1 DIP, Frankfurt, 17Jan03 Mari Georges,ILOG 2 ILOG snapshot q Founded 1987 q ~600 employees q 2,000+ customers q Selling in 30 countries q Customers: q 56% end-users q 44% OEM/ISV q NASDAQ/Euronext Most influential IT companies for World Leader in Software Components 3 Views Component Suite JViews Component Suite JTGO CPLEX Constraint Programming Component Suite JRules Rules ILOG Snapshot ILOG Products 4 An ILOG view of DIP/SWS (1/2) oSeeking & seamlessly integrating distinct data sources w/ independent agendas in view of a synergistic goal Reconnaissance/qualification/knowledge retrieval; matching/negotiation/integration; pb- solving/consolidation from knowledge & intentions. Constraint propagation. Rule-based inferencing, induction, consistency assurance. Knowledge retrieval from business policy, terms & conditions, Knowledge mining, ontology processing/inferencing & NLP. oProcess automation of adaptive web-service chains that produce info (like goods are produced today) Preparation/execution/monitoring; web service integration into business processes. P lanning, scheduling, configuration, supervision; info & rule flow visualization. Workflow modelling; monitoring service-level agreements. Engines & business activity monitoring. ILOG core competences &/or areas of R&D applis infrastructure 5 An ILOG view of DIP/SWS (2/2) oWeb service agility Machine-friendly and still human-friendly. Navigation-oriented &/or semantically-aggregated visualization. Rapid, safety-netted reactivity at business user level. BRMS & rule services; consistency assurance. oRelevant standards & ontologies Semantic Web, Web services, rules, constraints, configuration, workflow, ontologies W3C, BPMI.org, WfMC, etc. Remember EuroKnowledge?! ;-) ILOG core competences &/or areas of R&D infrastructure