11Best Practices

“It’s the economy, stupid!” was a phrase that drove design choices in President Clinton’s 1992 campaign. “It’s about the business!” is the phrase that determines design choices for event-processing applications. Most of the benefits in implementing event-processing applications come from transforming, or significantly improving, the business.

In this chapter we apply the concepts and ideas of the previous chapters to propose a collection of best practices in event processing. We also draw upon our experiences working with different companies in different domains. The chapter is organized in the following main parts:

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