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'."

» Read the iStart Article

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.

» Read the Idiom Article

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.

» Read the Press Release PDF

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.

» Read the full press release

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.

» Read the full press release

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.

» Read the full press release

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.

» Read the full press release

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.

» Read the full press release

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

» Read the full press release

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.

» Read the full press release

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.

» Read the featured article

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.

» Read the press release

March 2002

NZI: ready for web services

Insurance company NZI has started down the road of externalising its applications so others can use them.

» Read the full IDG article