News and Release History

WhatsNew:

OpenRules 6.2.4 is available

A new release 6.2.4 enhances OpenRules BDMS with new features initiated by real-world use of previous releases: http authentication, additional date formats, advanced XML handling and execution reporting.

Recorded Webinar

May 7, 2013: Creating and Managing Executable Decision Models

OpenRules on Cloud

Read the tutorial "Cloud Application Development" with examples of OpenRules web applications available on the cloud.

WhatTheySay:

Forrester Research, Inc.

"OpenRules have the most-aggressive approaches to business-expert authoring and typically requires less developer support than IBM ILOG, FICO Blaze Advisor, and JBoss BRMS."

Market Overview: Business Rules Platforms 2011

Events

Upcoming Events

demo

CP 2013, Sep 16-20, Sweden

IntelliFest 2013, Oct.7-11, USA

DecisionCAMP, Nov. 4-6, USA

BBC 2013: Nov. 11-15, USA

Recent Events

Webinar: May 7, 2013

JavaOne 2012: Sep.30-Oct.4, USA

Presentations

Release History

Release 1.0.0: Dec-2003

News

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	OpenRules^® Release 6.2.4 advances OpenRules BDMS with additional features initiated by the real-world use of previous releases: http authentication, extended date formats, use of decision variables with "not applicable" values, enhanced access to XML data, and more sophisticated execution reports. Read Release Notes May 9, 2013
	Webinar with James Taylor: Creating and Managing Executable Decision Models with DecisionFirst Modeler and OpenRules^® May 7, 2013
	OpenRules^® Release 6.2.3 adds new features such as generation of decision execution reports in the HTML format, an ability to create more compact decision tables with new templates, advanced interfaces for external rules, and more. Read Release Notes January 9, 2013
	We added a tutorial "Cloud Application Development" and a new project workspace "openrules.cloud" with examples of OpenRules^® web applications deployed on the cloud. It is available as a part of the complete OpenRules installation. October 15, 2012
	OpenRules^® Release 6.2.2 adds new features that allow a user to customize decisions and decision runs, to create custom decision tables, and to incorporate decisions in web dialogs. Read Release Notes September 24, 2012
	OpenRules, Inc. successfully completed two contracts with IRS related to the integrated use of machine learning and business rules technologies. See what IRS management says in the final report. Sep 12, 2012
	Over the course of the last few years, OpenRules^® is constantly gaining in popularity adding more and more customers including large international corporations and government agencies, new partners and resellers worldwide. See the actual statistics from 2004 to 2012 in our blog. August 1, 2012
	OpenRules^® Release 6.2.1 adds new functionality for Database Integration, Web Services, more decision tables operators, an optimization mode for Rule Solver^™, enhanced documentation. See Release Notes. June 3, 2012

	OpenRules, Inc. is selected to present at the World Congress on Decision Tables that is a part of the BBC 2012. As usual, OpenRules, Inc. will be a sponsor of this largest BR event.
	OpenRules^® Release 6.2.0 adds a new inferential rule engine: an enhanced Rule Solver^™ provides powerful constraint-based tools for decision management. OpenRules^® 6.2.0 also advances the existing decision models and web dialogs. See Release Notes. March 5, 2012
	JCP Executive Committee approved the final release of the standard JSR-331 "Constraint Programming API". OpenRules CTO Dr. Feldman is the Specification Lead for this standard. Read more. February 28, 2012
	OpenRules^® Release 6.1.3 enhances OpenRules^® Executable Decisions with new functionality required by real-world applications. Read more December 20, 2011
	OpenRules^® Release 6.1.2 is a minor release that extends the Decisioning functionality and fixes several bugs found in the latest releases. Read more September 11, 2011
	OpenRules^® Release 6.1.1 advances the Executable Decisions by providing new features, the detailed user manual and new tutorials, and fixing some bugs. Read more August 8, 2011

	Forrester Research: "OpenRules have the most-aggressive approaches to business-expert authoring and typically requires less developer support than IBM ILOG, FICO Blaze Advisor, and JBoss BRMS." Market Overview: Business Rules Platforms 2011 July 5, 2011

	James Taylor published articles devoted to OpenRules^® BRMS: - General Overview - Rule Solver - Rule Learner. May 12, 2011

	OpenRules^® Release 6.0.1 is a major milestone that supports Executable Decisions created and tested by business analysts without coding and IT involvement. Read more March 4, 2011

	OpenRules^® Release 5.4.1 introduces a new version of Rule Solver™ that allows a user to define and solve constraint satisfaction and optimization problems. October 26, 2010

	OpenRules^® and General Intelletics presented "Developing Large Scale Intelligent Checklists with OpenRules BRMS" at The Business Rules Forum, Washington DC. October 17-21, 2010

	KPI and OpenRules^® ran a successful boot camp at the RulesFest in San Jose. October 14, 2010

	OpenRules^® presented a new experimental framework "Connecting the Dots" at the RulesFest-2010. October 13, 2010

	Java Community Process (JCP) announced today at JavaOne Conference in San Francisco that JSR-331 "Constraint Programming API" won JCP Award "The Most Innovative JSR of 2010". OpenRules CTO Jacob Feldman is the Specification Lead of this JSR. A newly redesigned Rule Solver will be based on the JSR-331. September 22, 2010

	Knowledge Partners International, LLC and OpenRules, Inc. announced that they will jointly present a live primer of The Decision Model at the RulesFest in October 2010. See press release. July 29, 2010

	OpenRules, Inc. successfully completed the IRS contract "Machine Learning Models Research and Development with NRP and LMSB Data" July 10, 2010

	OpenRules^® Release 5.4.0 provides a live primer for the Decision Model, support for password-protected Excel files, and a few enhancements and bug fixes. June 29, 2010

	OpenRules and Knowledge Partners International will host an Executable Decision Model bootcamp at the RulesFest in October 2010. May 20, 2010

	OpenRules successfully conducted hands-on training at The Wyndham Garden Hotel, Newark Airport, NJ. OpenRules expresses its appreciation to a new customer Nishikawa Corporation for supporting this event. May 11-13, 2010

	OpenRules^® BRMS has been selected by Arc Worldwide, which provides marketing services to such clients as Procter & Gamble, United Airlines, and McDonald's. Arc Worldwide develops and manages direct marketing and promotional campaigns and point-of-sale marketing efforts. Arc operates through more than 40 offices located around the world. It is a unit of Leo Burnett, a global ad agency of French conglomerate Publicis. December-2009
	OpenRules^® Release 5.3.2 has been introduced together with a new OpenRules product "ORD" that is a special add-on for building complex, rules-based questionnaires. Read more. October 15, 2009
	OpenRules is proud to announce that the United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS) awarded OpenRules, Inc. with a new government contract "Machine Learning Models Research and Development with NRP and LMSB Data". September 20, 2009
	OpenRules, Inc. became an official supplier of BRMS software and services for Fiserv, Inc., the world’s largest service provider to banks, credit unions, and lending institutions. OpenRules effectively supports Fiserv's financial electronic commerce services including receiving and paying bills online through 15,000 retail outlets. September 4, 2009
	OpenRules^® Release 5.3.1 improves OpenRules effectiveness in multi-threaded environments by supporting real parallelism. Read more. July 1, 2009
	OpenRules announced a fast-support online service Live Assist. Upon your request an OpenRules expert conducts a remote session addressing your particular problem by studying it with you on your own computer. June 24, 2009
	OpenRules, Inc. successfully completed Phase 2 of the government contract “Integrating Machine Learning Models With Business Rules Environment” issued by the National Headquarters Office of Research, Internal Revenue Service (IRS). May 2, 2009
	The new Release 5.3.0 introduces External Rules, allowing a user to create and maintain business rules outside Excel files: in DB, XML, GUI, Java, and custom sources. Read more. March 16, 2009
	OpenRules has been nominated as a finalist for the Best Developer Tool category of the Eclipse Community Awards. March 4, 2009
	OpenRules became a sponsor at the 12^th Business Rules Forum in Las Vegas
	OpenRules^® 5.2 provides an important update for the underlying Apache POI API that is used to access Microsoft format files. The new release switches to the latest POI 3.2 FINAL. Read more here. January 20, 2009
	OpenRules CTO presented "A Unified Business Interface for Modeling and Solving Constraint Satisfaction Problems" at the OMG Technical Meeting in Santa Clara, CA December 8, 2008
	OpenRules was a sponsor at the 11^th Business Rules Forum in Orlando with two successful presentations: 1. Integrated Business Rules and Constraint Programming Technologies for EDM; 2. Applying Business Rules to Complex Patent Data Processing - EPO Experience October 26-30, 2008
	OpenRules participated in October Rules Fest in Dallas presenting "Using Constraint Programming in Business Rules Environments" October 22-25, 2008
	The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) awarded OpenRules, Inc. with a new contract. The new contract is the second phase of the successfully completed project “Integrating Machine Learning Models With Business Rules Environment” issued by the National Headquarters Office of Research, Washington DC September 12, 2008
	OpenRules 5.1.0 simplifies the creation and maintenance of enterprise-class business rules repositories. Using advanced rule templates, OpenRules customers may specify rules implementation logic in a few templates and reuse it in multiple business rules categories. With 5.1 you may define default rules directly in templates, support partial rules implementations and optional rule conditions and actions making rules repository more stable and flexible. August 25, 2008
	OpenRules has published Step-By-Step Tutorials for different development frameworks including Google GWT, Spring, Apache Tomcat, BEA WebLogic, IBM WebSphere and RAD. June 1, 2008
	OpenRules^® 5.0.2 is a minor release that adds more functionality to the JSR-94 reference implementation, restores JDK 1.4 backward compatibility, and fixes some bugs April 20, 2008
	OpenRules-5, a new major release that introduces Rule Templates has been announced. OpenRules Release 5.0 essentially simplifies rules repository construction and management and expedites initialization and execution of the OpenRules Engine. See Release Notes 5.0 March 29, 2008
	European Patent Office and OpenRules will do the presentation "Applying Business Rules to Complex Patent Data Processing - EPO Experience" at The 11th International Business Rules Forum
	Release 4.1.2 provides important bug fixes for handling Excel dates and merged cells - read release notes January 14, 2008
	OpenRules, Inc. has successfully completed the US IRS contract “Automating Business Rules Creation Using Machine Learning Models” issued by the National Headquarters Office of Research, Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Read more November 13, 2007
	Dennis Byron, Analyst, ebizQ, published a review "Open Source Business Intelligence Megatrends", in which he describes OpenRules Rules-based BI: "OpenRules is an example of a rules-based OSS BI application. It offers a methodology, along with OSS tools and professional services for business analysts rather than or in concert with developers. This is an interesting approach and an approach that will be important in the long run to grow all categories of OSS applications." Read the entire review October 29, 2007
	OpenRules, Inc.'s booth was among the most popular places at the 10th Business Rules Forum in Orlando, FL. Read more October 21-24, 2007
	OpenRules announced Rule Compressor™, a new add-on that employs integrated machine learning and business rules techniques to automatically compress complex classification rules. Rule Compressor may effectively minimize the number of rules and/or simplify their structure by automatically discovering new thresholds and eliminating non-essential attributes. OpenRules offers rules compression and optimization services regardless of the rule engine being used by the customer. October 10, 2007
	Vero Insurance New Zealand selected OpenRules for its enterprise-class business rules management system. Vero subscribed to OpenRules technical support and acquired a package of OpenRules commercial licenses September 28, 2007
	OpenRules^® Release 4.1.1 is a minor release that adds new features mainly to OpenRules Forms and tunes OpenRules to work with the latest versions of 3rd party products September 20, 2007
	OpenRules^® 4.0 is a major release that adds advanced features such as single-hit decision tables, direct access to rules saved in databases with built-in version control, use of natural language expressions, and more July 20, 2007
	OpenRules signed a licensing and support agreement with Thomson Global Resources, a leading global provider of integrated solutions in the fields of law, tax, accounting, financial services, scientific research and healthcare. The agreement allows Thomson Medstat to use and distribute OpenRules^® as a business rules repository for Advantage Suite®, a powerful, decision support tool linked to a comprehensive, integrated warehouse of medical claims and encounter data, pharmaceutical drug utilization, eligibility information, and performance measures. May 18, 2007
	Software House International (SHI) became an official OpenRules reseller with the sale of OpenRules^® commercial licenses and support packages to Blue Shield of California. March 2, 2007
	Business Rules Journal published "Business Rules Forum 2006 Vendor Panel ~ The Future is Now". Six BR vendors including OpenRules shared their vision of the future and the very real possibilities of today. Read here February 7, 2007
	Dresdner Bank acquired OpenRules^® support packages and commercial licenses for its enterprise-class financial application. November 15, 2006
	OpenRules successfully presented Open Source Rules at the 9th Business Rules Forum in Washington, DC. Read more November 5-9, 2006
	Visitar announced 360° Care viaVisitar Version 2.0 for innovative customer relationship management (CRM) and sales force automation (SFA) solutions that link rich telephony capabilities with business applications to improve efficiency and enhance customer and employee interactions. Core interaction capabilities of Visitar solutions are based on OpenRules^®. See presentation November 1, 2006
	OpenRules, Inc. has been awarded a government contract “Automating Business Rules Creation Using Machine Learning Models” issued by the National Headquarters Office of Research, Internal Revenue Service (IRS) October 17, 2006
	OpenRules announced the availability of a new major OpenRules Release 3.0 that dramatically simplifies OpenRules configuration and integration problems September 18, 2006
	A major international bank successfully completed development of an OpenRules-based engine that drives risk calculation and security rules for a strategic application within the bank. Contact us for details and references. August 25, 2006
	Visitar announced general availability of its SaaS service that uses OpenRules for interactive configuration of its multi-tenant product that integrates CRM with computer telephony. March 27, 2006 Raleigh, NC
	OpenRules, Inc. introduced a Jump-Start service designed to make a customer team productive and self-sufficient with OpenRules as quickly as possible. The service is available for US and European customers May 20, 2006
	OpenRules^® 2.3.0 enhances web development tools and upgrades 3rd party tools. February 6, 2006
	OpenRules^® 2.2.1 supports JDK 5.0 and Eclipse 3.1 and includes a Java library to support dynamic dialogs. November 01, 2005
	OpenRules at the International Business Rules Forum in Orlando on November 6-10, 2005. October 5, 2005
	OpenRules^® 2.2.0 essentially simplifies integration with different web application servers September 7, 2005
	OpenRules published an implementation of "LoanDynamics", a web application that supports a dynamic loan approval process and demonstrates the ability to dynamically add/delete/modify different securities related to an initial loan application. August 8, 2005
	Big Faceless Organization (BFO), the leading global provider of Java reporting solutions, announces partnership with OpenRules, Inc. May 6, 2005
	OpenRules^® 2.1.0 improves Web Interaction and multi-platform support. May 5,2005
	GraphiteStore.com incorporates OpenRules^® Web services into its new online marketplace. April 18, 2005
	OpenRules-2 moves beyond a pure BRMS to Web Application Development announcing availability of a new Open Source Suite of tools "OpenRules-2" that supports development and deployment of dynamic Web Applications with Forms Layouts and Interaction Rules defined in Excel. March 16, 2005
	OpenRules successfully exhibited at the International Business Rules Forum in Las Vegas November 8-11, 2004
	OpenRules Release 1.1 is available for free downloads. November 5, 2004
	OpenRules delivers to IRS a new phase of the Strategic Compliance Planning Model (SCPM). October 30, 2004
	A new enhanced OpenRules release 1.0.2 has been announced. May 28, 2004
	GraphiteStore.com selected OpenRules to enhance its online marketplace. May 6, 2004
	A new OpenRules release 1.0.1 is available for downloads. April 19, 2004
	The first public release of OpenRules. OpenRules is available for free downloads as an Open Source BRMS product. December 12, 2003
	OpenRules has been successfully used for a complex loan approval application. See a presentation at the 6th Business Rules Forum on November 8, 2003 (adjusted to OpenRules).
	A beta release of OpenRules is available upon requests. November 1, 2003