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'Business event processing' now in the spotlight

'Business event processing' now in the spotlighthigh performance, low latencyThis kills off any use of SOA in BEP. You know how long does it take to make a connection to a HTTP SOA sever using bloated XML-based protocls?BEP is already widely implemented.Most insurance and financial companies use risk modeling to...

Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Middleware, XML, Business Event Processing, SOA, Business Event, BEP

Discussion threads 2008-09-15

'Business event processing' now in the spotlight

Is 'business event processing' too much to swallow? by Joe McKendrick

Tags: Event, IBM Corp., Business Event, BEP, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Supply Chain Management (SCM), Branding, Web 2.0, Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing, Internet, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2008-09-15

Analysts: don't 'shoehorn' event-driven processing into SOA

Analysts: don't 'shoehorn' event-driven processing into SOAEvents are quite essential for SOAI'd say events processing is an important aspect of every SOA - imagine a landscape of great software "services" sitting out there for somebody to consume - and nobody cares! Business happens based on events - order received, shipment...

Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Middleware, Enterprise software, SOA, business event

Discussion threads 2007-03-06

Additional Resources

FireDaemon Pro 1.9.2402 (Windows)

FireDaemon is a system utility that allows you to install and run any 32-bit or 64-bit application EXE or DLL or script (BAT CMD, .NET, Perl, Java, Python, TCL TK) as a Windows XP, 2003, Vista, 2008 or 7 service. FireDaemon enables complete configuration of the installed service, which can...

Tags: Business Productivity, FireDaemon Technologies, Microsoft Windows, Strategic Planning, Collaboration, Programming Languages, Scripting Languages, Operating Systems, Software, Strategy, Management, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Web Development

Software downloads 2009-11-26

Does virtualization equal cloud computing?

I would say yesThere is no need to buy 'stand alone' servers any longer in functionality when you can put it in a Blade 'name your flavor' chassis.Virtualization with VMware/RHEL or some vendor is the best way to get it off bare-metal...Doing baremetal rebuilds is time consuming and it takes...

Tags: Data centers, Servers, Utility computing, server, cloud computing, virtualization, cluster

Discussion threads 2009-11-25

Best Buy adds $197 HP laptop to Black Friday lineup

I hate agreeing with linuxbut alas I must do it this time :( He's right, this is some cheap hardware. Intel celeron? Who uses that anymore? I guess its good for kids, but any power user will not want this laptop. I'm holding out for a...

Tags: Notebooks, Processors, Black Friday lineup, laptop computer, Intel Celeron, Best Buy Co. Inc., Black Friday, HP Laptop, Hewlett-Packard Co.

Discussion threads 2009-11-24

Salesforce Chatter: Social operating systems emerge on the IT stage

The next big shift: Intranets, portals, and software suites that are the integrating force of the social fabric for our organizations. This morning's announcement here at Dreamforce today from Salesforce of Chatter, an enterprise-class realization of Facebook and Twitter, is further evidence of the industry's push for social Web capabilities...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Information Technology, Operating System, Environment, Social Computing, Chatter, Status Update, Groups, Sales Force Management, Social Networking, Sales, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Dion Hinchcliffe

Blog posts 2009-11-18

Outlook 2010: Message composition (Office 2010 hits beta: what's new and exciting)

Uhhhh - you were able to hide the ribbon in 2007 too . . .Uhhhh - you were able to hide the ribbon in 2007 too . . .I don't know how you think this is a new feature; the ability to hide the ribbon has always been there.Try double...

Tags: ribbon, Office 2010, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Outlook

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

CRM Association-Netherlands Rocks Het Huis!

I'm in love with Amsterdam....no wait, I love it but I'm not in love....no, hold on, I like it a lot, but I'm not in love, nor do I love it. The Theory.... Interestingly enough (to me at least and who else am I really writing this for...

Tags: Car, Amsterdam, Conference, CRM, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2009-11-16

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens 1.0 (Mobile)

Quotes from the ebook: Preface and beginning of first chapter.PREFACE I HAVE endeavoured in this Ghostly little book, to raise the Ghost of an Idea, which shall not put my readers out of humour with themselves, with each other, with the season, or with me. May it haunt their houses...

Tags: Mobile, Scrooge, Keyboards, E-books, Monitors & Displays, Hardware, Peripherals, Personal Technology, Components

Software downloads 2009-11-16

Microsoft admits its GPL violation; will reissue Windows 7 tool under open-source license

Tar and feather them nt ;-)ntYeah - they made good on GPL2 - tar them anyway!It's Microsoft - hurt them even when they do admit their errors and make good on them!Seriously Dude, see a shrink!A tad serious?Lighten up a bit - a shrink? I will put my mental health...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Microsoft Windows, tool, Microsoft Windows 7, open source, Microsoft Corp., GPL

Discussion threads 2009-11-13

Life insurance may prove difficult to get if you contract H1N1

Insurance company business model:Only sell insurance to those who will not need it and hence not collect.For life insurance, they at least have a case, because it should not be possible to take out a $1M policy the day before you die of cancer.Health CARE however is supposed to be...

Tags: Financial Planning, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Personal finance, payroll solutions, H1N1 flu, insurance, life insurance, health insurance, health care

Discussion threads 2009-11-13

MyUniverse Professional 1.0.8 (Windows)

MyUniverse Professional is a feature rich application you can use to take all kinds of information from various parts of your life and bring them together into one place in a creative, free form, visual and dynamic way which you can use at Home, School or Business. It is a...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Rhok Solutions, MyUniverse Professional, RSS, Channel Management, Internet, E-mail, Investment, Web Site Development, Marketing, Online Communications, Finance

Software downloads 2009-11-12

Why IT can't seem to deliver measurable productivity

Sounds like excuses to me.If it can't be shown on the bottom line, its useless.IT really needs to be aligned with business needs.From what I have heard talking with several managers, IT needs to come out out the silo and focus on delivering business needs and services. From what...

Tags: Product marketing, Strategy, IT Operations, information technology, customer service

Discussion threads 2009-11-11

Mac OS 10.6.2 breaks hackintoshes

Author's views please ...... does the ZDNET author of this post care to say:1. Whether the 'hack' in 'hackintosh' is morally acceptable and/or legal?2. Whether there is any merit in Psystar's case that OSX is tied to Apple hardware? i.e. the vendor makes it a condition of purchasing the OS...

Tags: Desktops, Linux, Operating systems, Apple Mac OS, Apple Inc., Mac OS 10.6.2, PC, Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2009-11-11

News to know: Logitech-LifeSize; Macworld; Droid sales; Tandberg; e-book readers

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage.: Larry Dignan: Logitech gobbles up LifeSize; Enters video conferencing Dave Greenfield: Logitech Buys LifeSize. Now what about Polycom?...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Dana Blankenhorn, Mary Jo Foley, Sales, Ryan Naraine, Sam Diaz, E-book Reader, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, E-books, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology, Hardware

Blog posts 2009-11-11

No more servers? Rackspace says IT workers are tired of them

And, as servers move to the cloud, fewer and fewer will be Windows servers.When you deploy thousands, you can pay millions in licensing for Windows, and, then Windows is less stable and less secure.RE: No more servers? Rackspace says IT workers are tired of themI wonder how well those outsourced...

Tags: Servers, server, information technology, Rackspace

Discussion threads 2009-11-10

CIO top priorities: Productivity and cost reduction, according to SIM survey

A new list of top priorities for IT leaders was revealed on Monday at the SIMposium 09 event in Seattle. "Business productivity and cost reduction" claimed the top spot. by Jason Hiner

Tags: SIM Card, Cost Reduction, Top Priority, Survey, Marketing Research, Marketing, Jason Hiner

Blog posts 2009-11-09

Fidor Bank: a glimpse to the future?

While at the SOMESSO event last week I filmed Matthias Kroner, CEO of Fidor Bank. In this 9 min 43 sec video, Matthias explains the difference between the classical bank and the new form of community based bank. Fidor is the first bank...

Tags: Bank, Germany, Fidor, Banking, Financial Services, Finance, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-11-09

18 truths: The long fail of complexity

Agree *****One of the best distillations of what 'risk' actually is, and why complexity exponentially increases it, I have read.But more to the point takes a realistic, rather than optimistic or pessimistic, view of how to asses it. And correctly acknowledges the 'human' factors involved in both cause, and...

Tags: Strategy, HEALTHCARE, information technology

Discussion threads 2009-11-06