Foreword Preface Acknowledgments Select Endorsements Chapter 1 The Event—Driven Cornpany The Event—Driven Revolution The GIobaI Networked Society What I Believe Event·-Driven:The Metamanagement Theory How BechteJ Corporation Is Event-Driven The Aqe of Punctuated Equilibrium It AlI Starts with the Customer Let’s Get Busy There Are No Silver Bullets Chapter 2 Becomincl Event-Driven Js Yours an Event—Driven Company? Your Company Needs to Change,butHow? Becomincl Event-Driven: The UItimate IT Upgrade Your Dreams for Your Business Some Advice about Becoming Event-Driven Chapter 3 From the Trading Floor to the Event—Driven Enterprise The Event-Driven Warrior TradinCl:The OIdest Human Profession 85 Broad Street TheWavjtWas HoW the Trading Floor Eventual Became Event-Driven Chapter 4 The Event-Driven IT Architecture From the Trading Floor to the Enterprise to the Internet Information Is Knowledge Is Power The Publish/Subscribe Paradigm The Information Bus Middleware and Infrastructure Software Reliable Multicast/PGM How NASDAQ Is Using Multicasting Event-Driven Technology Infrastructure Management by Exception Chapter 5 event-driven.corn Make the Internet Work for You Extend Your Business with a Portal How Sticky Is Your Portal? Creating an E-Community The EIP--Your Showroom for the Twenty-First Century Chapter 6 The Event-Driven Philosophy "Contemporary" to "Cellular" "Industry" to "Ecosystem" Knowledge Management in the Event-Driven Company All from Column A, All from Column B All from Column C Embedding Your Core Competencies Chapter 7 Leadership and Organization The Star System Compensation, Partnership, and Ownership The Mission Statement: Guiding Star Tips on How to Lead by Following Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Glossary References Index