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Almost Intellectual Systems

April 30, 2009

Well it finally happened – Neil and I became internationally published authors! Check out this link and what you see is a Russian version of Smart (Enough) Systems, the book on Decision Management we published a little while back. If any of my readers are Russian speakers and get hold of a copy in the [...]

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Book Review by Ade McCormack

June 30, 2008

Ade McCormack, author of The IT Value Stack (reviewed previously) and columnist at the FT in England, just reviewed the book for this blog. You can read his review of Smart (Enough) Systems over on his blog.

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Article on EDM in Teradata Magazine

May 22, 2008

Neil and I wrote a column introducing enterprise decision management (EDM) for Teradata Magazine recently and you can find it here.

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James and Neil presenting at Intalio’s user conference

May 20, 2008

The folks at Intalio invited us to speak at their user conference June 17-18. We are presenting on Applying Decision Management to Make Processes Smarter, Simpler and More Agile on the first day. We would love to see you there so drop by and say hello if you are attending. Also we have a discount [...]

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The New Enterprise Data Center (IBM)

May 20, 2008

Rich Lechner of IBM came next, talking about the new enterprise and it’s new enterprise data center. Supporting business innovation is impacted, he said, by three things:

Globalization
The change from an exporter to a multi-country set of counties to a truly globally integrated enterprise – tapping into new talent pools around the world.
Rising tide of information
More [...]

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Your chance to blog and win!

May 8, 2008

Tony, over on the Decision Support Analytics blog, is running an interesting competition and the prizes have just improved – Neil and I offered a signed copy of our book to add to his list of potential prizes. You can check out the details here. I plan to write a couple of entries soon and [...]

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Gartner, BI and Smart (Enough) Systems

May 5, 2008

Two of Gartner’s smartest analysts – Kurt Schlegel and Gareth Herschel (shameless plug) – just published an excellent little paper called “Business Intelligence and Decision Making“. This paper was one of Gartner’s Strategic Planning Assumptions and the (free) summary says:
A subset of organizations that seek a competitive advantage will evolve the primary role of their [...]

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Q&A with James Taylor on Managing Decisions as a Corporate Asset

February 29, 2008

The current issue of BPM Strategies magazine has a Q&A on decision management – check out the online version of the magazine (members of the BPM Institute only).

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Podcast featuring James, Neil and Smart (enough) Systems

February 28, 2008

CS TechCast is a podcast series released every Monday hosted by Eric Johnson, Eric Beehler, and Josh Jones. Each week they discuss the latest Information Technology trends and news, and bring you interviews with key members of the IT Community. This week they included a nice little interview with me and Neil about Smart (enough) [...]

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A chance to get the book (and see me) at ILOG’s Dialog 08

January 28, 2008

Next month (February 24th – 26th), I am going to be attending ILOG’s user conference:

I will be introducing and acting as host for a couple of sessions on best practices and giving a lunch and learn on Tuesday. I will be there the whole time, blogging from the BRMS track so look me up if [...]

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Book review for the British Computer Society

January 21, 2008

Ian Graham of Trireme reviewed Smart (enough) Systems for the British Computer Society’s magazine IT Now. You can read the online review here.

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Book excerpted in BI Journal

January 21, 2008

For those of you who get TDWI’s BI Journal, the most recent issue has an except from Smart (Enough) Systems titled “Inside Enterprise Decision Management“

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Book to be translated into Russian!

December 17, 2007

Just heard that Symbol-Plus Publishing of St. Petersburg will be translating Smart (Enough) Systems into Russian. Interesting…

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Book reviews on Dr Dobb’s Journal

December 17, 2007

Scott Ambler reviewed the book on Dr Dobbs’ Journal today – Dr. Dobb’s Agile Newsletter 12/07.

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Cyril Brookes discusses the book

December 12, 2007

My friend Cyril Brookes published a Q&A about the book here – Memo to Business Analysts: A Compelling Treatise on Why and How Businesses should Automate Decisions. Enjoy.

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A curious reader asks…

December 7, 2007

One of my favorite things to do on my blog is respond to questions from readers. To make it easy to find these going forward I have added a new category – Reader Questions. Email me (james at smartenoughsystems.com) if you have a question you’d like me to answer on the blog. Anyway, this week [...]

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Book discounted on amazon.com

November 19, 2007

I just noticed that amazon.com is discounting the book so, if you (or your friends) don’t own a copy, now would be a great time to buy one. You can buy it here for just $41.00!

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Smart (Enough) Systems discussion on the Requirements Network

November 8, 2007

Dave Wright and Scott Ambler have started a discussion about the book over on the Requirements Network – check out this topic (registration required) if you want to join in.

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Book review on Intelligent Enterprise

November 7, 2007

Sandy Kemsley posted her review of Smart (Enough) Systems to the Intelligent Enterprise blog – Smart Enough Systems: Change Rules, Not Processes

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Book Excerpt in SOA Magazine

November 6, 2007

The book was excerpted for Thomas Erl’s SOA Magazine – Smart Enough for SOA: Incorporating Enterprise Decision Management into Service Design

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