FYI: Event processing is a complementary technology to SOA http://soa-eda.blogspot.com/2006/11/how-eda-extends-soa-and-why-it-is.html There are an increasing number of Event Processing applications (e,g, logistics, intelligence) being deployed by multiple suppliers. However there is a strong need for future standardizations (e.g. reference models, event representations, pattern query languages) which could provide an opportunity for the NCOIC (with customers and collaborators) to influence future directions. An industry Event Processing Technical Society (EPTS) has also been formed to deal with some of these issues.