Tim Bass
Thu, 24 Jan 2008 14:38:58 +0000
Joe McKendrick, in Taking the �complex' out of complex event processing, makes a case for renaming CEP, BEP.
Joe references IBM�s Sandy Carter, as I did in my post earlier today, IBM Says Business Event Processing is Not CEP.
Joe wants to change the world �complex� to �business� in CEP because he believes the word �complex� is not good for marketing.
The problem with Joe�s approach, as I see it, is that CEP is different than BEP.* However, I remain open-minded on the topic.
There is quite a difference in event-driven orchestration-oriented processing, BEP. and situation detection-oriented event processing, CEP.
BEP is, for the most part, about orchestrating event-driven business processes.
CEP is about detecting opportunities and threats (situations) in real-time.
It is not clear to me that simply renaming BEP CEP touches the core technical and business differences.
