoys learning about different programming languages, 3D printers, machine learning and more in his spare time.