Events

I am speaking at a serious of IBM events this fall and next spring focused on “Improving customer service with BPM and decision management“. The first is in Reston, VA on December 6th and the main session starts at 9am ET. I will be kicking off the session with “BPM and Decision Management for Smarter, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

John Rymer and Mike Gualtieri of Forrester have published two interesting new reports on business rules – The Future Of Business Rules Platforms and Market Overview: Business Rules Platforms 2011. The first of these is a short piece emphasizing the growing role of business rules management systems in event processing and in Decision Management. The [...]

IBM has recently announced a new strategy for bringing Big Data to the enterprise. In particular this includes InfoSphere Streams v2 (announced April 12) and InfoSphere BigInsights 1.1 announced today. Big Data is an issue, of course, largely because the amount of data available to organizations is growing rapidly. Surveys show that many managers already [...]

There are a number of great events related to Decision Management themes and technology platforms this October. Here’s my list so far for October 2011 Teradata Partners Conference and Expo 2-6 October, San Diego, CA This is a great conference for anyone using or considering Teradata. I assume that this year there will be a [...]

Daryl Plummer gave the closing keynote – “If I had a time machine”. He began by differentiating between science fiction and fantasy – science fiction being a vision of the future that is based on some extrapolation of currently understood science and facts. Fantasy is completely based on the whims of the visionary. What he [...]

Paul Vincent of Tibco presented to the OMG Decision Modeling Notation day on the impact of event processing and real-time event handling on decision management. In particular the increasing need for true real-time, almost snap decisions. Tibco sees demand for these kinds of decisions across banking and trading, supply chains, telecommunications and more. Paul used [...]

I got an update from TIBCO Spotfire recently, with my usual focus on operational decisions. Spotfire aim at what they call the analysis gap. Their customers typically have applications that are tailored and customized but too expensive to change, reporting that is widely distributed but inefficient (prompting users to use additional tools when needs change) [...]

The next Predictive Analytics World is going to be in San Francisco in March next year (March 14-15 at the Marriott Marquis). This is one of my favorite events and I will be giving a workshop and speaking. You can take advantage of the super early bird rate and save $200. This low rate is [...]

I have not really introduced the International Institute for Analytics on the blog yet and, as I am a Faculty member, I thought I should rectify that. The International Institute for Analytics is dedicated to the advancement of analytics in everyday business practices and aims to bring together the world’s leading analytics practitioners and researchers [...]

I recently presented with ParAccel at the IE Group’s Predictive Analytics Summit in San Francisco. My topic was “The next step to business insight” and you can see the slides and video here.

I am going to be speaking at the CIO Network’s Leadership Forum in San Francisco. I will be on stage with Bill Lewis, head of BI and analytics at The Gap talking about bringing analytics to bear in operations. The format will be a discussion with questions from the invite-only audience of CIOs. I will [...]

Show season kicked off today with RulesFest in San Jose. Great audience and good attendance for this technical show on business rules and related technology where I presented on Decision Services need more than rules. With that out of the way my schedule gets busy for a few weeks. Next week I am giving a [...]

I am going to be speaking at IBM’s Information on Demand/Business Analytics Forum in Las Vegas. I will be on stage with Deepak Advani, who heads up the SPSS business analytics business, during the SPSS keynote on Wednesday. The keynote will focus on predictive analytics and on Decision Management – both the approach and the [...]

Syndicated from ebizQ I am speaking or giving workshops at three events this fall and all three represent good opportunities for you to learn more about decision management: First up is RuleFest 2010 in San Jose October 11-14. I am speaking on October 12 10:00 am to 10:50 on “Decision Services Need More Than Rules”. Rules [...]

I am giving a webinar on “Building Responsive Enterprises – One Decision at a Time” with Progress Software this week. I will discuss how decision management improves business performance by identifying the key decisions that drive value in your business. I will discuss: The responsive enterprise The need for decisions Business rules and business alignment [...]

There have been a number of twitter conversations around the recent SAP/Sybase news that make me want to write more than 140 characters in response. These fall into three main categories: Does the announcement have an impact on those considering decision management strategies What, exactly, do mobile workers need and does Sybase deliver this for [...]