Tuesday, May 08, 2007

Event Processing

I've come upon lots of good reading lately on complex event processing. Interesting stuff indeed. Although there are some really cool things that can be done with this kind of technology, I think operational costsare a significant stumbling block for organizations like mine.

The article "Event Processing in 2007 and beyond" provides a good overview and some examples.

This site is dedicated to the topic and contains much good material.

Design patterns is a favourite topic of mine, and CEP Design Patterns provides a design pattern spin.

Wednesday, May 02, 2007

Multi-processor and Programming Languages

"now that multi-core is in rapid adoption, the issue of multi-processor programming is beginning to loom large." I wasn't the first to say it, but it is reasuring to see others say it to.

With respect to StreamIt, it is a completely different programming model than the previously reported Fortress Language.