BOTTOM LINE: Progress Apama 2.4
Company: Progress Software, http://www.progress.com/ Good -- 7.8
Criteria | Score | Weight |
Developer tools | 8.0 | 35.0 |
Scalability | 7.0 | 25.0 |
Management | 8.0 | 15.0 |
Setup | 9.0 | 10.0 |
Value | 8.0 | 10.0 |
Reporting | 6.0 | 5.0 |
Product: | Progress Apama 2.4 | |
Cost: | Starts at US$100,000 per year; includes five named users (for Event Modeler and Dashboard Studio access) | |
Platforms: | Event Manager, Event Store: Solaris 2.8, Windows NT/2000/XP/2003, Red Hat 7.3/Enterprise 3, Suse ES 9; Event Modeler, Scalability and Management Environment (EMM Console): Windows NT/2000/XP/2003; Dashboard Studio, Research Studio: Windows 2000/XP/2003 | |
Bottom Line: | Apama 2.4 delivers strong features for filtering, aggregating, and correlating event streams in real time. The rules-based approach is cumbersome but effective. Additional tools such as the built-in Dashboard Wizard and well-built adapter framework make this a fine choice in an enterprise integration strategy. |
BOTTOM LINE: StreamBase 3.5
Company: StreamBase Systems, http://www.streambase.com/ Very Good -- 8.1
Criteria | Score | Weight |
Developer tools | 9.0 | 35.0 |
Scalability | 8.0 | 25.0 |
Management | 6.0 | 15.0 |
Setup | 9.0 | 10.0 |
Value | 8.0 | 10.0 |
Reporting | 6.0 | 5.0 |
Product: | StreamBase 3.5 | |
Cost: | Developer Edition: free; Enterprise Edition: starts at US$95,000 | |
Platforms: | Server and authoring: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3AS (64/32), Windows XP Pro/2003 Server, Solaris 8/9 (SPARC); Sun JDK 1.5.0_06+ | |
Bottom Line: | StreamBase uses its own StreamSQL in a familiar interface for developing time-centric, stream query apps. Complexity is hidden through drag-and-drop graphical development, a good function library, and well-integrated simulation facility. Management and adapters are light, but clustering and fail-over help bridge reliability requirements.. |