July 8, 2003


Big July 8th Meeting Kicks off "Triple Header"
 
"Building Cutting-Edge Applications with Business Rules Technology"
 
Tuesday July 8th Meeting

Nicolas Robbe, Director, Business Solutions ILOG
 
Interest in Business Rules was very high among the many who decided to attend this technical session on a beautiful summer evening.  Rule-based architectures permit information-driven enterprises to decouple the way they engage their customers from static software implementations, allowing more rapid product evolution, improved customer service delivery, and increased day-to-day flexibility in operations.
Mr. Robbe's presentation discussed:
• Evolution of business rules technology (from rule engines to business rules management)
• How to integrate business rules technology into Java applications and legacy systems, including applications running on the J2EE platform
• How to identify structural and fixed versus non-structural and changeable logic elements in your design
• How more flexible applications can be developed using business rules with real-world examples from the insurance industry.


Nicolas Robbe is Director of Business Solutions at ILOG, a leader in Business Rules Management and Optimization Software. Nicolas has over 12 years of experience in the fields of business rules technologies and optimization, and their application to specific-industry problems. Prior to joining ILOG in 1995, Nicolas spent several years in software engineering positions at Siemens and Bull Computers. He attended the University of Colorado and the Universite de Technologie de Compiegne, France, where he graduated with a MS in Computer Science

Stay tuned for a copy of the Meeting Slides.!

The Java Users Group will feature a technical continuation of this meeting on Tuesday July 15th.

The following book door prizes were given courtesy Addison Wesley plus some valuable prizes from ILOG.