Jon Riecke, Lead Platform Architect for Aleri, recently wrote an article about a unique feature of the Aleri Streaming Platform called FlexStreams.  While SQL is great for most common data operations, we have seen many use cases that run up against limitations of a declarative language.  FlexStream extends Aleri’s complex event processing offering by enabling a programmable stream operator allowing for procedural programming and retaining state from one event to the next.  Without giving too much away, please download and enjoy the article called “Programming with FlexStreams in the Aleri Streaming Platform” at http://www.aleri.com/support/technical-articles/