Beyond Triggers and Tags: Event-Driven Architecture and the Vital Role of Data Integration

Table of Contents

• Table of Contents
• IDC Opinion
• In This Study
• Situation Overview
  • Introduction
  • What Is an Event-Driven Architecture?
    • Clearing the Air on EDA
    • What EDA Is Not
    • What EDA Is
    • A Better Approach to Solving Business Problems
    • The Missing Element: Integrated Data
  • Not an Entirely New Idea
    • Object-Oriented Programming
    • Service-Oriented Architecture
    • SOA and EDA
  • How EDA Works
    • Overview
    • A Hypothetical Model
    • Figure: Hypothetical General-Purpose EDA Model Diagram
    • Events, State, Messages, and Actions
    • How This Model Works
    • Critical Components
    • Modeling and Development Approaches
  • New Technology Drivers
    • Grid Computing
    • Staged Event-Driven Architecture
    • Active Database Features
    • Enterprise Data Integration
• Future Outlook
  • Vendors
  • Table: Vendors Offering Key EDA Technologies Today
  • Market Impact
    • In General
    • For Data Integration and Access Software
• Essential Guidance
• Learn More
  • Related Research
  • External References
  • Definitions
  • Synopsis