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QAD Selects ILOG JRules to Enable Flexible Process Management for Its Manufacturing Customers: "QAD Selects ILOG JRules to Enable Flexible Process Management for Its Manufacturing Customers
Tuesday November 30, 3:00 am ET
ILOG JRules Enables Customization and Business Process Control For Faster Business Response Times
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Nov. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ILOG (Nasdaq: ILOG; Euronext: ILO; ISIN: FR0004042364) today announced that QAD, Inc., (Nasdaq: QADI - News), a leading provider of enterprise applications for global manufacturers, has selected ILOG JRules(TM), a key offering in ILOG's Business Rule Management System (BRMS) product line, to help streamline and simplify the management of business-rules within MFG/PRO, QAD's flagship ERP product suite. Using ILOG JRules, MFG/PRO customers in the automotive, consumer products, electronics, food and beverage, industrial and medical industries will gain a flexible and reusable business rules-based foundation that enables them to more easily customize business processes to meet the specific needs of their businesses.......

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Business Rules Evangelist: Rethinking Rule Taxonomies "Business Rules Evangelist:
Rethinking Rule Taxonomies


Column published in DMReview.com
November 25, 2004

By Malcolm Chisholm

Anyone delving into the area of business rules will soon encounter various classifications and groupings of different kinds of business rules. Most professionals tend to view these taxonomies as something that provides insight into the underlying nature of business rules, and indeed this is often the case. However, there is a tendency in human beings to get carried away with taxonomies and think that they hold some magic key to understanding. This leads to problems when different taxonomies describe the same thing, which is the case with business rules. In such circumstances we tend to think that the taxonomies are competing, that one is 'right' and the others are 'wrong' or that at least some taxonomies are 'better' than others.

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Press release : ILOG CompanynewsGroup: "ILOG JRules IS FIRST BUSINESS RULES SOFTWARE Certified FOR IBM eServer zSERIES
(11/23/2004 7:00:00 AM)

Mainframe Certification Targets Security, Performance-Conscious Customers In Financial Services, Government
PARIS � November 23, 2004 -- ILOG� (NASDAQ: ILOG; Euronext: ILO, ISIN: FR0004042364), a leading provider of enterprise-class software components and services, today announced that ILOG JRules� a key offering in ILOG's Business Rule Management Systems (BRMS) product line, is the first business rules software to be certified for the new IBM eServer zSeries� platform.
ILOG worked closely with IBM engineers at IBM's laboratory in Montpellier France for the certification for both Linux on zSeries and z/OS environments. The certification targets customers � particularly in the financial services and government spaces -- who want to deploy Java on the mainframe to enhance security, performance and manageability through server consolidation.

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Press release : ILOG CompanynewsGroup: "ILOG launches business rule management system for the.net platform
(11/16/2004 7:00:00 AM)
Users Can Author Business Policies from Microsoft Word
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., and PARIS � November 16, 2004 � ILOG� (NASDAQ: ILOG; Euronext: ILO, ISIN: FR0004042364) a leading provider of enterprise-class software components and services, today launched ILOG Rules for .NET�, a new product that will make modifying enterprise software to reflect the way business is done as simple as editing a Microsoft� Word� document. The latest addition to ILOG's market-defining Business Rule Management Systems (BRMS) product line, ILOG Rules for .NET is the first BRMS to fully leverage the Microsoft .NET platform, including the first to provide integration with Microsoft Office�, Microsoft Visual Studio� .NET development tools and Microsoft SharePoint� collaboration products and technologies."

Sapiens to Bring Business Rules Technology to Linux; Full cross platform portability and reduced cost of ownership: "Sapiens to Bring Business Rules Technology to Linux; Full cross platform portability and reduced cost of ownership

2004 Business Rules Forum

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 15, 2004--Sapiens International Corporation N.V. (Nasdaq:SPNS) (TASE:SPNS), a leading global provider of business-rules based technology solutions announced at the 2004 Business Rules Forum, its planned support of Linux by its eMerge Business Integrity Server platform, as part of its new technology road-map, bringing the proven speed and scalability of Sapiens' technology to Linux. The addition of Linux provides a powerful, collaborative platform targeted at the estimated 40 percent of large financial service providers that, according to analysts, will have Linux as part of their infrastructure by 2005.


Sapiens' eMerge for Linux will provide enterprise customers with the scalability of the Business Integrity Server platform and the hardware flexibility of Linux-based solutions, extending the support of Sapiens eMerge-based solutions to computer platforms running the Linux operating system. "

SD Times: News & Top Stories: "Rules, BPM Offerings Get Smarter
Easier rules creation, .NET support among new features being introduced
By Jennifer deJong

November 15, 2004 The pace picked up in the business rules and business process management markets this fall, with Corticon Technologies Inc., Fair Isaac Corp. and Haley Systems Inc. updating their rules offerings, and Pegasystems Inc. adding a simulation module to its business process management suite."

Fair Isaac Showcases Business Rules Advances - ebizQ: "Fair Isaac Showcases Business Rules Advances
11/10/2004



Fair Isaac Corporation (NYSE:FIC), a provider of analytics and decision technology, demonstrated its business rules technology, Fair Isaac Blaze Advisor, at the Seventh Annual International Business Rules Forum, November 7-11, 2004.
....Fair Isaac is making advances in business rules technology development to meet individual workgroup applications as well as large-scale national and multinational companies, who have a number of heterogeneous platforms and legacy systems using multiple programming languages. Fair Isaac said that highlights of recently announced Blaze Advisor solutions include:

Cross-platform support ranging from COBOL to Java and Microsoft .NET. Blaze Advisor seeks to help companies that seek an open solution that provides a foundation for companies to easily modernize their enterprise decision systems while continuing to leverage existing applications.


Blaze Advisor for .NET enables users to develop rule services that interoperate with Microsoft Visual C# .NET, Visual Basic .NET, Visual J# .NET, XML, .NET, COM, messaging, and databases, as well as Web services.


Blaze Advisor for COBOL enables users to develop rule services that can be compiled out to 100 percent ANSI-standard COBOL, and allows these rule services to read and write data in COBOL copybooks/CICS interfaces.
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Press release : ILOG CompanynewsGroup: "ILOG ADDS ADVANCED BUSINESS RULE MANAGEMENT TO IBM WEBSPHERE
(11/9/2004 7:00:00 AM)

Combination of ILOG JRules and IBM WebSphere MQ Workflow Creates Agile BPM
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. � November 9, 2004 -- ILOG� (NASDAQ: ILOG; Euronext: ILO, ISIN: FR0004042364), a leading provider of enterprise-class software components and services, today announced a new connector that will enable its award-winning ILOG JRules�, a key offering in ILOG's Business Rule Management Systems (BRMS) product line, to add business rule management functionality to business process management (BPM) solutions built on IBM WebSphere� Business Integration workflow software. The resulting solution will allow business users to make policy changes within a BPM application with minimal IT involvement for faster business response times to customer demands, regulations and competitive threats. Industry analysts from such firms as Forrester and Gartner believe that advanced business rule management can enhance BPM solutions through automated decisioning, enhanced agility and reduced IT maintenance costs. ILOG JRules supports this functionality for IBM Websphere Business Integration customers."

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The Business Rules Community's
Business Rules Journal (BRJ) Update
November, 2004 Vol 5 No. 11
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**Special Note from Ronald G. Ross, Executive Editor**

I am very pleased to welcome Silvie Spreeuwenberg of LibRT, B.V.
(Netherlands) as Editor for the European Section of the Business Rules Community. Beside her new column (see below), Silvie has already made significant contributions, including the new BR FAQs now available (free) on the site.

Also, all the BRCommunity Editors including Silvie will be attending the Business Rules Forum Conference, November 7-11, 2004 in Las Vegas.
We hope to see you there!
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In this issue of your periodic Business Rules Journal Update...

1. Rule Observatory: Observations on Business Rules in Europe and
the U.S., by Silvie Spreeuwenberg
2. The Zachman Framework and Observations on Methodologies, by
John A. Zachman
3. Premise & Conclusion: Rustling Up Good Definitions ~ There’s
a Lot Less and a Lot More to It Than You Think, by Ronald G. Ross 4. BRG Dispatches: The Business Rule Practitioner's Needs in
"Building a 'Vocabulary plus Rules'", by John Hall 5. "Oldies-but-Goodies" posting, by Ronald G. Ross

If you'd like to read all our articles on the web, visit:
http://www.brcommunity.com


1. Rule Observatory: Observations on Business Rules in Europe and
the U.S., by Silvie Spreeuwenberg
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This month, the BRCommunity launches a new column -- "Rule Observatory"
-- in which Silvie Spreeuwenberg, Editor of our European regional site, will regularly share all kinds of 'observations' relating to business rules. In this inaugural column, Silvie shares some observations on the perception and use of business rules in Europe and in the US, to give you, the BR Community member, a wide view on the business rules landscape.

to read more, visit:
http://www.BRCommunity.com/a2004/b211.html


2. The Zachman Framework and Observations on Methodologies, by
John A. Zachman
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"Calling All Zach-o-lites!" (and also any Zachman Framework 'newbies').
In this month's feature, John Zachman talks about just what a "MOTHER OF ALL METHODOLOGIES" might be, returning us all to a reasonable playing field by explaining that, "I am confident that the only way an integrated, interoperable, aligned (etc., etc.) Enterprise will ever be achieved is by creating and managing the architectural primitives as defined by the Framework with those Enterprise engineering design objectives in mind, quite independently from the implementation methodologies being employed."

to read more, visit:
http://www.BRCommunity.com/a2004/b206.html


3. Premise & Conclusion: Rustling Up Good Definitions ~ There’s a Lot
Less and a Lot More to It Than You Think, by Ronald G. Ross ...............................................................
How long should a good definition be? Should definitions include specifications about business functions and/or constraints? How should these kinds of specifications be handled? In this month's column, Ron Ross takes an in-depth
look at the long and short of definitions.

to read more, visit:
http://www.BRCommunity.com/a2004/b210.html


4.BRG Dispatches: The Business Rule Practitioner's Needs in
"Building a 'Vocabulary plus Rules'", by John Hall ..................................................................
The BRG has been hard at work as a participant in the Business Rule Team (BRT)'s "Business Semantics of Business Rules" submission, in response to the OMG's RFP. In this month's BRG Dispatches column, John Hall speaks up for the needs of the Business Rule practitioner in this groundbreaking work.

to read more, visit:
http://www.BRCommunity.com/a2004/b212.html


5. "Oldies-but-Goodies" Collection
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BRS is releasing hidden treasures from past print issues of the Data Base Newsletter and DataToKnowledge Newsletter. This month's contribution to our "Oldies-but-Goodies" collection is...

"The Policy Charter: A Small-Sized Picture of the Big Picture"
by Ronald G. Ross from the Nov./Dec. 1997 issue

to read more, visit:
http://www.BRCommunity.com/a1997/a373.html


Copyright 2004. www.BRSolutions.com. All rights reserved.

Overcoming cultural challenges in adopting iterative development: "Overcoming cultural challenges in adopting iterative development

Contents:

What is iterative development, and why is it so important?
What challenges do organizations adopting iterative development face?
Organizational culture
Creating change: How to affect the culture
Conclusion
Notes
Acknowledgments
Resources

Level: Introductory

Clay Nelson
Sr. Technical Services Specialist, IBM Rational
15 Oct 2004"

Fair Isaac Introduces Blaze Advisor for Microsoft .NET: "Fair Isaac Introduces Blaze Advisor for Microsoft .NET

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 4, 2004--
Adoption of Microsoft .NET Technologies Allows Deployment of Leading Business Rules Solution across All Leading Platforms to Achieve Unprecedented Return on Investment


Fair Isaac Corporation (NYSE:FIC), the leading provider of analytics and decision technology, today announced the general availability of Blaze Advisor for .NET, a robust rules management solution that capitalizes on the Microsoft .NET Framework to expand the enterprise reach of Fair Isaac's business rules capabilities.
Microsoft .NET is software that connects people, information, systems and devices through the use of Web services. Blaze Advisor for .NET enables businesses to incorporate a rules decisioning system that co-exists with and upgrades existing applications, regardless of platform or programming language. Companies can design, deploy, execute and maintain business rules and policies as part of an automated business strategy application to achieve rapid ROI without being restricted by current and future technology investments. "

Haley Systems Launches HaleyRules for Java Environments: "Haley Systems Launches HaleyRules for Java Environments


New, High Performance Rules Engine Opens Java OEM Market for Haley

PITTSBURGH, Nov. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Haley Systems, Inc., the technology
leader in business rules management systems, today announced the release of
HaleyRules for Java Platforms, a 100% pure Java version of the industry's
fastest, most scalable, and most intelligent business rules inference engine.
HaleyRules for Java Platforms is part of the Haley Business Rules Suite, a
unique business rules management system that supports natural language rules
capture and auto-code generation for both Java and .NET environments. The
new, 100% pure Java product addresses the market need for platform independent
solutions and also opens the Java OEM market for Haley."