IBM Systems Journal | Vol. 47, No. 2, 2008 - Real-Time and Event-Based Systems

"Due to the growing demands for responsiveness in business processes, command-and-control systems, and embedded systems, the deployment rate of responsive systems is increasing. This issue of the Journal is dedicated to responsive systems, a class of systems that includes real-time and event-based systems. An introductory paper, authored by the issue coordinators, is followed by ten papers that cover platforms, middleware, and development support for responsive systems." This trend fits well with the movement of external Financial and Business Reporting to a real time/events based paradigm. This will continue for the next few years and have a major impact on systems development. IBM Systems Journal Vol. 47, No. 2, 2008 - Real-Time and Event-Based Systems: