This document provides a summary of MapReduce improvements in the MapR Hadoop distribution. It discusses how MapR addresses architectural flaws in HDFS through its scalable container-based filesystem. It also describes how MapR improves MapReduce performance through techniques like direct shuffle and express lanes. The document notes how MapR provides high availability for systems like the container location database and JobTracker. It concludes by discussing MapR's support for other frameworks like HBase and Apache Drill beyond traditional MapReduce.