The future is now: 10 startups leading the way in ‘big data’

"Big data" isn't just an enterprise trend. It's a technological innovation that is already making a difference in your life. Here are ten companies who are helping define this emerging field.

Cassandra-based DataStax leads the NOSQL charge, pulls in $25M

DataStax, a startup that wants to bring down Oracle's relational database, has pulled in $25 million in venture capital funding.

DataStax lands $11 million to further the “NoSQL” data store revolution

DataStax, which sells products built on top of the open source “NoSQL” data store Apache Cassandra, just announced a $11 million investment from Crosslink Capital and Lightspeed Venture Partners.The company also announced a new enterprise product which will be available …