Is Anyone Ready to Process a Trillion Events per Day?

by Joe McKendrick, ZDNet.

What is event processing and how could it make a difference? Here is one example of where it could take us: Scientists are talking about the possibility of an in-body network that could detect heart attacks or diabetic collapses and alert emergency services.

So we have the need-to-have, lifesaving value of event processing, and the intrusive, nagging aspect. Now, apply this kind of scenario with a business. That is, if the ongoing health of the business is monitored and maintained with intelligent technology, serious issues could be headed off either by alerting decision makers before things happened, or even in an automated fashion. But is it possible to have too much processing of events that aren’t as critical, and merely drive staff nuts? Article