Processing Events in Event Processing
Inside Market Data on CEP
Feb 8th
Here’s another good post on the Sybase acquisition of Aleri’s assets. And here’s a quote from Larry Tab that I agree with,
However, Tabb says StreamBase may find it harder than expected to pick off Aleri/Coral8 clients. “Once a firm has programmed to one engine, it can be hard to rip that out and start over…. [...]
Phillip Howard on CEP
Feb 8th
This is a good post by Philip on the Sybase acquisition of Aleri’s assets. In his commentary, Philip states,
The point here is that these acquisitions were actually done for different reasons, at least in part. However, the Sybase purchase, in particular, raises interesting questions. For one thing, it means that Streambase is pretty much the [...]
CEP Consolidation? Not Really.
Feb 8th
Boy, I take a couple of days off to go do some diving, come back and the world of CEP has changed.
Not really. I think if one was to raise out of the day to day of all things event processing and look at the business side of things, that not too many people would [...]
AMQP, RabbitMQ & CEP
Jan 8th
One of my readers asked me to take a look at AMQP and RabbitMQ. Seemed right up my alley, so I did.
AMQP
Since some type of messaging/queuing requirement is becoming fairly commonplace today, we face the same problem we always face when different groups, who have adopted their own solution, want to start exchanging data with [...]
A New Idea in Software Licensing?
Jan 7th
When reading Crossing the Chasm, one is presented with the magic number of $150,000 for a new product’s software license. Add to that 20% for support and $50,000 for implementation and you’ve got $230,000 (give or take).
There are lots of companies out there who charge for giving support on open-source projects – and that’s a [...]
Map/Reduce in CEP Land – A Simple Example
Jan 6th
I thought I would share just how easily the example I describe in this post could be implemented. Here’s some code and commentary:
This is from the Erlang shell:
1> {module,darkstar}
we’ve loaded the DarkStar CEP Module
2> {module,mapwordcount}
and the map function
3> {module,stream}
and we’d like a stream please
4> Stream = stream:start().
let’s start up [...]
Map/Reduce in CEP Land
Jan 5th
Earlier, I promised a post discussing Map/Reduce as one might envision it applied in a streaming context. We’re going to get a little hypothetical here so that we’re not going to idealize the super good solution in any one vendor’s product speak.
And we’ll use the world infamous Hadoop Word Count example to get us started.
A [...]
Benchmarks & CEP
Jan 5th
Currently, the only organization offering benchmarks of CEP platforms is the Securities Technology Analysis Center (STAC). The benchmark is named the A1.
To date, Aleri is the only vendor to have published a benchmark performed in conjunction with STAC. And although the benchmark was not the A1, the information provided by the benchmark and attendant results [...]
Convenience Store 2.0 – Probabilities
Dec 31st
Allrighty, it’s time to start digging in. In preparation for our specials campaign at this regional convenience store/gas station chain, we’ve got to figure out what people are buying.
First, customers can either pay at the pump, in which case it’s unlikely that they actually come into the store. Or, to get the discount, they do [...]
Low Cost Net Meetings
Dec 30th
I’ve started a number of companies or new ventures in existing companies – they’ve all had one thing in common; KEEP EXPENSES LOW. You have to wait until your A round to buy the Ferrari…
The team here makes extensive use of internet based video conferencing and voice via Skype. And the presentation/desktop sharing app we [...]
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