webMethods to Enhance webMethods Fabric With Rule Management Component From Fair Isaac

webMethods, Inc., a leading business integration and optimization software company, today announced a strategic partnership and licensing agreement with Fair Isaac Corporation, a leading provider of analytics and decision technology. Under the terms of the agreement, webMethods will incorporate components of Fair Isaac Blaze Advisor as the embedded rules engine standard for future editions of webMethods Fabric™, the company’s flagship solution for process-based, service- oriented total business integration. The announcement was made in conjunction with Integration World 2005, the webMethods user conference being held this week in Atlanta.

The availability of an embedded business rules engine within upcoming versions of webMethods Fabric is designed to further enhance the significant value offered by the product suite’s existing business process management (BPM) and business activity monitoring (BAM) capabilities. Specifically, it will provide business users with added versatility and ease-of-use in the way in which business rules, policies and strategies are created, managed and changed within the webMethods Fabric operating environment. This reinforces webMethods Fabric’s position as the premier platform for optimizing all enterprise business processes.