1. A system comprising: a processor-implemented event processing module accessible over a network: a processor-implemented event producer module associated with the event processing module and configured to monitor an action or directive of a consumer resource and, in response to a detected action or directive, generate an event and event metadata; a processor-implemented conversion module associated with the event processing module and configured to acquire the event metadata and generate a generic event based on the acquired event metadata; and a transport module configured to distribute the generic event to a plurality of consumer resources.