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Business Rules Evangelist: Changing the Rules Business intelligence, data warehousing and analytics editorial from DMReview: "Business Rules Evangelist:
Changing the Rules


Column published in DMReview.com
September 23, 2004

By Malcolm Chisholm





Many initiatives in IT are treated as projects with defined start dates and delivery dates. At the beginning of a typical project, everyone is bursting with enthusiasm, and by the end of it they are only too eager to get out. The deliverables are handed over to someone else, enabling the original team to move on to the next project. I have witnessed a number of business rules projects that follow this pattern and have come to the conclusion that 'projectizing' the business rules approach in this way may not always yield the desired results. Projects dealing with business rules can work out well if they are individual components of a coordinated strategy. However, problems seem to arise when business rules projects exist in isolation with no linkages between them."

Shelter Insurance Companies Licenses Web-Based Claims Workstation from Fiserv Insurance Solutions: "Shelter Insurance Companies Licenses Web-Based Claims Workstation from Fiserv Insurance Solutions

... Claims Workstation supports all P&C lines of business and integrates a business rules engine that allows insurance carriers to define business processes and ...
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Harte-Hanks Trillium Software(R) Announces Release of Discovery Version 4: "Harte-Hanks Trillium Software(R) Announces Release of Discovery Version 4
Enabling Business Rule Development and Data Standard Definitions to Target and Eliminate Threats to Business Processes and Profitability

...The introduction of business rule validation empowers users to define their own unique business rules, measure how well their data supports them and identify exceptions to those rules that must be rectified to avoid costly inefficiencies and damage to both business and IT [information technology] operations.

"The appropriate establishment of business rules is unique to each organization," said Len Dubois, vice president of marketing for Trillium Software at Harte-Hanks. "Trillium Software Discovery Version 4 allows organizations to develop rules that ensure data are in compliance with their specific business needs. Being able to run your own business rules and monitor data, regardless of point of entry, reduces issues commonly associated with enterprise failure, lost revenue, increased operational costs, and those that may cause organizations to risk non-compliance with regulatory issues such as Sarbanes-Oxley, HIPAA [Health Information Portability and Accountability Act], and the U.S.A. Patriot Act."

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Press release : ILOG CompanynewsGroup: "CROWE CHIZEK and ILOG collaborate on financial services bpm offering
(8/10/2004 7:00:00 AM)

ILOG JRules Tapped for Crowe Chizek's Straight Through Processing Solution
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., -- August 10, 2004 - ILOG� (NASDAQ: ILOG; Euronext: ILO, ISIN: FR0004042364) a leading provider of enterprise-class software components and services, today announced that Crowe Chizek and Company LLC has selected ILOG JRules�, a key offering in ILOG's Business Rule Management System (BRMS) product line, to provide advanced business rule management functionality as part of its Straight Through Processing (STP) solution through a co-selling agreement between the companies. As one of the top 10 public accounting and consulting firms in the United States, Crowe Chizek's clients include banking and financial services organizations in the areas of assurance, consulting, risk management, tax and technology. With the addition of ILOG JRules to its STP solution, Crowe Chizek can now provide these clients with a more flexible end-to-end solution.
ILOG JRules will enable Crowe Chizek to provide financial services customers with greater command and control of their business processes and workflows by giving their business users access to the business policies that compose the processes. For example, Crowe Chizek's banking customers can now utilize ILOG JRules business rule management features to perform flexible loan analysis, or to determine which documents must be submitted with an application. Business rules can help ensure that the critical business decisions that are made in a loan evaluation are based upon a consistent set of rules that are universally applied."

Line56.com: Overhaul for PeopleSoft HRMS: "Overhaul for PeopleSoft HRMS
First release in two years buoyed by contingent workforce, absence and talent management, new vertical editions

.... A flexible rules engine allows users to avoid re-coding and enter effective dates and contingencies in order to be adherent to overtime rules. ...
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Business Rules Evangelist: Business Rules and Black Boxes Business intelligence, data warehousing and analytics editorial from DMReview

Stockwatch > News > News Item: "Infosys Uses SEEC Tool to Improve Services Efficiency and Quality 2004-09-21 10:20 ET - News Release PITTSBURGH -- (Business Wire) -- Sept. 21, 2004 ....It is based on high-performance parsing engines and incorporates advanced code slicing technology for pinpointing business rules in complex applications, recovering the data models of existing systems, and improving developer understanding, productivity and quality. The Application Analyst provides managers and developers with the ability to: -- Automatically pinpoint business rules in legacy code and extract and manage the rules for consolidation, componentization or migration; "

Versata Announces General Availability of the Versata Logic Suite on the BEA WebLogic 8.1 Application Server

Versata, Inc. (Nasdaq:VATA), a leading independent provider of software and services that automate the development and management of data-intensive business applications, today announced the general availability of the Versata(R) Logic Suite on the BEA WebLogic 8.1 application server. Available since September 2nd, the release updates Versata's declarative model-driven approach for the creation and maintenance of applications, business processes and master data management for one of the leading enterprise software foundation providers for service-oriented architectures (SOA).

Banking & Technology News Service Network: "Wall Street Systems
Monday, September 20, 2004

Wall Street Systems to Launch New Platform for Outsourced Payments Processing at SIBOS 2004

....A key component of the new platform is The Wall Street Systems® Payment Factory - a sophisticated rules engine that allows clients to save on transaction costs by converting cross-border wire transfers to cheaper local or cost free internal payments.
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MindBox Accelerates Enhancements to ARTEnterprise Product Family: "MindBox Accelerates Enhancements to ARTEnterprise Product Family

GREENBRAE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 20, 2004--
New Credit Analysis Module, Expanded Power Editor, and Core Technology Upgrades Designed for Power and User Friendliness

...The MindBox Power Editor, a ground-breaking business rules editor that allows ordinary line-of-business users to maintain and extend software application rules and policies, has been fortified with several new features

1) ARTAnimate, a module that is part of the ARTOptimize, ARTPrice and ARTQualify and the Power Editor, now includes phase activation capabilities. This capability allows a user to manage the sequencing of the rules by setting up grid-like phases in the Power Editor.

2) The Power Editor itself now includes template editing capabilities, making the management of the actual set up of the Power Editor organization simple for business users to manage. The Power Editor now supports multiple domain files, making it possible for the editor to have access to inputs from multiple domain models (for example a credit report and a LOS application). Conditional messages, which make it possible to avoid posting a message for a given set of exceptions, are also now included also.

3) And also the context capabilities of the Power Editor have been expanded, making it possible to flexibly manage guidelines applying to up to four entities in the editor.

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Fair Isaac and Lombardi Software Partner to Deliver High-End Business Rules and Business Process Management Solution: "Fair Isaac and Lombardi Software Partner to Deliver High-End Business Rules and Business Process Management Solution

MINNEAPOLIS & AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 1, 2004--
New Blaze Advisor BPM Integration Kit for TeamWorks to Give Enterprises Powerful, Flexible Process Management Solution

Fair Isaac Corporation, (NYSE:FIC) the leading provider of analytics and decision technology, and Lombardi Software, provider of award-winning business process management (BPM) software, today announced a partnership that will provide enterprises with an integrated solution incorporating Fair Isaac's Blaze Advisor business rules management software (BRMS) and Lombardi's TeamWorks(R) BPM software. The two companies introduced the Blaze Advisor BPM Integration Kit for TeamWorks in response to the growing market demand for a robust, high-end decision and process management solution.


Fair Isaac Corporation, (NYSE:FIC) the leading provider of analytics and decision technology, and Lombardi Software, provider of award-winning business process management (BPM) software, today announced a partnership that will provide enterprises with an integrated solution incorporating Fair Isaac's Blaze Advisor business rules management software (BRMS) and Lombardi's TeamWorks(R) BPM software. The two companies introduced the Blaze Advisor BPM Integration Kit for TeamWorks in response to the growing market demand for a robust, high-end decision and process management solution. "