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Book Dicussed on EDS’ Next Big Thing Blog

August 28, 2007

Charlie Bess of EDS discussed the book on the EDS Next Big Thing Blog in his post Smart (Enough) Systems. He also mentioned it again in Breaking Up (Applications) Is Hard To Do
Technorati Tags: Decision Management, Decision Service, EDM, EDS, Enterprise Decision Management, Smart (Enough) Systems, smartenoughsystems, Charlie Bess

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Excerpt published on ebizQ

August 27, 2007

An excerpt from Chapter 10, EDM and the IT Department, was published on ebizQ (where James has a blog) – Book Excerpt: Smart (Enough) Systems
Technorati Tags: BPM, business process management, ebizQ, EDM, Enterprise Decision Management, James Taylor, Smart (Enough) Systems, smartenoughsystems, SOA, service oriented architecture

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Book reviewed in DM Review

August 27, 2007

Steve Miller reviewed Smart (Enough) Systems in his August 23rd OpenBI Forum column in DM Review – Smart (Enough) Systems – BI Engage
Technorati Tags: analytics, Business Intelligence, Decision Management, DM Review, EDM, Enterprise Decision Management, Smart (Enough) Systems, smartenoughsystems

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Book cited in an article on DM Review

August 17, 2007

Gib Basset cited the book in an article on DM Review – Making the Most of Operational Analytics with Enterprise Decision Management.
Technorati Tags: analytics, Business Intelligence, DM Review, EDM, Enterprise Decision Management, Smart (Enough) Systems, smartenoughsystems, operational analytics

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Sample Chapter published in TechRepublic

August 17, 2007

The “Why aren’t my systems smart enough already” chapter was made available on TechRepublic today – Why are information systems not as smart as they should be?
Technorati Tags: Smart (Enough) Systems, smartenoughsystems, TechRepublic

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The Need for Smart Enough Systems (Part 2)

August 9, 2007

An extract from the book was published as “The Need for smart Enough Systems (Part 2)” for Business Rules Journal, Vol. 8, No. 8 (August 2007)

Technorati Tags: Business Rules, Business Rules Journal, James Taylor, Neil Raden, Smart (Enough) Systems, smartenoughsystems

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Book reviewed and discussed by Ron Ross

August 9, 2007

Ron Ross, who wrote a testimonial for the book, wrote A Case of Dueling Manifestos? Business Rules and Enterprise Decision Management for Business Rules Journal, Vol. 8, No. 8 (Aug. 2007)

Technorati Tags: Business Rules, Business Rules Journal, EDM, Enterprise Decision Management, Ron Ross, Smart (Enough) Systems, smartenoughsystems, Business Rules Manifesto

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James interviewed on Big Sky Associates’ blog

July 30, 2007

James was interview on Big Sky Thinking, the Big Sky Associates’ blog – Interview with James Taylor, author of “Smart (Enough) Systems“
Technorati Tags: analytics, EDM, Enterprise Decision Management, James Taylor, Smart (Enough) Systems, smartenoughsystems, operational decisions

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James interviewed on Tom Debevoise’s blog

July 25, 2007

James was interviewed by Tom Debevoise and Tom has made the recording available here – Interview with James Taylor, Smart Enough Systems
Technorati Tags: Business Rules, EDM, Enterprise Decision Management, James Taylor, Smart (Enough) Systems, smartenoughsystems, Business Process

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Book mentioned on Tom Davenport’s blog

July 24, 2007

Tom Davenport, who wrote Competing on Analytics and a testimonial for the book, discussed it on his blog – Automated Decisions Sneak Up
Technorati Tags: EDM, Enterprise Decision Management, Smart (Enough) Systems, smartenoughsystems

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Book mentioned on TIBCO blog

July 20, 2007

Paul Vincent wrote about the book on the TIBCO Complex Event Processing blog – Decision Management and CEP
Technorati Tags: EDM, Enterprise Decision Management, Smart (Enough) Systems, smartenoughsystems, Complex Event Processing, TIBCO

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Review on the BI in Action blog

July 19, 2007

Joe McKendrick wrote a review of the book on the ebizQ BI in Action blog – Why We Can Go to the Moon, But We Can’t Make Informed Decisions.
Technorati Tags: Business Intelligence, Business Rules, Decision Management, EDM, Enterprise Decision Management, Smart (Enough) Systems, smartenoughsystems, ebizQ

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James interviewed by ComputerWire Computergram

July 16, 2007

James was interviewed by Madan Sheina for the July 16th issue of Computergram

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The Need for Smart Enough Systems (Part 1)

July 11, 2007

An extract from the book was published as “The Need for smart Enough Systems (Part 1)” for Business Rules Journal, Vol. 8, No. 7 (July 2007)  
Technorati Tags: Business Rules, James Taylor, Neil Raden, Smart (Enough) Systems, smartenoughsystems, Business Rules Journal

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James interviewed on Intelligent Enterprise

July 9, 2007

Doug Henschen of Intelligent Enterprise published a Q&A with James “Smart Systems Without Rocket Science“
Technorati Tags: EDM, Enterprise Decision Management, James Taylor, Smart (Enough) Systems, smartenoughsystems, Intelligent Enterprise

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Review on The Performance Guys blog

July 2, 2007

Pat Morrissey of Savvion, who wrote a testimonial for the book, reviewed it on The Performance Guys blog.

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James wrote a white paper on Smart-Enough Decisions

June 29, 2007

James wrote a thought-leadership white paper “Smart-Enough Customer Decisions” for Montgomery Research discussing how smart-enough customer decisions can improve results for all concerned.

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Testimonial from Scott Ambler

June 8, 2007

“This book provides a robust philosophical foundation and pragmatic advice for transforming your management and use of data into an activity which provides true business benefit, a far cry from what we see in the vast majority of organizations today. The need for an order of magnitude of greater data agility is upon us, and [...]

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Testimonial from Bill Schmarzo

May 15, 2007

“The data warehouse and business intelligence industry has been struggling for two decades to figure out how to deliver compelling business value. What we see is a return to our roots of figuring out how to help organizations leverage data and analytics to make better decisions. James and Neil outline what companies need to do [...]

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Testimonial from Sandy Kemsley

May 15, 2007

Taylor and Raden’s central manifesto highlights that it’s critical to embody more intelligence in today’s business decision-making and have consistent, automated decisioning built into business processes in order to remain agile and competitive in today’s fast-moving market. They take you through the core concepts of enterprise decision management (EDM), dive into the underlying technologies, then [...]

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