BRMS

I am hosting a micro-forum at SAP’s Sapphire/ASUG event this year on “Smarter, Simpler Applications with Decision Service Management” with Carsten Ziegler, author of a great book on SAP’s rule engine BRFplus. This discussion focuses on decision service management (DSM) – a strategy that helps make business processes and systems more efficient and more agile. Learn how [...]

I am co-presenting at SAP’s Sapphire/ASUG event this year on “Building Flexible, Easy-to-Change and Rock-Solid Applications with BRFplus Decision Services” with Carsten Ziegler, author of a great book on SAP’s rule engine BRFplus. SAP ABAP business applications can be rightly described as high performance, robust and rock-solid. Making them also flexible and easy to change is [...]

We are closing in on the first release of our definitive report on platform technologies for Decision Management Systems. We expect to make the first version available early next week (once we have completed a few production steps). This will provide an overall architecture for these technologies, describe the core product categories (Business Rules Management Systems, [...]

I am giving a live 2-day workshop in Berlin, Germany this summer on Decisions and Decision Management. Organizations must understand how to identify and classify decisions and how to assess the potential for business rules and analytics to support and improve those decisions. They need to understand the available technologies and approaches and the long [...]

Brooksource in Louisville, KY is searching for a Rules Management Developer for a Fortune 100 client in the healthcare industry. This position is within the Clinical Guidance group and they are seeking someone that has a development background and has experience working with the business side of the house.  This is a unique position that has [...]

I am giving a webinar for IBM on “Strategic Advantage of Focusing on Decisions” on 10/19/11 at 11 AM PT / 2 PM ET. I will discuss the value of becoming a decision-centric organization. Learn strategies and best practices for leveraging technology to execute operational business decisions more effectively. See how you can bridge the [...]

I got an overview of JBoss’s new intelligent, integrated enterprise approach as well some of their new product announcements. They are adding new data services, BPEL support, productizing their event/rules combination and adding some new connectivity elements. The world has obviously changed in the last few years. The fully automated processes of the past, JBoss [...]

Most unfortunately, our webinar hosting provider Omnovia has lost the audio on our recorded webinars through last June. I will re-record the audio for the most popular webinars. Please “vote” for your favorites by emailing me (a tweet works, too, to @decisionmgt) your top 3 you would like re-recorded. I’ve given them numbers to make [...]

IBM is announcing a new product and product positioning today. With the tag line “Turning Automated Decision Management into Real-time Operational Advantage” they have announced WebSphere Operational Decision Management. This new product is an evolution of the market-leading business rules management system, WebSphere ILOG JRules BRMS, united with IBM’s WebSphere Business Events. It brings business [...]

I am giving a webinar on Active Decisions for the “Aware” Organization with RedHat on September 29  at 10am Pacific. Organizations need systems that allow them to respond to fast changing conditions. These systems must be easy to change as requirements change and be able to respond to what is happening in real-time. Rules-based decision management [...]

My friends at Corticon had an interesting press release today about a survey they just conducted – More Than 40 Percent of CIOs and CTOs Surveyed Plan to Automate Decision Management Processes. There were some interesting results in this. First, as their headline notes, we are starting to get some serious consideration of automated decision-making, [...]

Model Builder is FICO’s predictive analytic workbench remains focused on superior scorecard technology with advanced inferencing and reject inference (described in my review of Model Builder 7.1). Integration with the Blaze Advisor BRMS and integration for common variable libraries remains a largely unique feature. The focus of the newly announced Model Builder 7.2 is on [...]

I am giving a webinar on Driving Decisions with Business Rules with RedHat on September 15  at 10am Pacific. Business rules management systems (BRMS) are a mature technology that has been available for many years. Capturing business policies, regulations and domain expertise so that they can drive system behavior is a compelling proposition. Systems that automate [...]

Have you looked at a packet of Epsom Salt recently? Here’s a product that describes itself as a soaking aid for minor sprains and bruises a saline laxative for the short term relief of constipation a plant nutrient for vigorous lawns, flowers, plants, vegetables and trees Three very different uses – after all, how many [...]

Analytics can transform your business. I shared with you how to transform customer retention and marketing with analytics. This time I’d like to share with you how to use the power of analytics and Decision Management to allocate constrained resources and to give you a competitive edge. How to maximize resource effectiveness with analytics Organizations [...]

How to transform your marketing with analytics Companies need to develop a loyal customer base and market effectively to them. But customers increasingly shop in multiple channels and formats, and have more choices than ever before. Your company can leverage the power of analytics to overcome these challenges. You can develop the capability to target [...]

I am giving a webinar on Automating Business Rules: Avoiding 3 Common Pitfalls with Corticon on June 7 at 11am Pacific. Automating business rules enables organizations to make better, faster decisions.  Tremendous business gains can be achieved by improving productivity and customer service and by adapting quickly to changing market conditions. All too often however, [...]

I want to share with you the collective wisdom of over 50 companies that have transformed their business using analytics. These companies tackled core business issues like customer retention, marketing, patient care, student achievement, and customer centricity in industries as varied as Retail, Telecommunications, Healthcare, Education, Government, Insurance and Banking. Tomorrow I will kick off [...]

IBM recently surveyed CIOs as part of their ongoing CxO research. This was the second time they did this – 2009 was the first. They just released the results of their analysis of the 3,000 interviews they conducted in 71 countries. The results are summarized in the body of the post along with some Decision [...]