Event processing and event driven architecture (EDA) provide a way for organizations to implement real time visibility and proactive decision making in the enterprise. Just about every survey we do shows that business agility is the #1 business driver for most IT investments these days. While SOA is being touted as the architecture for delivering agility, EDA is the architecture that provides real time visibility, alerts, and recognition of impending issues to enable more proactive management.

Event processing is actually not new. It has been in use for many years in the financial industry. Algorithmic trading is an example. It has also been used in systems and network monitoring. However, there seems to be some misconceptions and confusion about how EDA relates to SOA, how it is different, and how it can be of use in mainstream applications.

If you've been pondering these questions, ebizQ is holding a virtual conference next week which will feature the luminaries in the event processing field. Roy Schulte, VP Gartner, will be giving a keynote presentation that explain much about what event processing is and what it can do. The Jake Frievald of iWay will be speaking about BI in an Event Driven World where he will present a generic event-driven BI framework gleaned from what customers have actually been implementing. We have an all star panel featuring David Luckham, father of CEP and Mani Chandy, professor at Cal Tech. Then Charles Brett will present Forrester's Event Processing Taxonomy.

This conference will feature a brand new virtual environment which includes a networking lounge and new virtual booths. Attendees who visit all the booths will be eligible to win a GPS system. At the end of the day we are giving away 5 copies of David Luckam's book "The Power of Events", for the five best questions of the day.

So come and ask your questions. This event is pretty much guaranteed to provide you with valuable information.

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I'm in Las Vegas from IBM IMPACT - their yearly customer event focused on SOA. Over 6300 attendees are here. The morning started out in the MGM Arena with a marching band, the CIO of Harley Davidson riding in on a motorcycle, Cirque du Soleil acrobats swinging from long pieces of fabric hanging from the ceiling, and Drew Carey MCing and entertaining. It culminated in a improv script which had Drew Carey and Robert LeBlanc, General Manager, Global Consulting Services and SOA, IBM, navigating their way barefoot and blindfolded among 100 mouse traps. Couldn't help but wonder if it was strangely familiar territory for LeBlanc. A fun morning so far.

The major theme is Smart SOA. Drew Carey stated he had no idea what SOA is (and many in the audience around me indicated he was not alone) but IBM does it smarter. Steve Mills indicated that IBM does it smarter because of the 6550 customer implementations IBM has done. In fact the number one announcement was that IBM is the industry leader in SOA implementations. Over 272 customers speaking this week. IBM is capitalizing on and productizing this experience. Also announced was the release of 270 agility metrics 270. You can even take an SOA health check.

Another way IBM is capitalizing on the experience is by creating industry solutions. One of the solutions that has me very intrigued is Smart SOA approaches for going green. Have to wait until tomorrow to hear what that's all about.

IBM is also announcing a BPM Suite with Events Management, which includes the Apsoft acquisition. Last year IBM introduced an electronic game to teach BPM. They have introduced the curriculum into hundreds of colleges.

One of the more interesting ideas IBM is moving forward with is creating social networks to enable architects, analysts, business people, academics, to share ideas around SOA. There is a 72 hour SOA JAM going on. You can join it from your desktop.

Onto more sessions.

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BACK TO THE BLOG!!! Please excuse my long absence. Setting up a new computer, a new office, starting a new venture in addition to everything else I am continuing to do has left me with little sleep and little time to do anything that was not totally essential in that moment. Blog just never made it to the list.

However, I absolutely could not fail to tell you about a great virtual event that will happen on Wednesday, March 19th. As part of the ebizQ In Action Virtual Conference Series there will be a LIVE Roundtable discussion on Web 2.0 and SOA. We have an amazing panel which includes: Dion Hinchcliffe, Founder and Chief Technology Officer for the Enterprise Web 2.0 advisory and consulting firm Hinchcliffe & Company, creator of Web 2.0 University, and co-author of "Web 2.0 Patterns: What entrepreneurs and information architects need to know"; Ronald Schmelzer, Managing Partner at ZapThink, well-known SOA expert, lead author of "XML And Web Services Unleashed", and co-author of "Service-Orient or Be Doomed"; and Doug Wilson is an IBM Distinguished Engineer, Chief Technology Officer for Portal & Collaboration Products, and the Vice Chairman of the Software Group Architecture Board for IBM Software Group.

With this group of esteemed panelists I can guarantee you a lively and thoughtful discussion. If you miss the live broadcast, it will be available in the archive. However, you must attend the live session to win any of the giveaways. ZapThink is giving away one free pass to it's Practical SOA course March 25, 2008, Newark, N.J. ZapThink is also offering ebizQ members $100 of the regular $295 price. Use this link for ebizQ members and enter the promo code EBIZQPSOA.

Hinchcliffe & Company is offering a free course in their Web 2.0 University designed to teach Web 2.0 and Enterprise 2.0 techniques on May 6-7, New York, NY. They are also offering $300 discount of the regular $995 price. ebizQ members can use this link for the discount.

But wait, there's more (about now I feel like Ellen DeGeneres who gives all her audience members gifts), but you've got to attend the live broadcast for this one. ebizQ will award 10 copies of "Web 2.0 Heroes" by Bradley L. Jones. Due out next month, the book profiles innovators at companies like eBay, Microsoft, Sun Microsystems, Adobe/ Macromedia, YouSendIt, IBM,Bloglines, Ning, Technorati, Zoho and many others to show where Web 2.0-based business is going in the future.

I kid you not. This LIVE event is not to be missed. Register now.

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