Slides: https://www.slideshare.net/DataStax/five-years-and-186-days-of-watching-cassandra-projects-succeed-and-fail-aaron-morton-the-last-pickle-c-summit-2016 | For some organisations adopting Apache Cassandra represents a paradigm shift in the way they store and access data. The crux of the problem is about adopting new technology, which involves managing people, processes, and expectations. Getting it wrong means wasting money and time, getting it right means growing your product, being stuck between success and failure means high operating costs and no product velocity. Since March 2011 Aaron Morton, Co Founder at The Last Pickle and Apache Cassandra Committer, has been helping companies around the world adopt Apache Cassandra into their infrastructure. In this talk he will present his views on the personal, organisational, and technological factors that lead to project success. About the Speaker Aaron Morton CEO, The Last Pickle Aaron Morton is the Co Founder & CEO at The Last Pickle (thelastpickle.com). A professional services company that works with clients to deliver and improve Apache Cassandra based solutions. He's based in New Zealand, is an Apache Cassandra Committer and a DataStax MVP for Apache Cassandra.