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Archive for February, 2009

Alternative Source Business Rules Engines (ASBREs)

Icon Written by admin on February 26, 2009 – 10:42 am

A business rules engine (BRE) is a software component that typically automates the process of defining and managing rules underpinning a company’s business logic. This means that there is limited-no hard coding of the business rules and higher flexibility in defining and managing new and established rules enabling easier traceability. A BRE can support higher [...]



Social Media Platforms make inroads in the financial services industry

Icon Written by admin on February 20, 2009 – 4:36 am

Social Media Platforms (SMPs) represent some of the Web 2.0 tools that companies are using to gain and maintain business leverage. Initially SMPs have been popular in fostering communication and conversations in informal social circles. Of late, there has been a change as the corporate world has expanded application of the concept by using the [...]



Overcome process measurement dilemmas

Icon Written by admin on February 11, 2009 – 8:43 am

Aspects such as profit margins, stock levels, cycle times, inventory turns, days sales are normally analysed and interpreted as indicators of corporate performance and operational effectiveness. However, even though some leading companies are succeeding in measuring critical performance relating to their businesses, many Information Age organisations are still struggling to answer basic questions around process [...]



Alternative Software: a closer look

Icon Written by admin on February 5, 2009 – 9:37 am

Application Server Landscape Application Servers have resulted from a need to simplify the task of creating, managing and maintaining huge and complex applications. The rise in the importance of the Internet as a platform for business applications in the last decade has elevated Application Server technology to become a crucial piece of the Internet infrastructure [...]