Complex event processing and the predictive business
I just came across
this podcast from Information Age featuring Vivek Ranadive, the CEO of Tibco, discussing
The Power to Predict his follow-on to
The Power of Now. The premise of his second book is the evolution of the real-time but reactive organisation of the first to one which is still real-time (I guess it would have to be!) but now proactive, enabled by Complex Event Processing (CEP).
It's worth listening to for some persuasive examples of CEP in action (particularly how to deal with disenchanted gamblers losing money in the casino!). However I recommend that you take a look at
my previous post on CEP to put this in context. It's also worth reading
this from the other Neil, which explains why Tibco shouldn't need to succumb to the pressure to attach the fictional ESB product category to its offerings.
