InRule Business Rule Engine
Date:
By: Simon Holloway
Classification: InDetail
In the opinion of Bloor Research the following represent the
key facts of which prospective users should be aware:
- InRule Technology is an extremely strong Microsoft partner with all the necessary credentials to give one
confidence in their ability to use and exploit underlying
Microsoft technology. - Being a charter member of Microsoft’s Business Process
Alliance has led to InRule Technology winning a number
of significant pieces of business. InRule Technology is well
placed as a partner of a number of other fellow members
of this Alliance. - The InRule business rule engine takes full advantage of
the .NET Framework in that it is simple and easy to use. It
is not completely code-free, and does require someone
capable of understanding XML and If-Then-Else style
programming. However, there are a large number of
simple business user capabilities which mean many rules
can be defined by a business user. InRule Technology
explained to me that knowledge of XML is useful for
someone installing and setting up InRule; however once
the product is set up, business users can author and test
rules using InRule’s Business Language Authoring, with
no need to know XML. - Bloor would not recommend the use of InRule for Windows
Workflow Foundation (WWF) over InRule itself unless your
organisation has a strategy to adopt and use WWF. The
reason for this is the current loss of features.
InRule is a strong product in the Microsoft environment, with
all the partner credentials a Microsoft house should be
looking for. Bloor would suggest that if you are looking for a
business rules management system then InRule should be
in your selection list, as it has all the necessary features
necessary and at an attractive price.