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The third and final post in my series on the impact of Big Data on Decision Management Systems: The impact of Velocity. As more data arrives more quickly we have to deal with velocity in two ways – we have to decide more quickly and we have to deal with data “in motion” – streaming [...]

I am giving a tutorial at Building Business Capability 2013 on Modeling Decisions to Put Big Data Analytics to Work Improving Business Results on Tuesday November 12 at 9:00am Pacific As organizations invest in Big Data infrastructure they are looking for ways to show a return on this investment. They need an approach that will turn insights [...]

I am giving a webinar about Oracle Real-Time Decisions on June 25 at 10am Pacific/1pm Eastern I will be joined by Nick Engelhardt of Oracle. We will discuss the benefits and applications of decision management and how decisions made using big data and analytics are transforming today’s dynamic customer experiences at the moment of impact. Topics will [...]

In conjunction with ASUG, the SAP user group,  I am giving a members only webinar on Managing and Evolving Decisions with DecisionsFirst Modeler and SAP Netweaver Decision Service Management, July 11 at 8am PT/11am ET. I am speaking with Carsten Ziegler, Architect and Chief Product Owner of SAP Netweaver Decision Service Management. Decision requirements models allow business analyst, [...]

I am speaking with Dean Abbott at the TDWI Executive Summit  in San Diego, August 20th at 4:15pm on Ten Best Practices in Operational Analytics One of the most powerful ways to apply advanced analytics is by putting it to work in operational systems. Using analytics to improve the way every transaction, every customer, and every website visitor [...]

I am speaking at the TDWI Executive Summit  in San Diego, August19th at 11:15am on Moving to Real-Time Analytic Decision Making with Decision Management For organizations today, the right time to make a decision is increasingly in real time. Customers want responses in real time, supply chains must adapt to disruption in real time, and fraud must [...]

Josh Prismon and Matt Beck came up next to walk through a 5 step plan for Big Marketing – Marketing in the era of Big Data. Admit you have a problem Stop interrupting and start understanding Create a personal dialogue guided by analytics Continuously improve your decisions Push out by building network effects The context for this [...]

I got caught up with Informatica recently, checking in with them on their Complex Event Processing (CEP) technologies. They have recently been talking about decision management, especially in healthcare where their new Informatica Proactive Healthcare Decision Management solution is based on their CEP engine. Like me Informatica see a historical, summarization focus in business intelligence [...]

I am speaking at the Council for Chief Marketing Executives in Ottawa on April 25. I am speaking on “Big Data, Little Decisions: Using Decision Management Systems to Improve day to day operations” As companies invest in Big Data infrastructure they are looking for ways to show a return on that data. Using business analytics to [...]

I am speaking on Decision Management Cases: Agility & Adaptability in Insurance, Travel & Healthcare at IBM’s IMPACT 2013, April 30 4:00-5:00pm Business rules are a powerful technology with a proven track record building Decision Management Systems. Successful projects deliver business agility, empowering business users to manage the decision-making in their systems so they can [...]

I am giving a webinar with IDG and IBM on ‘Better Results With Analytics and Decision Management Systems‘ at 10:00am Pacific/1:00 PM Eastern on Wednesday, February 27, 2013. To fully leverage and reap the benefits of Big Data, organizations need to adopt the proven technologies of business rules AND predictive analytics to build decision management systems [...]

I have long been a fan of Richard Hackathorn’s view of decision latency and use it regularly in both consulting and training. He uses the concept of the value-time curve. This curve is designed to show that the longer you take to respond to new data, business events, the less value there is in your [...]

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.

I am speaking at IBM’s IMPACT Comes to You in Costa Mesa, CA on September 12. I will present on BPM and Decision Management for Smarter, Simpler and More Agile Processes: One of the prime causes of over-complex processes is the inclusion of decision-making in process designs. Organizations that identify the decisions in their processes and [...]

I am giving a keynote presentation on “Big Data, Little Decisions: Using Analytics to Improve day to day operations” at the Heliview Business Analytics Congress in Bussum, just outside Amsterdam, on October 17, 2012. As companies invest in Big Data infrastructure they are looking for ways to show a return on that data. Using business [...]

Carsten Zeigler and I are repeating our ASUG session on Building Flexible, Easy to change and Rock-Solid Applications with BRFplus Decision Services for the ASUG Webinar series at 9am Pacific on July 9.  BRFplus is SAP’s business rules management system for ABAP. Learn how the empowerment of business experts is built into SAP applications See how [...]

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 [...]

I am speaking at a series of IBM/Information Week events this quarter on “Process Excellence: A Route to Better Business.”  This one is in Cary, NC on May 17 and the main session starts at 8:30am ET. I will be kicking off the session with “BPM and Decision Management for Smarter, Simpler and More Agile [...]

Progress Corticon Business Rules Management System (BRMS) v5.2 was delivered in February and focused on key enhancements for natural language support, mobility, and Progress Software integration.  Since the first version nearly a decade ago, Corticon has focused on offering easy-to-use tools to express and manage decision making logic.  The Corticon business rules expression language is [...]