A classification scheme for CEP technologies? Ha.
January 7, 2009
While I’m thinking about it, I wanted to comment on something Paul Vincent said about 2009 CEP predictions.
Quoting Paul:
…the CEP vendor community, in the guise of something like the EPTS, probably needs to step in with a classification scheme for CEP technologies, providing certain prerequisites for the term CEP over “technologies that can do some aspects of CEP”.
Never. Gonna. Happen.
Why? Because CEP is just a brand to 90% of the EPTS (see my words on Seth Grimes’ blog). No vendor will be able to resist the urge to use any classification initiative to show how they are, being clearly in the best class, the most CEP product in the history of CEP.
The best part about this prediction is that if I’m wrong, I will be happy!
It’s funny to watch how the tug of war around this “shared brand” of CEP is disguised in technical terms.
Not to degrade the efforts of the EPTS. They have a positive direction. But let’s just say that I don’t think a classification scheme will come about in 2009. Or ever.
January 7, 2009 at 3:22 pm
Hi Hans. EPTS working groups will work (among other things) in 2009 on classification of event processing applications based on analysis of many use cases to determine the functional and non-functional important requirements. This will help the customers to understand what is important to them. EPTS does not deal with marketing positioning, but with an attempt to define various aspects of event processing as a computing discipline.
cheers,
Opher
January 7, 2009 at 5:51 pm
Ok. I suspect that publishing a commonly accepted classification will be about as easy as crafting a U.N. resolution. But I will be happy to be wrong there.