Where real-time operations were once the province of nuclear power plants and mission-critical manufacturing processes, the real-time concept has been sneaking into the vocabulary of the “next big thing” technology futurists. The most recent explanation I’ve heard was during a presentation by Creative Strategies President Tim Bajarin at a CRM expo in New York last week.
In Bajarin’s view, a combination of standards-based integrated applications and wireless devices will let corporate “corridor warriors” always know the financial health of their companies, suppliers and customers.
Real-Time Enterprise