High-performance, scalable, adaptive and multi-dimensional event repository

A computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon instructions causing at least one computer system to utilize an event repository, the instructions comprising:

• instructions that cause said at least one computer system to receive an indication that all subscribers of a database expressing interest in an event have consumed the event;
• instructions that cause said at least one computer system to remove the event from an event queue in response to receiving the indication;
• and
• instructions that cause said at least one computer system to place the event in an event repository upon removal of the event from the event queue, the event stored in the event repository to facilitate publication of a subsequent event similar to the event.

A system for utilizing an event repository, comprising:

• a database;
• a messaging system having an event queue and operable with the database to:
• store the events of the database in an event queue;
• receive an indication that all subscribers of the database expressing interest in an event have consumed the event;
• remove the event from the event queue in response to receiving the indication;
• and
• place the event in an event repository upon removal of the event from the event queue, the event stored in the event repository to facilitate publication of a subsequent event similar to the event.