Leverage Data Assets with Complex Event Processing

Article published in DM Review Magazine
November 2006 Issue
By Eric Colson

The global marketplace has accelerated the pace of commoditization of products and services. As a result, businesses are seeking to differentiate themselves based on the strategic and tactical use of information. Data collected by corporate systems can be a significant competitive advantage as it can be used to extract knowledge that is exclusive to the company. … However, this trend is straining corporate architectures because data warehouses and transactional systems are not equipped to handle the onslaught of new data. …

Fortunately, an emerging technology called complex event processing (CEP) can help. Read the article in DMReview.