By Sean Michael Kerner
While DataStax and Instaclustr clearly have overlapping offerings, their focus is different, said Jason Bloomberg, president at analyst and advisory firm Intellyx.
“DataStax’s sweet spot is hybrid IT and multi-cloud scenarios, while Instaclustr focuses on supporting a range of open source data infrastructure products in public cloud and multi-cloud environments,” Bloomberg said.
Bloomberg said he doesn’t see a direct link between the coronavirus pandemic and demand for a Cassandra operator, though there is an indirect one.
Jason BloombergPresident, Intellyx
“We do believe that IT generally is the backbone of the coronavirus economy — the part of today’s enterprises that people depend on during these turbulent times,” Bloomberg said. “Resilient, scalable infrastructure is a mission-critical part of this backbone, including Cassandra support in Kubernetes.”