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Value stream management involves people in the organization to examine workflows and other processes to ensure they are deriving the maximum value from their efforts while eliminating waste — of ...

A new API for the R programming language -- a favorite of data scientists doing Big Data analytics -- heads the list of updates in the new open source Apache Spark 1.4, commercial steward Databricks ...

Any doubts about the skyrocketing rise of Apache Spark technology in the Big Data ecosystem were put to rest at a recent conference, where it almost stole the show. Big Data vendors large and small ...

As Apache Spark becomes more widely adopted, the focus has been on creating higher-level APIs that provide increased opportunities for automatic optimization. In the talk below, Michael Armbrust, ...