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James Taylor's Decision Management

Using business rules to close the SOA knowledge gap

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By James Taylor on January 6, 2009 7:00 AM 0 0 Vote 0 Votes
Dan Rosanova wrote a piece on The SOA Knowledge Gap that made me think (again) about the value of business rules as a way to manage requirements. Dan points out that "A unique SOA challenge is its need to bring... Read More..
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Merry Christmas

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By James Taylor on December 22, 2008 8:45 AM 0 0 Vote 0 Votes
Well it's Christmas week and I am up in the mountains. See you after the break. Don't forget to subscribe to this blog at feeds.feedburner.com/JamesTaylorsDecisionManagement and have a great holiday season.... Read More..
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Predictive Analytics World

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By James Taylor on December 18, 2008 7:19 AM 0 0 Vote 0 Votes
I am going to be speaking at a show in San Francisco in the spring called Predictive Analytics World. I am going to speak on From Predictive Analytics to Competing on Decisions on the first day. I will also be... Read More..
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If IT can't get you there, perhaps decision management can

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By James Taylor on December 17, 2008 7:37 AM 2 0 Vote 0 Votes
Dick Lee had an interesting post titled We Know Where We're Going, But IT Can't Get Us There. He made a number of points of which three stood out: Business often fails to communicate effectively to IT Poor process definition... Read More..
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Decision Services as agile, intelligent agents

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By James Taylor on December 16, 2008 11:31 AM 0 0 Vote 0 Votes
Two articles I saw recently (Is SOA Enabling Intelligent Agents? and Three Keys to Enabling Agile Business Services) made me think about decision services in the context of agility and of so-called "intelligent agents". Clearly SOA, web 2.0 and network-centric... Read More..
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The future of Data Warehouses

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By James Taylor on December 9, 2008 8:14 PM 0 0 Vote 0 Votes
An article caught my eye in the Teradata Magazine this month - Steve Brobst, CTO of Teradata, outlined 4 areas he thinks will drive data warehousing: Sensor Technology Pervasive BI In Database AnalyticsNon-Traditional Data Types I don't disagree with Steve... Read More..
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Nice article on production rules

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By James Taylor on November 18, 2008 1:51 PM 0 0 Vote 0 Votes
Paul Vincent wrote a nice article on production rules over on the Tibco CEP blog and you should check it out if you were following last week's posts on event processing and decisioning (this one and this one and this... Read More..
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The Future of Business Technology Part 3 - Business Intelligence

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By James Taylor on November 18, 2008 1:45 PM 0 1 Vote 0 Votes
"If we don't get from IT (Information Technology) to BT (Business Technology) we're going to have more disasters like our present mortgage meltdown. Why? Because IT creates impenetrable systems that human beings can't manage. BT is about human beings back... Read More..
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The Future of Business Technology Part 2 - Business Agility

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By James Taylor on November 18, 2008 1:39 PM 0 1 Vote 0 Votes
"If we don't get from IT (Information Technology) to BT (Business Technology) we're going to have more disasters like our present mortgage meltdown. Why? Because IT creates impenetrable systems that human beings can't manage. BT is about human beings back... Read More..
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The Future of Business Technology Part 1 - Business Control

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By James Taylor on November 18, 2008 8:14 AM 0 1 Vote 0 Votes
David Chassells had an interesting article last week called BPM and SOA: Where IT Is Going if Real People Take It There In which he quotes George Colony (founder of Forrester Research):"If we don't get from IT (Information Technology) to... Read More..
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A blog about the use of decision management technologies like predictive analytics and business rules to deliver agility, improve business processes and bring intelligent automation to SOA.

James Taylor

James Taylor blogs on decision management for ebizQ, and is an independent consultant on decision management, predictive analytics, business rules, and related topics. He works with clients to identify and bring to market advanced decision management solutions. He is widely considered a leading expert and visionary in enterprise decision management, and has published a book on the topic: Smart (Enough) Systems. For more information please contact him at james@jtonedm.com.



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