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New vendors and products in the platform technologies report

April 30, 2013

We have just issued a new version of the Decision Management Systems Platform Technologies report. There are several new vendors included like Saffron Technology, Informatica, Decisions and Precog as well as a number of updated reviews including GDS Link, IBM and others. Check out the report online or download it as a PDF here.
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IBM Big Data Management Launch – Kickoff #bigdatamgmt

April 3, 2013

I am attending the IBM Big Data Management launch today and will do my best to blog it as it happens. Steve Mills, on video, kicked things off.
Steve began by pointing out that the price performance boost of recent years has made a whole new class of use cases reasonable. In particular more data is [...]

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Building Business Capability Super Early Bird Expires April 5!

March 29, 2013

As usual I will be speaking and attending Building Business Capability 2013 – this year in Las Vegas NV November 11-15. I will be speaking on Decision Management and giving a tutorial before the show begins. Building on the long history of the Business Rules Forum, this is one of the best places to find [...]

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Predictive Analytics World – a discount

March 19, 2013

I was checking up on Predictive Analytics World and one is coming up in my neck of the woods next month – San Francisco April 14-19. This looks like being a great conference including sessions from my friends Anthony Goodbloom of Kaggle, Dean Abbott of Abbott Analytics and John Elder of Elder Research – both [...]

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Rexer analytics survey extended

March 8, 2013

Karl Rexer just informed me that his annual Rexer Data Miner survey will be extended until April 22 so it can be announced at a couple of events/in a couple of newsletters.
If you have not already taken the survey, and you are interested in data mining, predictive analytics, data science etc I strongly recommend taking [...]

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Job: Analytics Community Manager

March 6, 2013

SmartData Collective is  looking for a Community Manager. I really like the work they are doing and if you are interested in data, analytics, BI etc this could be a fun gig. They are looking for someone who can handle:
Original content and content strategy:

Interviews with thought leaders (skype or in person)
Coverage of events (2-4 per year, [...]

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Use cases added to the Decision Management Technology report

January 28, 2013

Version 3 of our widely read report on Decision Management System platform technologies is now available. Many thousands of people have downloaded this report since we started publishing it – remember it is free to download and share. This release contains a large section on use cases, giving lots of examples of Decision Management Systems and [...]

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Time to take the Rexer Analytics Data Miner survey!

January 25, 2013

It’s that time again – time to take the Rexer Analytics survey so we can see what’s happened in the world of data miners over the last year. You can take the survey here: www.RexerAnalytics.com/Data-Miner-Survey-2013-Intro.html and use access code: NT1F2
I always find this survey really useful. It’s important to know that it is aimed at all analytic [...]

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Early bird pricing for Data Informed Live

October 15, 2012

I am speaking at Data Informed Live In San Jose in December on December 10-11 on “Big Data, Little Decisions“. The early bird pricing – a $100 discount – expires at the end of the month. You can check out the agenda here and register here.

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New report on Decision Management Systems platform technology

August 9, 2012

As many of you know, Decision Management Solutions publishes a report on Decision Management Systems platform technologies. We have just released a new version with more vendor information, links to product reviews and great new content on best practices and key product characteristics.
To recap:
Decision Management Systems are agile, analytic and adaptive. They are agile so [...]

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Gagan Saxena joins Decision Management Solutions

July 25, 2012

A quick bit of Decision Management Solutions news here on the blog today. We are delighted to announce that Gagan Saxena, previously the CIO of Apple Vacations, has joined Decision Management Solutions as VP of Consulting and one of our Principal Consultants. Gagan brings more than 20 years experience in enterprise architecture, reengineering, organizational change [...]

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Rexer Analytics Survey – are data miners too focused on their models?

July 24, 2012

Rexer Analytics have just released the results of their 2011 survey – the 5th annual one, answered by over 1,300 data miners from 60 countries in the first have of 2011. The survey continued to show that CRM/Marketing, Financial and Insurance are the major commercial focus areas for data mining. It also reiterated the top [...]

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Announcing the Decision Management Summit

July 2, 2012

Last week there was an exciting announcement, reflecting the growing interest in Decision Management and the rapid acceptance that decisions are something that companies and organizations must manage if they are to survive and thrive in the area of big data. I am delighted to announce that Decision Management Solutions, the company of which I [...]

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Still time to register for our European Decision Management Training

May 3, 2012

There’s still time to register for the 2-day workshop in Europe next month. This covers the essentials of Decision Management, the effective use of business rules and Business Rules Management Systems and the role of analytics:

Berlin – June 4/5 – Register here.

The class covers:

An introduction to Decisions and Decision Management
Categorizing and identifying decisions
Characteristics and design of [...]

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Early bird pricing on European training expiring

April 23, 2012

The early bird pricing on our 2-day workshop in Europe expires this week. This workshop cover the essentials of Decision Management, the effective use of business rules and Business Rules Management Systems and the role of analytics:

Berlin – June 4/5 – Register here.

The class covers:

An introduction to Decisions and Decision Management
Categorizing and identifying decisions
Characteristics and design [...]

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Decision Management Training in Europe this June

April 11, 2012

I am giving a 2-day workshop on the essentials of Decision Management, the effective use of business rules and Business Rules Management Systems and the role of analytics in Europe this June:

Berlin – June 4/5 – Register here.

Organizations must understand how to identify and classify decisions and how to assess the potential for business rules [...]

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Now available – a new report on platform technologies for Decision Management Systems

February 22, 2012

Organizations are adopting a new class of operational systems called Decision Management Systems to meet the demands of consumers, regulators and markets because traditional systems are too inflexible, fail to learn and adapt and crucially cannot apply analytics to take advantage of “Big Data.” Decision Management Systems, as I described in my book, are agile, [...]

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Register for the first Decision Management Systems Platform Report webinar

February 3, 2012

The first webinar from my ongoing research into Decision Management Systems Platforms is coming up on February 16th at 10am PT – register here  for Four platform capabilities for Decision Management Systems.
This webinar kicks off what will be a continuing series of webinars as our definitive report on Decision Management Systems Technology Platforms comes to fruition [...]

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Check out my Information Management Column

January 17, 2012

I have recently begun writing a column for Information Management magazine and a new one just published. The magazine is now completely online at www.information-management.com/ and you can follow their twitter feed @infomgmt. Here are my columns so far:

Requirements for Advanced Analytics
How to use decision management techniques to effectively gather the requirements for data mining and predictive [...]

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Business rules (Drools) job opening in Ann Arbor

January 9, 2012

A customer of mine is looking for a Drools developer to be based in Ann Arbor, MI:
HealthMedia, a member of Johnson & Johnson’s Family of Companies, is recruiting for a dynamic Java/Drools Developer to join our top-notch software development team, located in Ann Arbor, MI. This talented individual will be building applications using Drools/Java/J2EE (or [...]

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