So You Want to Use Business Rules...

Modeling the behavior of complex systems is not an easy task. While vendors have made the process easier, defining business rules and translating them into an actual application is not yet easy enough or intuitive enough to gain widespread acceptance. As with any opportunity involving a potentially large amount of profit, however, this problem will be solved. With that in mind, here are some vendors that offer software with strong support for business rules:

Compendium Research: Universal Transaction Exchange Engine (UTX) is a transac tion-processing engine for building data warehouse and vertical market solutions. Rules can be configured, developed, and managed by business personnel instead of by developers.

Neuron Data: Elements Environment is a cross-platform C++ development tool that includes the Intelligent Rules Element, which enables you to model rules separate from application logic.

Riverton Software: An object-oriented application development tool for modeling and generating PowerBuilder applications, How supports the inclusion of business rules within objects.

Sapiens: ObjectPool is an object-oriented development environment that supports the creation of business rules within objects and integration with legacy applications.

Texas Instruments Software: Performer is a component-based development environment with support for creating and managing business rules within a repository.

USoft: USoft Developer is a graphical environment with a focus on business rules as an integral part of the development process. It supports the creation of business rules in standard SQL.

Vision Software: Vision Builder is a development environment that supports the creation of business rules from a visual interface. It automatically generates SQL code for inclusion within a relational database.