Business Rules use-cases and other stuff

Whew! Its been a while since I’ve posted anything up here…

My apologies for the unscheduled break in the blog - it seems to me that, no matter how many times I’ve relocated (9 times in the last 15 years!!), it just does not seem to get any easier

Getting the basic stuff up and running (apartment, utilities, cable, internet, et al) is a matter of 2 - 3 weeks, right? Right! But doesn’t that mean you are “settled in” and ready to go? Wrong! Getting used to a whole new office environment, getting to know colleagues, the work, learning a whole new domain [business and/or technical], figuring out where to buy/rent furniture, a car, etc., etc. - I’ve had to re-discover that some of these things just take time…

Anywayz, the end result was that, for the first 45 - 50 days, I simply was in no position to read any blogs… much less think about what I’ve read and post something up here. Its only been in the last week that I’ve managed to consistently touch the blogosphere on something approaching a daily basis…

Anywayz, here is a synopsis of the last 2 months:

• “The Colbert Report” is awesome :-)
• Rajgo got his blog into the “Top 100″ technology blogs in the world! Way to go, buddy… you deserve it!!
• The sub-prime mortgage market melted… taking with it some of the biggest names in the mortgage industry. Talk about an implode… there goes one of the cash cows for the BPM / BRMS / BI guys - at least for the next few months.
• Google Analytics tells me that the average number of visits to my blog hasn’t changed much! Wow!!

Oh, and…

• Enterprise Library 3.0 was released - with a new Policy Injection Application Block. What are the implications to the business rules products out there?
• Windows Presentation Foundation & Silverlight are getting into the mainstream - built on top of XAML. Does this make authoring validation logic easier? Again, what are the implications for BRMS vendors?

Which brings me to something that’s been puzzling me… BRMS, BPM, and BI blogs seem to be talking about pretty much the same things… Why? Are things so stable that only the nitty-gritties are changing?

Has anyone posted on the synergies between WPF / WCF / Silverlight and BPM / BRMS, and the implications [positive / negative] of these new technologies for .NET-based BPM / BRMS products?

Also, Microsoft partners are now allowed to develop / market products for the “Office Live” marketplace.. and K2.Net has already put up its BPM offering up there! Anyone else with a roadmap?

Finally, here’s an interesting piece on the advantages of BRMS technology to a BI solution…

Cheerios! And, if I can’t post tomorrow, have a nice weekend, everyone!