Folks who have been in event processing fields like network management (NMS) or security management for many years have a very high expectation for processing complex events.   Most of the network and security management platforms on the market have basic rule-based processing available “out of the box” and most of these platforms have had the capability to process events in near-real time for decades.   Adding a new “rules-based event processing platform” to the network and security management software mix does little to add any additional capability and certainly does not solve any nagging complex detection problems.