A database approach associated with Facebook and Google is gaining ground in financial industry risk and data management applications. In this article written by Katherine Heires, GARP explores graph technology, explaining what it is, why it's important and what technology companies are leveraging it. Heires goes on to explain the use cases for which graph can be applied. She notes the use of a Directed Acyclic Graph, or DAG technology by Numerix for real-time derivatives risk analytics capabilities.