ILOG Rules for .NET offers more features as a business rule management system (BRMS) for the Microsoft .NET platform than ever before. ILOG Rules for .NET gives you the power to control your business policy changes with confidence.
Complete control for every user
No matter what the challenge, ILOG Rules for .NET provides work environments for every user involved in managing and deploying business rules:
Modules for your application
Individual modules make ILOG Rules for .NET the ideal complement for any mission-critical business application:
ILOG Rule Studio for .NET is a set of add-ons entirely integrated into Microsoft Visual Studio. Focus on business rule technology instead of another development environment.
ILOG Rule Solutions for Office is a set of add-ins integrated into Microsoft Office Word and Microsoft Excel, Professional Edition 2007. Business users edit and manage business rules in a familiar environment. Increase productivity and reduce training.
ILOG Rule Team Server for SharePoint is a central storage system for business rules and metadata, fully integrated into Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services. Enable team collaboration and data transparency.
With ILOG Rule Execution Server for .NET, you can manage rule execution using standard tools on Microsoft’s operating systems: MMC, MS Build, Event Logs, and PerfMon.
With ILOG Rule Engine for .NET, you can embed and control your .NET application's rule engine within a common-language runtime (CLR)-compatible advanced programming interface (API).
Web Controls
Web Controls allow you to embed and control your rule editing within a custom ASP.NET application. This module allows applications to natively deploy rule authoring features to end users with the ease and flexibility of ASP.NET server controls.
Extensions for Windows Workflow Foundation (WWF)
Extensions for Windows Workflow Foundation allows you to seamlessly use ILOG Business Rule activities within a Microsoft Workflow Foundation (WF) process. This greatly extends the power of WF to handle the most complex decision requirements and integrate with other ILOG Rules for .NET modules for management.
Business Analysts and IT work together to automate business policies
ILOG Rules for .NET empowers business analysts and developers to work in harmony to capture business logic as business rules. Rules are easily embedded in Web, legacy and back-office applications. Collaboration increases throughout the development and rule management life cycles.
Enterprise-level performance on the Microsoft .NET platform
With one of the fastest software engines on the market for processing business rules, ILOG Rules for .NET provides components and tools that easily integrate with your system. It’s flexible enough to allow architects to design the application or service around the requirements, not the business rule management system (BRMS).
Microsoft centricity
ILOG Rules for .NET 3.0 was developed around the concept of Microsoft centricity to guide and define features and experiences that are truly unique to Microsoft-oriented systems.
Next steps
Learn more about how ILOG Rules for .NET can help you increase agility throughout the enterprise.
Nicolas Robbe, ILOG's VP of Product Marketing, discusses ILOG BRMS in the SOA space in this recently published interview by SYS-CON TV, conducted at the SOA World West 2007 conference in San Francisco.
