Riptano's one day Cassandra training is coming to NYC in August, our first public session on the East coast: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/749518831
We have also nailed down our next locations, although registration is not yet open: Denver in September and Seattle in October. See you there! -- Jonathan Ellis Project Chair, Apache Cassandra co-founder of Riptano, the source for professional Cassandra support http://riptano.com