Leverage Complex Event Processing to Improve Operational Performance

by Alan Lundberg, senior product marketing manager,TIBCO.

No one would argue that the state of business today isn’t highly complex, particularly where information systems are concerned; and few would argue that complexity adds business value. A closer look, however, reveals that part of the problem arises from data integration challenges and an overabundance of data.

As organizations increasingly leverage their everyday events through event-driven architecture (EDA) and event-driven business processes, work?ows, and applications, they can use new techniques such as complex event processing (CEP) to derive more value from their infrastructure and, ultimately, their operations.

This article examines the ideas and the impact of CEP on businesses, and shows that by developing a comprehensive, interrelated repository of micro-events, businesses can see trends, patterns, potential areas of opportunity, and even areas of potential threat. In short, they can identify trends or scenarios that require immediate attention to increase real-time responsiveness and operational ef?ciency, an immensely valuable capability. CEP is powerful because its degree of access and visibility allows businesses to anticipate or predict customer needs, make faster decisions, and take decisive action. Read the PDF article. read the PDF article