The second in a series of articles exploring on-demand scenarios that integrate business process management, business rules and business intelligence, this article focuses on integration of external business rules into a business process.
Author: SSWUG Research
IBM should indemnify open-source customers
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In a press release issued the 28th Oracle Corp. announced certification of Oracle Database on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 along with technical support for Oracle products on the Red Hat platform. Red Hat and Oracle worked together to define features and improvements in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 that
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XML Best Practices for Microsoft SQL Server "Yukon"
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BMC brings in the mainframe
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BMC brings in the mainframe
By Robert Westervelt – Database administrators who are increasingly being asked to monitor the company mainframe may have their headaches reduced with help from Houston-based BMC Software Inc. The company’s latest update of its SmartDBA performance monitoring software integrates the mainframe
