IDIOM News Archive
September 2007
iStart's BPM feature article from Idiom's CTO, Mark Norton
iStart's Business Process Management feature article 'Decisions, Decisions...' from Idiom's CTO, Mark Norton who says "By combining decisioning with your data, you create a dynamic, knowledge-based enterprise that can adapt quickly to opportunities and threats - a 'learning organisation'."
January 2007
Business Rules Journal publishes Idiom Article
Business Rules Journal publishes "Decisioning - A new approach to systems development", author Mark Norton, IDIOM CTO. The Business Rules Journal is the official online publication of BRCommunity.com, the world's most trusted resource for business rules professionals.
October 2006
Idiom and Powerhealth at 9th International Business Rules Conference
At the 9th International Business Rules Forum in Washington, DC, executives from PowerHealth Solutions and Idiom Software presented the advantages of employing business rules to develop flexible applications for markets with continually changing requirements and complex workflows.
June 2006
Idiom announces new CEO
Idiom Ltd. announced Richard Stafford as its new CEO. Starting his career with a leading ERP solutions provider in the UK, Richard has spent more than 18 years acquiring a broad range of skills and experience in general IT management.
Richard has been responsible for running software development teams and companies across the UK, Australia and South Africa. He joined Idiom in January 2006. Mark Norton moves to Idiom CTO with responsibility for product development.
June 2006
Idiom Key Note Speakers at ERBC
In June Idiom attended the Euro Business Rules Conference in London. As key note speakers with business partner HealthPhone, represented by David Crompton, Mark Norton presented the value of collaboration in a rules environment.
“Idiom and the Collaborative Health Showcase” highlights the continued inroads Idiom is making with the best of breed industry solutions. In this case the efficiencies within the New Zealand Health Sector are exemplified by automation of the decision model, within the NZ Health IT Cluster part sponsored and now owned by Microsoft, Idiom interacts with the Health collaboration Engine and HealthPhone's Community Clinic Management System.
» View the PowerPoint Presentation
July 2005
Idiom partners with Vulcan Solutions
Idiom Software has recently signed a partnership agreement with UK-based Vulcan Solutions, which will act as the agent for IDIOM in the UK and Ireland.
March 2005
IDIOM niche player in Gartner's Magic Quadrant
Idiom Ltd, a member of the Investors Guaranty Global Alliance, is pleased to announce its debut in the Niche Player quadrant of Gartner, Inc's 2005 Business Rules Engine Magic Quadrant.
February 2005
Orchestrating an SOA with Rules
Idiom CEO Mark Norton speaks about decision-centric development at the Bright*Star SOA and Web Services conference.
» View the SOA Powerpoint Presentation
October 2004
IDIOM Attracting International Attention
AUCKLAND, DDMMM, 2004 – Idiom Ltd, the leading supplier of business rules technology, is pleased to announce that its innovative approach - emphasising the importance of business rules and decision making in systems design - is attracting worldwide attention.
September 2004
Global Interest in Start-Up's Software and Staff
An Auckland software development start-up is poised for international success, with a mix of overseas investment and funding from Technology New Zealand having helped elevate it to the forefront of the global marketplace.
July 2004
Cicada to build Idiom technology into systems
Auckland start-up Idiom has struck a deal which will allow United States company Cicada to build the Idiom Decision Suite rules engine into its Composer plus+ financial data systems.
June 2004
Idiom and Cicada partner on new data validation rules engine
IDIOM's rules functionality is a key component of Cicada's new data validation rules engine
April 2004
IDIOM announces reseller agreement with Advantage Software
Idiom Ltd.is pleased to announce that it has appointed Advantage Software Ltd as a reseller of the IDIOM Decision Suite. Advantage is adding IDIOM to its portfolio of market-leading products from multinationals like Rockwell Software and Computer Associates and local company Time Disciple.
April 2004
Idiom and Healix partner on National Kidney Allocation System
The website www.stuff.co.nz featured an article on Healix and Idiom in its technology section on 5 April 2004.
March 2004
Idiom features in another leading technology publication
The New Zealand Herald featured an article on Idiom in their technology section on 9 March 2004.
» Read the New Zealand Herald article
March 2004
Idiom appearing at European Business Rules Conference
Mark Norton, CEO of Idiom Software Ltd., is appearing at the European Business Rules Conference (Amsterdam 16-18 June 2004). The title of his discussion is "Decisions as a first class citizen".
» Read more about the European Business Rules Conference
March 2004
Idiom Software announces launch of Version 3
Idiom has today announced the launch of Version 3 of it's flagship product - Idiom Decision Suite.
» Read more about Idiom Decision Suite Version 3
March 2004
IDIOM featured in BR Journal
The March 2004 issue of the Business Rules Journal featured an article on IDIOM. This confirms that the IDIOM technology is creating interest world-wide amongst BR specialists.
» Read the Business Rules Journal article
February 2004
Canterbury District Health Board to improve decision support with Healix and Idiom
Healix, a leading-edge health software application developer and Idiom Software, suppliers of business rules software, are pleased to announce that Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) will be incorporating the IDIOM Decision Manager to support its Enterprise Data Warehousing and Costing initiatives.
» Read the NZ Health IT eBulletin
May 2002
Idiom Business Rules Solution Launched in Australia
RHE & Associates, has today launched the Idiom Decision Server in Australia.
March 2002
NZI: ready for web services
Insurance company NZI has started down the road of externalising its applications so others can use them.