Data management company DataStax today released a cloud-native version of its database management system.

The system, Constellation, is a cloud-native version of its existing Apache Cassandra-based NoSQL database management platform. Robin Schumacher, SVP and chief product officer at DataStax, said that Constellation will help enterprises with the buildout of their applications and with the adoption of cloud technologies into their existing infrastructures.

“Because data is the heart of every system, these same enterprises need a database that handles multiple workloads and data formats, never goes down, delivers data in the moment, can distribute data anywhere in the world, and is future proof in terms of scale,” said Schumacher. Constellation delivers this and also offers “push-button simplicity in terms of deployment and operations,” he added.

And, because Cassandra is a “masterless architecture,” and forms the foundation of Constellation, Schumacher says that DataStax can “support edge, hybrid, and multi-cloud better than any other DBMS [database management system] provider.” He added that over 60% of its customers run its software in the cloud.

The platform is currently only available through an early-access program, but is set to launch later this year with the addition of two services. These services are DataStax Apache Cassandra as-a-service and DataStax Insights.

Its Apache Cassandra as-a-service — Apache Cassandra is an open source database management system — will offer the ability to scale Cassandra clusters, automate data synchronization, and repair operations, traffic control, and governance.

According to Schumacher, its main selling point is it “delivers a near-zero operations experience for our customers and includes smart self-healing functionality that removes the pain involved with running and managing open source Cassandra.” The service will be available for consumption-based pricing.

DataStax Insights is a monitoring and management tool built for the company’s platforms. There are three levels of visibility that the tool offers: first, artificial intelligence (AI)-based insights for solving cluster issues; second, a view into applications as well as Cassandra data models, driver connections, and slow queries; and third, visibility into the performance of data centers, nodes, clusters, and partitions.

In the future, the company plans to offer other services on Constellation. “Upcoming releases include sophisticated developer and enterprise graph services,” said Schumacher.

Initially, the service will initially be available on Google Cloud Platform with availability on Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure coming later this year. He noted that as the company continues to develop Constellation it will incrementally add support for hybrid cloud deployments.