Twitter unveils Heron, a real

The Next WebTwitter unveils Heron, a real-time analytics system that can withstand social ...The Next WebLike Storm, Heron is tasked with providing real-time analytics for Twitter's feed. With Heron, Twitter can process billions of events per minute with sub-second latency, and Twitter says it's up to 15-times faster than Storm. Heron is also designed to ...Twitter details Heron, a real-time stream-processing system that outperforms ...VentureBeatall 3 news articles »