A 10-point guide to getting started with business process management.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Over the last five years, many DBMS vendors have introduced native or in-database implementations of MapReduce, a popular parallel programming model for distributed computing. One key difference is that MapReduce in the data management world tends to speak a very different programming language. There are plenty of other differences, too.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Big data analytics -- and its seemingly enormous infrastructure requirements -- hits an IBM System z sweet spot.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Major disruptive factors reshaping how we view and use data include the volume, variety, and velocity of big data, along with social computing, more pervasive BI, and advanced analytics, says Vitria CTO Dale Skeen. 
                    
			            - By Linda L. Briggs
 - May 7, 2013
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    At TDWI's World Conference in Chicago, Ken Rudin, director of analytics for Facebook, surprised many attendees when he revealed that Facebook has built itself a conventional data warehouse.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - May 6, 2013
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    We explore several fundamental changes driven by big data analytics.
                    
			            - By Fern  Halper, Ph.D.
 - April 30, 2013
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Because big data is fast-paced and unpredictable, operational intelligence outstrips the capabilities of traditional BI or DW tools, argues Vitria CTO Dale Skeen.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - April 30, 2013