SUNNYVALE, Calif. and PARIS, May 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — ILOG(R)
(Nasdaq: ILOG; Euronext: ILO, ISIN: FR0004042364) today announced a
strengthening of its long-standing technology and business alliance with
IBM(R). ILOG has been selected for IBM’s Destination z Alliance Program, which
aims to accelerate legacy modernization initiatives for IBM z-series
customers. ILOG has also been tapped for IBM’s ISV Advantage program for
small-to-medium-sized businesses (SMB).
IBM Destination z is a community organization which is focused on
accelerating the modernization of customers’ information technology
environments to more efficiently operate their businesses. In response to
increased demand for System z(R)-based decision management, ILOG recently
introduced ILOG Rules for COBOL(R), which allows IBM customers to leverage the
processing power of IBM System z for both new application development and for
fitting rule-based decision management into existing ILOG Rules for COBOL
applications.
By joining IBM’s ISV Advantage program for the SMB market, ILOG’s business
rule management system (BRMS) and optimization solutions will be promoted as
part of IBM’s portfolio of leading e-business SMB solutions in the Insurance,
Banking, Capital Markets, Healthcare, and Public Sector areas. Many of these
solutions already incorporate ILOG JRules(R), used in concert with IBM’s
service-oriented architecture (SOA) frameworks, including WebSphere(R)
Business Services Fabric, WebSphere Process Server, and IBM ECM, and
implemented by IBM Global Business Services. With these joint offerings,
organizations can more safely manage business change in applications such as
insurance policy underwriting, loan origination, claims adjudication and
border security. The SMB market represents a large, diverse market with
enormous IT opportunity. According to IBM, the SMB market comprises companies
with 1-999 employees.
ILOG is also a Premier level partner within the IBM PartnerWorld(R)
program. According to IBM, Premier level membership is for IBM business
partners that make a very significant investment in IBM products and
technologies.
About ILOG
ILOG delivers software and services that empower customers to make better
decisions faster and manage change and complexity. Over 3,000 corporations and
more than 465 leading software vendors rely on ILOG’s market-leading business
rule management system (BRMS), supply chain planning and scheduling
applications as well as its optimization and visualization software
components, to achieve dramatic returns on investment, create market-defining
products and services, and sharpen their competitive edge. ILOG was founded in
1987 and employs more than 850 people worldwide. For more information, please
visit http://www.ilog.com.
ILOG, ILOG JRules and ILOG Rules for COBOL are registered trademarks of
ILOG S.A. and ILOG, Inc. All other company and product names are trademarks of
their respective owners.
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