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Object Connections will announce the most recent additions to our web site and any exciting news. If you've visited us before and want to know what's happening, take a look here first. Object Connections has released version 3.1 of Common Knowledge, a cross-platform business rules engine and rules management system that supports the capture, representation, documentation, maintenance, testing and deployment of an organisation's business rules and application logic. Version 3.1 incorporates a range of new features and improvements that further enhance the business rules experience. New features include a significantly improved documentation generation facility allowing business rules to be exported to HTML and XML. Exporting to HTML utlises a set of highly configurable options and utilises industry standard XSLT and CSS technologies for laying out and formatting. This produces a comprehensively structured and formatted document that can be easily configured to match your own corporate WEB and documentation standards and requirements. A powerful cross-referencing facility has been added to version 3.1, allowing business rules dependency and impact analysis to be performed at the click of a button. What is truely unique about this facility is the ability to click on report elements and have those elements immediately focused within the Common Knowledge Studio environment. This makes the cross-reference report an ideal facility for efficiently navigating around large or complex sets of business rules. Productivity and useability enhancements in Common Knowledge Studio include a full undo-redo facility, a new tabbed workspace view, print-previewing on all views and rule extender editors, additional debugging views (stack and evaluate), and global search and replace. Finally, numerous performance improvements have been made to the Windows version of Common Knowledge in the areas of rule loading, rule compilation and rule execution. For a complete summary of what is new and improved in Common Knowledge version 3.1 click here. Business rules built using Common Knowledge can be integrated directly into your business systems using the Common Knowledge Rules Engine. The Rules Engine is a comprehensive business rules authoring and execution API which provides extensive support for all .NET languages, as well as native support for Java, Delphi and ActiveX.iTWire announces the latest release of the Common Knowledge business rules engine and rules management system. iTWire is Australia's most informative, opinionated and in your face IT & Telecommunications news and information resource. Object Connections has released version 3.0 of Common Knowledge, a cross-platform business rules engine and rules management system that supports the capture, representation, documentation, maintenance, testing and deployment of an organisation's business rules and application logic. In keeping with the Common Knowledge philosophy, that no single format can adequately represent all business rule requirements, version 3.0 of Common Knowledge includes a range of new rule formats and features that move business rules management well and truly into the 21st century. In addition to the traditional decision tables, decision trees and scripting formats, Common Knowledge now delivers a new world of opportunity with the introduction of rete rules, workflows, decision grids, lookup tables, flowcharts and state maps. These new formats, in conjunction with existing formats, ensure that the business rules designer has a rich set of tools available for the construction of expressive and effective business solutions. Developers of business systems are continually being challenged to find approaches to the implementation of complex business logic in ways that are accessible, extensible and cost-effective. Software developers can be greatly empowered by incorporating business rules management techniques, such as those supported by Common Knowledge, into their existing toolsets. These techniques also encourage closer collaboration with business stakeholders by providing a common language with which to communicate the operational complexities of their organisation. Business rules built using Common Knowledge can be integrated directly into your business systems using the Common Knowledge Rules Engine. The Rules Engine is a comprehensive business rules authoring and execution API which now provides extensive support for all .NET languages, as well as native support for Java, Delphi and ActiveX. The entry-level Common Knowledge Lite v2.6 has been replaced by the Professional Edition. Fujitsu Australia and Hunter Valley Coal Chain Logisitics Team have been jointly nominated for an award in IT innovation after being named as finalists in the prestigious AIIA iAwards. Fujitsu and Hunter Valley Coal Chain have been named as a finalist in the Agriculture and Primary Industry category for their work on an Integrated Planning System. In 2004 the Hunter Valley Coal Chain Logistics Team embarked on a project to deploy an Integrated Planning System to provide a constraint-based planning and scheduling tool for planning vessel, stockpile, port and rail movements. The solution they chose, a customised application developed by Fujitsu Australia, using the Common Knowledge rules management system from Object Connections, has allowed Hunter Valley Coal Chain to develop systems functionality to a state where users can plan efficiently and effectively in an environment of high demand - for example, 120 million tonnes per annum (an increase of almost 40% over their previous capabilities). Matrikon Australia has teamed with Object Connections to use Common Knowledge as a key business logic component in the deployment of thjeir Plant Asset Management System (PAM) to Meridian Energy. Meridian Energy is New Zealand's largest electricity generator, providing approximately 30 per cent of the country's total generation. Meridian supplies 200,000 residential, commercial and industrial customers throughout New Zealand using only renewable resources, including the country's largest operational wind farm.
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