What is "datastax"

DataStax, Inc. is a software company that develops and provides commercial support for an enterprise edition of the Cassandra database, a NoSQL database.

DataStax's business model centers around selling an enterprise distribution of the open-source Apache Cassandra project with extensions for Analytics and Search using Apache Spark and Apache Solr respectively. The DataStax Enterprise (DSE) distribution comes with 24x7 customer support. In addition, DataStax offers professional services and training directly and through an extensive partner network.