InRule Technology Joins Microsoft's BPM Partner Ecosystem with BizAuthor(TM): ''People-Ready'' Business Rules for BizTalk Server.BOSTON -- BizAuthor Extends BizTalk Server's Rule Authoring to Business Analysts and Users InRule Technology, provider of InRule(TM), premier business rule technology for .NET, today announced their participation in Microsoft's Business Process Management (BPM (Business Process Management) A structured approach that models an enterprise's human and machine tasks and the interactions between them as processes. BPM software provides users with a dashboard interface that offers a high-level view of the operation that typically ) Partner Ecosystem. InRule Technology also unveiled plans for BizAuthor(TM), which will extend the business rules capabilities of Microsoft BizTalk Server Microsoft BizTalk Server, often referred to as simply "BizTalk", is a business process management (BPM) server. Through the use of "adapters" which are tailored to communicate with different software systems used in a large enterprise, it enables companies to automate and integrate , empowering individuals with tools to facilitate decision-making and create agile business processes. BizAuthor will be a configurable and dedicated rule-authoring tool for the BizTalk Server Software from Microsoft that provides integration between business processes within an enterprise and between different organizations. BizTalk Server uses protocol implementations called "adapters" to communicate with applications and includes built-in adapters and a framework for platform. It will provide a "people-ready" way to author decision logic using English-like syntax syntax: see grammar. syntax Arrangement of words in sentences, clauses, and phrases, and the study of the formation of sentences and the relationship of their component parts. , empowering non-technical business users to author and verify complex rules and calculations. BizAuthor is based on InRule's proven Business Language Authoring capabilities, which allow business analysts and users to author, manage and verify application decision logic that involves rules, calculations and dynamic user interfaces. BizAuthor will extend BizTalk Server by importing BizTalk rules and adding capabilities such as If-Then-Else statements, decision tables, a central rule catalog catalog, descriptive list, on cards or in a book, of the contents of a library. Assurbanipal's library at Nineveh was cataloged on shelves of slate. The first known subject catalog was compiled by Callimachus at the Alexandrian Library in the 3d cent. B.C. , and integrated rules testing and verification. It will provide the ability to store, version, label and report on rules. BizAuthor will support the 2004 and 2006 versions of BizTalk Server and both Web and Windows-based environments. InRule Technology has plans to extend BizAuthor's capabilities to support Windows Workflow Foundation The workflow subsystem in Windows Vista. Part of the .NET Framework 3.0 programming interface (API), Windows Workflow Foundation (WWF) enables tasks to be automated. Workflows are described using .NET programming languages or the Extensible Application Markup Language (see XAML). . "We're pleased that InRule Technology, with BizAuthor, will support BizTalk Server 2004 and 2006, bringing the power of business language rule authoring and verification capabilities to the BizTalk Server product line," said Burley bur·ley n. pl. bur·leys A light-colored tobacco grown chiefly in Kentucky and used especially in making cigarettes. [Probably from the name Burley.] Kawasaki, group product manager of the BizTalk Server product management team at Microsoft Corp. "Empowering business users with the ability to easily author complex decision logic and calculations is a key step toward achieving people-ready processes and business agility." Leading IT research firm Gartner contends, "Being simultaneously rule-driven and agile is difficult under the traditional hard coded approach to automating rules(1)," and recommends that organizations seeking agility develop a strategy for explicit support of business rules, such as automating rules and policies with a business rule engine.(1) InRule Technology has unveiled their BizAuthor Charter Customer Program. Through this program, InRule Technology will work with charter users to bring BizAuthor to market, and shape near-term product enhancement plans. InRule Technology will join Microsoft in their BizTalk Server Partner Booth at Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Conference, July 11 - 13 in Boston. "BizTalk Server is a powerful way to orchestrate or·ches·trate tr.v. or·ches·trat·ed, or·ches·trat·ing, or·ches·trates 1. To compose or arrange (music) for performance by an orchestra. 2. and optimize optimize - optimisation business processes and provides solid rule authoring to the developer via RuleComposer. We're delighted to complement and extend these capabilities to business users through BizAuthor's sophisticated rule authoring," said Paul Hessinger, chief executive officer of InRule Technology. "The combination of BizAuthor and BizTalk Server will enable enterprises to continue to strategically use BizTalk Server for core business process orchestration orchestration Art of choosing which instruments to use for a given piece of music. The sections of the orchestra historically were separate ensembles: the stringed instruments for indoors, the woodwind instruments for outdoors, the horns for hunting, and trumpets and drums and optimization optimization Field of applied mathematics whose principles and methods are used to solve quantitative problems in disciplines including physics, biology, engineering, and economics. and have complete management of their enterprise policies, rules and processes by subject matter experts." InRule is the only rules technology built entirely on the Microsoft .NET See .NET. platform, a component architecture that delivers unparalleled rule processing performance and flexibility. InRule offers the best balance of ease-of-use rules management and flexibility coupled with technology optimized for .NET. Leading organizations in a variety of industries use InRule for its Business Language Authoring, dynamic user interface capabilities, and integrated real-time testing. About InRule Technology InRule Technology provides technology for the authoring, management and verification of application decision logic that involves rules, calculations and dynamic user interfaces. InRule(TM) runs as a native .NET technology. InRule's Business Language Authoring allows users to capture business intent, author and verify complex rules and calculations without the overhead of custom programming, which results in highly adaptive business processes. InRule Technology assists users to start "Thinking In Rules" and is committed to helping clients find the best route to implementing rules within their environment, whether through education, using InRule's ROAD services (a discipline of best practices for implementing rules applications), or working with InRule Technology partners. InRule Technology customers include: Aon - Austin Mutual - C & C Computers and Communications - Cornerstone Appraisal Services - Discover IT - Fidelity Life - First Again LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control - Kellstrom - Mortgage Data Management Corporation - Rafael - Softrax - Wheels - www.BizAuthor.net www.InRule.com (1)Achieving Agility: The Agile Power of Business Rules, April 2006. (C) 2006 Gartner, Inc. and/or its Affiliates. All Rights Reserved. The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners. |
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