Are you interested in learning what 400 large companies are saying about their response tools and processes in place now and what they wish they had? Here's a hint: words like "smarter," "quicker," and "automatic" often come up. They want real-time information to enable them to respond to changing conditions and capitalize on opportunities.

Get Your Business Out Of The "Slow Lane"

Read the white paper Overtaken by Events? The Quest for Operational Responsiveness and get the results of a survey conducted by Vanson-Bourne Research. The findings reveal the prevalent need (and want) for Operational Responsiveness across telecom, energy, and logistics businesses across the US and Western Europe. Among the key findings: 

• 72% of respondents said their business processes take too long and need to be shortened.
• 54% said there are information gaps in decision-making.
• 94% of companies think access to real-time data is important to them. 
• 82% are planning on investing in real-time technology by the middle of 2010 in the hope of speeding up internal processes.
  
  

Read the complete study to learn why an event-driven architecture will likely become the IT standard within the next five years.