EDITORIAL
By Christophe Borde, ILOG Product Manager

ILOG Rules for .NET takes business rule management an important step forward. ILOG's new Business Rule Management System (BRMS) provides the power of advanced rule management through tight integration with Microsoft tools. This innovation gives all users - from developers to business analysts - unequaled access and productivity through business rule tools that have never before been available in the marketplace. We believe this will facilitate adoption of BRMS by corporations and better demonstrate the value of this technology. ILOG now supports the two major platforms for business rule applications: Java and .NET. For the best business rule solution, look no further. It's here, now, at ILOG.

Business rules seen through Microsoft Word Click to enlarge (opens a new window)

ILOG Rules for .NET makes business users an important part of the corporate IT program by empowering them to author business rules directly. Their involvement shortens time to deployment and leads to savings in IT and operational costs, as decisions are implemented and applied faster.

ILOG Rules for .NET also serves as a powerful solution builder for the Microsoft .NET platform. It gives .NET developer direct access to ILOG BRMS through Microsoft Visual Studio .NET.

Full life-cycle management
ILOG Rules for .NET incorporates all the tools needed to manage business rules across their life cycle, including:

• ILOG Rule Solutions for Office: Allows policy managers and business users to author and modify business rules using Microsoft Office. Includes a point-and-click editor with a business rule language that uses a natural syntax.
• ILOG Rule Team Server for Share Point: Leverages Windows Share Point Services to provide a central place for storing and managing rules, and supporting collaborative rule development.
• ILOG Rule Studio for .NET: A set of plug-ins for Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 that lets developers write rules with familiar development systems.

ILOG is a Microsoft Certified Partner and a member of Microsoft's Visual Studio Industry Partner program, which gives ILOG an advantage in developing products for Microsoft Visual Studio .NET.

For more information on ILOG Rules for .NET, please visit our website at http://rulesfordotnet.ilog.com.

“We applaud ILOG's move on Rules for .NET, which is delivering the ultimate business rules tool for .NET architects and developers, with its integration with MS Visual Studio .NET. ILOG is also driving business rules' mainstream adoption since its business rules authoring tool is now available for the business users from MS Office.” Eric Hébert Senior Software Developer Team Leader - 20-20 Technologies Inc.

Gantt charts for .NET Click to enlarge (opens a new window)