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Made with IBM Keynote #IBMIMPACT 2014
Marie Wieck came back to discuss how to create the kind of composable business IBM discussed on day 1. It’s critical, she says, to keep customers at the center and drive a new process from this. It’s key to use data to make better decisions, and it’s important to have the kind of scalable infrastructure you need to make this scale and deploy effectively.
Once again the focus is on IBM customers and HH Gregg came on stage to talk about their journey. As a regional retailer they need to need to differentiate themselves. In particular they have focused on providing a “friction free” shopping experience on every channel. They have historically invested in training for their staff and have tried to bring this kind of personalized service to their mobile strategy. They determined that it was not enough to “mobilize” their existing interface, it had to reflect the different form factor and interaction patterns. Mobile had to lead not jus
More on mobile at #IBMIMPACT 2014
A few extra items on IBM’s mobile strategy from a panel here at IMPACT:
- IBM’s Worklight Platform is continuing to evolve (see this review of their MobileFirst portfolio) with a focus both on providing great middleware for native apps and support for hybrid applications. Recent improvements include QA tools, running the Worklight foundation in the cloud (using PureApplication Service), integration of the Worklight Foundation with the BlueMix API catalog, Cloudant and more. IBM has also been scaling up its service offerings around development, delivery and application management.
- Part of the mobile portfolio is focused on “engage” and supporting marketers. IBM sometimes talks about Xtify and its ability to push mobile notifications as though it is a marketing solution for mobile. It is better, I think, to consi
Mobile and Cloud at #IBMIMPACT 2014
Tangerine Bank, an IBM customer, kicked off IBM IMPACT 2014 discussing how they are using technology to re-imagining and simplifying banking. In particular Tangerine is focused on becoming a mobile-centric or mobile first bank. They are trying to raise the bar on mobile banking applications, adding things such as voice activation and offline access. Working with IBM they adopted a different platform for their mobile development – PureApplication System – allowing them to get to a 6 week (and hopefully a 2 week) development cycle. This allows them to develop and easily test and deploy repeatable patterns, access the Worklight programming environment, use Bluemix for testing and QA, and taking advantage of the API catalog to manage the bank’s internal services.
Robert LeBlanc of IBM followed to use Tangerine as an example of the shift to a completely digital economy where companies are increasingly using mobile and cloud for computing, unbundling their bu
Decision Modeling with OpenRules and DecisionsFirst Modeler
In this webinar clip, James Taylor, CEO of Decision Management Solutions and Jacob Feldman, CTO and Founder of OpenRules, demonstrate how graphical decision requirement models can be integrated with executable decision models using DecisionsFirst Modeler and OpenRules. Decision requirements models allow business analysts and enterprise architects to describe the decision-making in business processes and systems. When […]
Decision Management and Responding in Real Time – New Article on Information Management
Most organizations have a huge opportunity if they can use advanced analytics to improve their day-to-day operational decision-making, not just strategic and management decisions. Improving these types of decisions can reduce fraud, improve risk management and increase customer satisfaction. Decision management has another key benefit, though: It’s an effective tool for organizations that need to […]
Get better results by linking Decision Models to implemented business rules
At Decision Management Solutions we are big believers in building decision models as a way to specify the requirements for business rules projects. Our cloud-based, collaborative decision modeling software DecisionsFirst Modeler is ideal for building and managing these models. Not only that, it also works with any business rules management system, allowing you to link your decision requirements to your implementation for improved traceability. The open approach we took in DecisionsFirst Modeler works with any BPM or BRMS environment and you can see how in these demonstrations of Decision Modeling with DecisionsFirst Modeler:
- Decision Modeling with Signavio, OpenRules and BigML and DecisionsFirst Modeler – This demo begins with a BPMN model in Signavio’s process editor, links to OpenRule
Early Bird Ends This Friday – Register Now for Decision Management and Decision Modeling Live Online Training
Our early bird pricing ends this Friday April 18, 2014. Register now and save on our live online Decision Management and Decision Modeling Training. This 6-session online live training class is taught by leading expert James Taylor, CEO of Decision Management Solutions. The course will prepare you to be immediately effective in using the Decision […]
Decision Modeling with SAP NW DSM and DecisionsFirst Modeler
In this webinar clip, James Taylor, CEO of Decision Management Solutions and Carsten Ziegler, Architect and Chief Product Owner at SAP, walk through decision modeling with DecisionsFirst Modeler and SAP NetWeaver Decision Service Management. Decision modeling enables business analysts and enterprise architects to describe the decision-making in business processes and systems. When these models are combined […]
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