Tim Bass
12-22-2008 09:35 AM
Following up to my earlier posts on Event Processing Technical Society (EPTS) related topics, I am proposing a draft reorganization of the EPTS Steering Committee. The current EPTS Steering Committee was structured as follows:

#IndustryPrimary EPTS-Related TechnologyComments1Software CompanyEvent Stream Processing / Continuous QueryVendor2Software CompanyEvent Stream Processing / Continuous QueryVendor3Software CompanyEvent Stream Processing / Continuous QueryVendor4Software CompanyEvent Stream Processing / Continuous QueryVendor5Software CompanyEvent Stream Processing / Continuous QueryVendor6Software CompanyRete Rules Engine + Continue Query EngineVendor7Technology Analysis / Convention HostResearch Notes, Presentations, White PapersVendor8Independent ConsultantCEP Promotion, CEP Web Site Sponsorship, CEP EvangelismVendor9To Be ConfirmedTo Be ConfirmedVendor10To Be ConfirmedTo Be ConfirmedVendorDiscussion:

The current EPTS Steering Committee (SC) does not represent the art-and-science of event processing. All SC members are vendors and all but two of the SC members are software vendors, all but one of these software sellers are selling very similar products, event stream processing / continuous query engines. There is one industry analyst (a vendor). There is only one independent consultant, evangelist (another vendor).* There are no end users or other industry segments represented on the SC. In a nutshell, the EPTS is composed of vendors, most of which are software vendors selling very similar products.

I propose that the event processing community at-large would be better represented and served if the EPTS SC was reorganized, something like this:

#IndustryPrimary EPTS-Related TechnologyComments1Software CompanyEvent Stream Processing / Continuous QueryVendor2TelecommunicationsNetwork ManagementEnd User3Financial ServicesSecurity and Risk ManagementEnd User4Software CompanyNeural and/or Bayesian NetworksVendor5Software CompanyRules EngineVendor6Military / GovernmentData and Sensor Fusion / CEPEnd User7TransportationOperations ResearchEnd User8Independent ConsultantCEP Promotion, CEP Web Site Sponsorship, CEP EvangelismVendor9NPOEvent Processing StandardsEnd User10OpenOpenEnd UserThe above list could certainly be improved and refined. It is just a first draft. However, as readers can see, instead of being a society that is managed by vendors with a single, dominate software technology, the society shifts to one where various industries and technologies are more equally represented. The majority of the SC members in my proposed reorganization would be end users, not vendors.

Your comments and suggestions are warmly appreciated.



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