Event Processing for Business

Turn Real - Time Events into Strategic Advantage with Event Processing for BusinessAre you ready to drastically improve how your enterprise operates, take your business to higher levels, and make razor-sharp business decisions? Are you willing to make your organization more agile and event driven as you business response time accelerates? Would you like to see your profit margins soar? Learn how to make the most out of event processing technology with the help of Event Processing for Business.Author David Luckham--a leader in event processing systems--documents the recent explosion of commercial developments in high-level event processing (EP) applied to business enterprise management. Luckham deftly illustrates how to develop, analyze, and act on real-time, actionable management information from the events flowing through your company's networks--as well as those of your competitors.Written for business analysts, CIOs, system integrators, technology consultants, and project managers, Event Processing for Business explores:* What EP is, how to use it, and how it relates to other IT architectures* How to choose the EP technology that best suits your needs* How to adopt technology that yields the most return on your investment* Strategies for applying EP in business and enterprise management* How to use EP as a tool for business intelligence and a basis for planning* The progress and probable limitations of commercial EP technology* Future trends in EP and its pervasive supporting role in very large-scale information systemsDon't be blindsided by real-time events. Let the power of event processing work to your strategic advantage with the tools and strategies found in Event Processing for Business.