Apache Cassandra is justifiably famous as the database of choice for many digital native companies who deploy their apps exclusively in public clouds. Many large enterprises have followed that example and found success there as well, but not without some banged shins along the way. As powerful as it is, Cassandra can be a difficult bit of technology to implement and manage properly. This talk presents how DataStax has worked to reduce that level of difficulty and make it easy for developers to get started with Cassandra in the cloud with just a few clicks.