Comparison of Stream Processing Frameworks and Products

See how stream processing / streaming analytics frameworks (e.g. Apache Spark, Apache Flink, Amazon Kinesis) and products (e.g. TIBCO StreamBase, Software AG’s Apama, IBM InfoSphere Streams) are categorized and compared. Besides, understand how stream processing is related to Big Data platforms such as Apache Hadoop and machine learning (e.g. R, SAS, MATLAB).
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Comparison of Stream Processing and Streaming Analytics Alternatives (Apache Storm, Spark, IBM InfoSphere Streams, TIBCO StreamBase, Software AG Apama)

The article discusses what stream processing is, how it fits into a big data architecture with Hadoop and a data warehouse (DWH), when stream processing makes sense, and what technologies and products you can choose from. Comparison of open source and proprietary stream processing / streaming analytics alternatives: Apache Storm, Spark, IBM InfoSphere Streams, TIBCO StreamBase, Software AG’s Apama, etc.
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Fundamentals of Stream Processing (IBM InfoSphere Streams, TIBCO StreamBase, Apache Storm) – Book Review

Internet of things, cloud and mobile are the major drivers for stream processing. Use cases are network monitoring, intelligent surveillance, but also less technical things such as inventory management or fraud detection. The book helps a lot to get a basic understanding about history, concepts and patterns of the stream processing paradigm.
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