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The Power of Now: How Winning Companies Sense and Respond to Change Using Real-Time Technology
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Sales rank 560,408
Customers rating (based on 13 reviews)
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How Winning Companies Sense and Respond to Change Using Real-Time Technology. Meet the future head-on with this incisive book that details emerging trends that will affect all businesses as they progress through the 21st century. Today's technology has become vital to the speed and performance of business. The fast-paced, high-stakes world of technology is infiltrating business everywhere, through the extensive use of high-speed networks, powerful desktop computers, the Internet, and integrated information across many systems. Customers are also demanding that everything be done faster, at lower cost without sacrificing quality. How will your company compete and prosper in the new millennium? How can you raise your company above the ravages of creeping commoditization and gain that crucial, elusive competitive advantage? The answers lie in becoming event-driven. Event-driven companies (those that acquire, deploy, and wisely exploit real-time information) are the most successful at sensing and responding to the events that drive their businesses. They use the power of real-time information to drive the development and delivery of new products and services. The winning approach presented in this book will benefit any company competing in this age of globalization, emerging technologies, and ever-increasing competition. After reading this book, you will be able to employ the technology to create real-time operations, and you will have the tools, mindset, and organizational structure that enable you to do the right thing at the right time. And the right time is now.
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| Publisher | McGraw-Hill Osborne Media | | Release date | 09/1999 | | Availability | | | Edition | Hardcover |
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 It was useful.
The book covered some of the real-time technology that TIBCO and other IT firms developed. But it is outdated. The environment now in year 2003 is very different.
 The Business Case For The Real-Time Enterprise
This book inspired me to start a company called KnowNow; I have bought a copy of the book for every executive who has joined my company to inspire them, too. The Power Of Now is a business-focused treatise on the use of publish-subscribe technology in creating highly responsive business processes. Though I agree with the reviewer who claimed the writing style is somewhat dry, I do think it is the most compelling book I've read that makes the case for IT strategists to transition to infrastructure that supports real-time applications.
 Inspiring, although a little dry
I picked up a lot of ideas from this book about how to use the publish/subscribe paradigm to create value. I also discovered new ways to think about "the event-driven enterprise" and "management by exception". I recommend it for anyone considering how to create new value for the bottom line.
 I Had High Hopes
I had high hopes for this book, but was greatly disappointed. Clearly, this is a book written by a guy who is into his company and himself, more than the enabling technology and the strategic benefits of application integration. The book is self-serving, and does not have much strategic value. We need to make our systems communicate...tell me something I don't know. It was also interesting to me to discover that the technology these guys sell was actually created by the CTO of their competitor. Perhaps he needs to write this book.
Insightful!
Vivek Ranadive's book says technology has changed the way business is conducted. Having seemingly stated the obvious, though, he tells you what this means. This technology has spawned "the event-driven revolution," a transforming shift in how corporations act. The book begins with the early transformation of the financial services industry to an event-driven business. It goes on to discuss enterprise business applications, and then the Internet. Throughout, the author addresses the differences between contemporary and event-driven business models, with great emphasis on the event-driven model. This book is densely written, yet surprisingly easy to read. Ranadive provides a good background for students and Internet entrepreneurs (all those who think the event-driven business world started with Jim Clark and Netscape are in for a shock). We [...] recommend this book to leaders thinking of shifting to an event-driven business mode. You'll also like it if you want enough background to join the conversation about how event-driven organizations function.
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