International Business Machines Corporation

Ying-Pong Chen

Li Zhou

Richard Sefton Sidle

Sam Sampson Lightstone

Christina Marie Lee

Antti-Pekka Liedes

Marko Milek

Jussi Vuorento

Vijayshanker Raman

Alan Tsu-I Yaung

Wayne Frederick Miller

Sharon McKenna Sanders

Gregory Scott Johnston

In one embodiment, a method includes adding, by a computer processor, two or more compressed columns to one or more pages of a database. The adding is performed in parallel by a plurality of page-formatter threads. Each page-formatter thread adds data to the database from no more than a single compressed column.

Parallel load in a column-store database

Devices, methods, and computer programs are disclosed for providing a graphical workflow programming environment for routing documents. First a workflow design platform is provided that comprises a process canvas for receiving at least one graphical workflow programming object. Next, a graphical representation of the graphical workflow programming object is provided where the graphical representation is adapted to be selected by an administrator of the graphical workflow programming environment and inserted into the process canvas, wherein the graphical workflow programming object comprises a graphical decision point that is adapted to route the documents based on contents of the documents.

Content aware workflow builder and workflow engine

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San Jose, CA, United States of America

Ying-Pong Chen