… are, according to Mike Gilpin, events, processes, services and information. How does CEP fit in this? Is it the Fifth Element?
No, but CEP can be described in these terms as…
- a technology for automated processes
- for the continuous processing of events
- made up of 1 or more event-driven event-processing services
- about providing operational information to enable businesses to make (automated or manual) real-time decisions.