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+storm-poc
+==================
+
+Taken from http://svendvanderveken.wordpress.com/2013/07/30/scalable-real-time-state-update-with-storm/
+
+Example of basic Storm topology that updates DB persistent state. based on Java 7 and
+        <storm.version>0.9.0.1</storm.version>
+        <cassandra.version>2.0.1</cassandra.version>
+
+
+
+In order to run this example, an instance of Cassandra with the following key space is required: 
+
+```
+CREATE KEYSPACE EVENT_POC WITH replication = { 'class': 'SimpleStrategy', 'replication_factor': '1' } ;
+```
