The Astronomer Blog: Data Orchestration Insights & Guides

December 14, 2016

Why Is My Data Playing Hard to Get?

Learn more about the different types and properties of hard-to-reach data with great potential. Find out how to access, organize, and store it effectively.

November 2, 2016

Airflow at Astronomer

Learn why Astronomer needed a unified scheduling system to extract and monitor all types of data pipelines. Find out why Apache Airflow® was our answer.

October 11, 2016

Press Release: Astronomer Announces Seed Financing

Press Release: Astronomer Closes $1.9M in Seed Financing

October 11, 2016

Our Unique Path to Raising $2M Seed in the Midwest

Learn about Astronomer’s 2-year journey to raising $2 million seed, including the ups and downs we went through to take our company to the next level.

August 23, 2016

Lessons Learned Writing Data Pipelines

See how to simplify the data pipeline writing process with the right tools. Learn what Astronomer experts do to make data pipelines less challenging.

July 20, 2016

Why We Built Our Data Platform on AWS, and Why We Rebuilt It With Open Source

Find out how Astronomer leveraged AWS services with open-source alternatives. See why Airflow and Apache Mesos help build more and better integrations.

July 13, 2016

An Almost Acquisition Story

Coming out of AngelPad’s 2015 Demo Day, we found ourselves vacillating between an acquisition and Series A, though we were arguably too early for either.