CEP/EP Reference Customers 2005-2007
Posted on December 29th, 2007 by Tim Bass
On November 8th 2007, after compiling a list of CEP/EP reference customers from the open literature and public press releases, I issued a call for CEP reference customers in the Yahoo! CEP-Interest Group and on the professional networking site LinkedIn. During the past 7 weeks I provided an opportunity for all concerned to view and respond to my public worksheet.
Here are the results of the “CEP/EP Reference Customers Survey” for 2005-2007:
| Apama | 5 |
| TIBCO | 5 |
| StreamBase | 4 |
| AptSoft | 4 |
| Coral8 | 2 |
| Aleri | 2 |
| Agent Logic | 1 |
| BEA | 1 |
| Total CEP/EP Reference Customers (2005-2007) | 25 |
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Looking only at 2007, the total CEP/EP reference customers available in the public domain were as follows:
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| Apama | 4 |
| StreamBase | 4 |
| TIBCO | 2 |
| AptSoft | 2 |
| Coral8 | 2 |
| Aleri | 2 |
| Agent Logic | 1 |
| BEA | 1 |
| Total CEP/EP Reference Customers (2007) | 18 |
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The criteria for inclusion in the survey were based on the following marketing and sales criteria (purely marketing criteria, not technical):
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- Must be a (CEP/EP) software vendor;
- Must be an end user / customer;
- Must NOT be a partnership or OEM announcement;
- Must mention complex event processing (CEP) or event processing (EP) in the public statement; and,
- Reference must be available on the Internet and in English
- Must be an end user / customer;
- Must NOT be a partnership or OEM announcement;
- Must mention complex event processing (CEP) or event processing (EP) in the public statement; and,
- Reference must be available on the Internet and in English
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Based on the results of this public survey, comments received, and experiences with the actual products by end users, I plan to followup with The CEP Blog Event Processing Awards for 2007.
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Please stay tuned!
Filed under: CEP News and Events, Complex Event Processing, Coral8, Event Processing, Event Stream Processing, Progress Apama, StreamBase, TIBCO
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