Questions About Business Rules?
Fair Isaac gives you the answers

Why bother with special software when I can just code IF statements in my applications? Rules software lets you store, find, and maintain large numbers of decision points quickly and easily. You get tools custom-designed for tracing and debugging logic flows. The rule engine automatically handles the complexities of processing order. And unique maintenance facilities let you provide your business users with a safe and understandable way to control business logic without code or syntax.

Isn’t a Java rule engine slow? Fair Isaac Blaze Advisor is optimized to deliver great performance for different needs. It is the only rule engine on the market with selectable operating modes to choose from Rete-based determination of which rules to fire, sequential execution of all rules in a group, or compiled code execution for large-scale batch operations. And throughput is infinitely scalable by adding independent engine processing threads.

Can we manage large numbers of business rules? Blaze Advisor lets you segment rules based on functional task, maintenance needs, or authority levels for modification. Customers are using Blaze Advisor right now in applications with many tens of thousands of defined rules.

Is rules management software for developers or business users? Blaze Advisor brings IT personnel and business users together with unprecedented cooperation. Developers can create rule architectures, process flows, and templates while business users populate the actual logic rules. With automatically generated rule maintenance Web pages, non-technical users have controlled and secure access to view, create, or modify rules within the constraints that you set. And they don’t ever have to see a line of code or a word of specialized syntax.

Will I have to install a proprietary database? Fair Isaac Blaze Advisor has a flexible repository that works with your choice of flat files, databases, or LDAP systems. You can work with any JDBC database, XML document, Java class, or COM/.NET object in addition to building custom data interfaces to your systems.

Can I still use best programming practices? Absolutely! Do team-based development with versioning and check-in/check-out. Document your code with system-generated reports and your own comments on any object. Use built-in tools to set breakpoints, trace execution, and follow object references for impact analysis.

Is it expensive? You can get your feet wet for surprisingly little. Then as your needs grow, you can add additional development seats, additional production CPU licenses, and even get enterprise licenses that bring the cost per user down.

Is it cost effective? Hundreds of companies (including more than half of Fortune’s Top Ten) have selected Blaze Advisor for their rules-driven applications. They are saving time and money with faster development of business logic, easier maintenance of decisions in their applications, better use of development resources by offloading business maintenance tasks to their business groups, and easier reuse of development work.

How do I find out more? Send us an e-mail at . We’ll be happy to send you a demonstration CD, answer more detailed questions, set you up with an eval copy, or arrange a sales presentation. Have your cell phone handy? Call us at 800-876-4900. And don’t forget to check out our Web site at www.fairisaac.com/rules to download white papers or register for our informative Web seminars.