IBM Business Rules for z/OS

Externalizes business logic from application code.

• Applications can be developed and maintained with less time, effort and cost.
• Decision logic can be maintained, governed and implemented more easily as it evolves over time.
• Decision logic can be more easily accessible and reuseable across the organization.
• Rules can be defined in a customizable business vocabulary and shared across business applications.

Delivers tools and environments designed specifically for different technical stakeholders.

• Covers the major stakeholders—Application Developers, Systems Architects and IT Operations.
• Helps you revitalize existing application portfolios and increase flexibility.
• Helps you maximize business agility by bridging organizational silos.
• Increases system utilization by leveraging mainframe capabilities.

Provides a flexible approach to application modernization efforts

• zRule Execution Server for z/OS provides enhanced rule execution for batch and CICS® COBOL applications.
• Rule Execution Server on IBM WebSphere Application Server for z/OS provides the runtime for rule applications on a Java and service-oriented architecture (SOA) mainframe architecture or WebSphere Application Server for z/OS.
• Generated COBOL rule subprograms provide an option to execute decision logic within core application code.
• The same rules can be leveraged across any or all of the available deployment options.