ebruary second the Open Group released a new version of its framework TOGAF 9. TOGAF started out as a Technical Infrastructure Framework, started by the US Department of Defense in 1995 with TOGAF 1, and has grown out to a full framework for enterprise architecture in TOGAF version 9.
So why do you need a framework like TOGAF 9. From its origin IT was introduced to speedup business process so companies could make more money faster. Somewhere along the way IT became a technology driven, self sustaining machine where we all needed more gadgets without contributing to the added business value. Enterprise architecture is one of the ways to get the primary goal of IT back within normal costs and in control for a organization.
As I was reading the Smart Roads. Smart Bridges. Smart Grids. feature in the WSJ, I couldn't help but notice all the event processing scenarios and patterns. As you would expect, all the scenarios start with sensors and instrumentation and involve event (instrumentation) transmission, detection and processing. The order, frequency and end actions of transmission, detection and processing vary by scenario. What follows are excerpts from the article in the domains of smart transportation and grids and my associated event processing observations.