LIVE Update from TUCON 2011 - Part : 2
Some interesting announcements coming from TIBCO during the course of the event:
- Focus on zero latency devices and applications is taken to a new level in line with the philosophy 'Big Data wont help you in 6 months'. Particularly interesting is the concept that 'A little bit of right information before hand, is better than all the information 6 months from now'
- TIBCO web messaging platform to service mobile and web enabled platforms as an extension to TIBCO Enterprise Messaging Service
- SpotFire 4.0, that customers and system integrators are awaiting with equal anticipation after the eye-grabbing releases of the previous versions
- A wide multi-flavored TIBCO Cloud platform that promises to be a 'one click' deployment off-premise of infrastructure and software that would take weeks if not months to deploy conventionally.
- Tighter integration of newer acquired solutions like the Nimbus owned process discovery capability and Loyalty management solutions, with Context capture and collaboration capabilities. If the prototype that we saw is an indication, we are in for some very cool technology innovations
All in all, TIBCO's data handling capabilities and the focus on low latency, data context and extending the integration capabilities is likely to create a niche platform, that isn't probably covered in existing analyst quadrants.
While at the event, we had strong cross-industry participation at the Infosys hosted cocktail event attended over 50+ clients and prospects. This coupled with the insightful interactions in the solution showcase area, does provide a point of view around TIBCO across verticals. The BestBuy Europe and Infosys hosted session on Customer Experience challenges and the hosted solution deployed was well received too.
The highlight of the Infosys participation was the key note session by Ashok Vemuri on how as businesses move away from a product-centric model towards co-creation of value, tomorrow's enterprises will be defined by their ability to create and nurture an ecosystem of innovators. We look forward to sharing the video snippets of the keynote with you soon.


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