A system, comprising: at least one microprocessor; a memory accessible to the at least one microprocessor and storing instructions for execution by the at least one microprocessor; wherein the at least one microprocessor executes instructions as a portion of a plurality of resources; wherein the at least one of the plurality of resources comprises a computing resource, a communication resource further comprising a first network interface to a network and selectively enabling communications between a first and second endpoint utilizing the network, or a data storage resource, and wherein the plurality of resources are interconnected for communications therebetween and enable the first endpoint to obtain or provide data to the second endpoint; an event monitor comprising a second network interface to the network, wherein the event monitor is adapted to obtain event information from an event source regarding an event; an event assessment component, wherein the event assessment component is adapted to determine whether the obtained event information matches a historic event of a plurality of historic events in the data storage resource; an event response processor, wherein the event response processor is adapted to reconfigure the system in accordance with a solution determined from a historic solution, of a plurality of historic solutions, that is associated with the historic event; and wherein the data storage resource is adapted to maintain, with the historic event and historic solution, an actual-observed performance delta indicating a difference in the performance of the system as observed during the historic event while the system was configured in accordance with the historic solution versus the expected performance of the system; and wherein the event response processor further is adapted to determine the solution in accordance with an actual-observed performance delta associated with the historic event. at least one microprocessor; a memory accessible to the at least one microprocessor and storing instructions for execution by the at least one microprocessor; wherein the at least one microprocessor executes instructions as a portion of a plurality of resources; wherein the at least one of the plurality of resources comprises a computing resource, a communication resource further comprising a first network interface to a network and selectively enabling communications between a first and second endpoint utilizing the network, or a data storage resource, and wherein the plurality of resources are interconnected for communications therebetween and enable the first endpoint to obtain or provide data to the second endpoint; an event monitor comprising a second network interface to the network, wherein the event monitor is adapted to obtain event information from an event source regarding an event; an event assessment component, wherein the event assessment component is adapted to determine whether the obtained event information matches a historic event of a plurality of historic events in the data storage resource; an event response processor, wherein the event response processor is adapted to reconfigure the system in accordance with a solution determined from a historic solution, of a plurality of historic solutions, that is associated with the historic event; and wherein the data storage resource is adapted to maintain, with the historic event and historic solution, an actual-observed performance delta indicating a difference in the performance of the system as observed during the historic event while the system was configured in accordance with the historic solution versus the expected performance of the system; and wherein the event response processor further is adapted to determine the solution in accordance with an actual-observed performance delta associated with the historic event. <EOS>