Chris Martins
Wed, 05 Mar 2008 04:46:27 -0500
In the world of CEP, attention to rapid application developmenthas tended to take a back seat to the focus on latency and performance. However,the ability to develop and deploy CEP solutions relatively quickly is importantif the applications are to be able to adjust to changing circumstances. Andrapid application development and rapid application execution are certainly notmutually exclusive. For CEP to becomemore widely adopted – and arguably to fulfill its potential to become apervasive mode of computing – there must be increased focus on the process of building CEP applications.
Apama is a longstanding proponent of tools that 1) fosterrapid development and 2) make the development of CEP applications more accessibleto the business users. This week weannounced some enhancements in this area, in the context of Apama's SmartBlocks. As a bit ofserendipity, this announcement follows some recent data gathered by Forrester Researchthat speaks to the role of business in the adoption of CEP - "CEP Adoption is Broader, Deeper, and More Business-Driven thanIT May Expect", January 31, 2008. Thatreport is gated, but a summary excerpt is available.


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