Wednesday | 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM | Breakfast with the Analysts Track

SESSION TITLE

The Difference between Complex Event Processing and Business Rules

SPEAKER(s):

Mike Gualtieri Senior Analyst Forrester Research, Inc

MAIN FOCUS OF PRESENTATION: Business & IT

FAMILIARITY WITH SUBJECT: Some

ABOUT THIS SESSION:

Understanding the differences between business rules and complex event processing (CEP) is not as easy as relegating rules to business rules and events to CEP. Each platform strives to facilitate more-agile application development by providing specialized tools that enable both developers and business users to externalize business logic. Each, however, takes a different approach and is optimal for certain kinds of business problems. You must understand the sweet spots of each to make a smart decision.

• What are the differences between CEP and business rules?
• When to use CEP. When to use business rules. When to use both.



ABOUT THE SPEAKER(s):

Mike is a Senior Analyst at Forrester Research where he researches Web and application architecture, user experience design, development tools and languages, business rules platforms, complex event processing platforms, end user developers, and the future of application development. Mike is also a leading expert on the intersection of application development, user experience design, and architecture. Mike has more than 20 years experience in software development and architecture. While a student at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, he was awarded three patents for inventing an expert system for air traffic control that is used around the world to train air traffic controllers. His latest research is focused on event processing architectures.