TUCON2010: the CEP agenda

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TIBCO’s user group event, TUCON, takes place in Vegas next week. CEP is covered under the “Optimize Now: Events and Visibility” track, hosted by co-blogger Alan Lundberg. CEP-related sessions, per the agenda, will be:

  • Product: Beyond Real-Time Business: Introduction to Business Optimization

An introduction to the concepts and ideas behind business optimization, including short case studies and the business case for event processing and event-driven architecture. Learn how TIBCO technology can provide complete visibility into business performance in the past, present and future. Presented by Al Harrington, TIBCO.

  • Analyst: Forrester Perspective: Business Event Architecture is the Next Big Thing

Forrester Analyst John Rymer is an expert on complex event processing and business optimization technologies. Get his perspective on the growing importance of complex event processing, including use cases and standards work. Presented by John Rymer, Forrester Research.

  • Product: What’s New and What’s Next for TIBCO BusinessEventsTM

New features and the strategic direction for TIBCO BusinessEventsTM, the marketshare leader in the growing CEP space. Learn about recent enhancements that provide a simpler way for business users to write the rules that dictate how complex events are tracked; run queries on a stream of events continuously; and a distributed cache and rules engine that provides additional scalability – enough to handle roughly 100 times more events than before. Presented by Suresh Subramani, TIBCO

  • Use Case: Sense and Respond to Event Patterns

As green technologies and smart grids are becoming more prevalent, the use of event processing in energy provisioning and utilization will increase as well. Hear how one of our energy customers is using TIBCO’s CEP software to gain the benefits of platform consolidation and to predict energy demand while reducing customer impacts. Presented by Moataz Abdellateef, Director, IS, Applications Development, Direct Energy.

  • Use Case: Track and Trace for Automatic Adaptation

OOCL is using TIBCO BusinessEventsTM to track shipment milestones and trigger relevant business process activities when relevant milestones are reached or missed. This case study provides a direct comparison between similar implementations in Java and BPEL, highlights the use of rules and high volumes of scheduled events, and shows how this technology was introduced for the first time in the development organization. Presented by Matt Rosen, Director of Application Development, Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL).

  • Use Case: Timing and Triggers: The Role of Business Rules in CEP

Business rules are increasingly being used in fighting fraud, mitigating risk, and implementing business policies. This session will focus on business rules and their relevance to CEP. Hear how one of our customers is using TIBCO technologies to gain processing efficiency, insight into the entire processing flow, and significant ROI. Presented by Ernest Svehla, Director, ICC, CareFirst.

  • Product: Implementing TIBCO BusinessEventsTM: Lessons from the Trenches

This session will provide practical guidance on implementing TIBCO BusinessEventsTM from the world’s most experienced practitioners in TIBCO Professional Services and TIBCO Engineering. In this session, you will hear a variety of event processing methods and best practices, and both the triumphs and foibles in scoping, architecting, developing and testing some of the most compelling event processing deployments in IT today. Presented by Dan Buchko & Sergio Gonik, TIBCO.

  • Use Case: PepsiCo: Real-Time Business Decision Support

Learn how Infosys helped PepsiCo reduce its fleet costs and adapt more quickly to changing transportation requirements using DST, an intelligent business decision-making tool to drive down costs and improve efficiency. Infosys designed DST, an agile business Decision Support Tool, leveraging TIBCO BusinessWorksTM, TIBCO BusinessEventsTM, and TIBCO General InterfaceTM. With DST, PepsiCo is able to configure business rules based on the changing dynamics of the transportation industry, without going through a massive change management exercise. Presented by Tyrone Green, Senior Development Program Manager, Business and Information Services, PepsiCo, and Abhinav Goyal, Program Manager, Enterprise Solutions, Infosys Technologies Limited.

  • Product: BusinessEvents Engineering Roundtable

Do you have questions about TIBCO’s CEP software that weren’t covered in other sessions? Bring them to the Engineering Roundtable. This unscripted session is an opportunity to gain insight and practical tips from TIBCO’s CEP experts.
Presented by Suresh Subramani, Gabe Grigorescu, Jitesh Patel, Al Harrington, Mark Darbyshire, Julian Lo – TIBCO.

Should be a good event!