Data wranglers, your time has come. But you knew that already. It seems like every day we’re hearing about a new startup or solution aimed at making sense of the mass of data organizations must process.

But that doesn’t mean everyone’s clear on all the options. Like NoSQL. Yeah, it’s a big deal, used by a lot of big data companies, but why, exactly?  Making Sense of NoSQL, a recent e-book from Manning Publications, aims to answer that question and others. We’ve got an excerpt of it up on our IT Bookworm blog right now.

Want the whole thing? Just submit your data management story in our Open IT Forum. We’ll choose our ‘favorite’ scenario (note: we’re not taking pleasure in your pain) and award the prize.

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Until recently business rules technology has been applied to a fairly narrow range of high value application areas. But as the market changes, the opportunities to use business rules-driven decision management systems are growing.

In today’s webcast, decision management expert James Taylor will discuss the state of the business rules market and the potential for broader adoption of this powerful technology. Topics covered include:

• What makes business rules a compelling technology
• The characteristics of decision management systems
• The new use cases for decision management systems
• And the evolving characteristics of business rules technology.

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