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          • Empower technical and business users to integrate predictive logic with automated decisions – without programming effort. By isolating business logic and predictive outcomes from application code, InRule makes your enterprise decisions more transparent. The result? Greater agility and less risk. We’re passionate about making automation accessible – let us show you how.

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          • Your organization has its own unique business needs, budget and resources. That’s why we offer a range of deployment options to meet your requirements – whether in your cloud, our cloud or on-premises.

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          • Whether on-prem, in the cloud or via mobile, you can run rules anywhere using InRule. We offer the most options for decision execution, providing your organization with unprecedented agility and scalability. Discover how to run rules anywhere.

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          • Gain even greater value from your existing technology investments. InRule integrates with today’s most widely deployed technologies – ensuring consistency in logic across the enterprise and allowing business teams who understand the requirements best to manage the decision logic.

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          • Your organization can realize tremendous value by deploying InRule for some very specific applications. Time and again, our customers leverage our Decision Platform for these applications – with great success. We’d love to help you do the same!

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          • InRule is widely used within certain industries, especially those that are heavily regulated with frequently changing decision logic. Learn how InRule can help you automate the mission-critical decisions that power your business while reducing risk and improving transparency.

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          • Our professional services team is ready to serve as an extension of your team. We’ll keep your goals at the forefront while providing expertise and insight to realize project success. Let’s work together to design, develop and deploy a decision management system that meets the unique needs of your organization.

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          • Set your team up for success with training conducted by InRule’s experienced consultants. Our team has extensive experience bringing rule applications to production. We’d love to teach you what we know!

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            Workshops help lay the foundation for project success. Our experienced facilitators will work closely with your team to ensure there is consensus about project goals, objectives and what “success” looks like. No matter where you are in your decision automation journey, we have a workshop that can help improve your business outcomes.

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          • Since 2002, InRulians have been passionate about making automation accessible. IT and business personnel rely on our Decision Platform to increase productivity, grow revenue and enhance customer service. With our ‘author first’ approach, we empower both technical and non-technical rule authors to write and manage rules.

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          • Our User Community is comprised of some of the largest public and private sector enterprises around the world. We’re proud to empower these organizations with the ability to leverage the power of computing without the complexity of programming. We’d love to do the same for your organization.

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          • Who has been successful with InRule? What types of project have they used InRule for? Review our library of case studies to learn how InRule provides value to enterprises across a range of industries.

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          • Oklahoma Health Care Authority
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          • InRule’s videos offer a deep dive into our decision platform and rules engine, as well as other hot topics across various industries and applications. Check out our video library and learn more about how InRule can help your organization automate the decisions that power your business.

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          • There’s nothing better than real-world experience. InRule’s white papers bring the power of knowledge to you. Our white papers are filled with in-depth information about using decision platform and rules engine technology to help your organization realize the power of computing without the complexity of programming.

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          • Why Your Digital Transformation Project is More Complex Than You Think
          • The Power of What If
          • How Nonbank Lenders Disrupt the Mortgage Lending Industry
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          • Missed a live webinar? You’ll find it here for viewing at your convenience. Meet our subject matter experts and our special guests and hear directly from them about their experience with InRule and the benefits it can bring to enterprises across a range of verticals.

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          • Why Artificial Intelligence Isn’t Good Enough
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          • These resources don't fit nicely into our other categories, but that doesn't make them any less valuable! From eBooks to guides, to research, and more, you're sure to find something here to help you better understand InRule and the value our decision platform can provide to your organization. Let us show you.

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          • Report: Why AI Isn’t Good Enough
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          • Why a Decision Platform?
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            If you’re a developer, check out our GitHub repositories. They're sure to be a valuable source for samples, extensions and more.

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          Our blog covers a range of topics – from technical how-to’s to business-focused use cases and best practices for project success. By featuring contributions from team members across InRule, we've created a blog that has something for everybody. Take a look – and be sure to share your comments and questions. We’d love to hear from you.

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Improving Business Decisions for Better Outcomes

Have you ever made a bad business decision? Maybe it was a minor one (signing a two-year contract without shopping for additional bids) or maybe it was one for the history books (filling the Hindenburg with hydrogen instead of helium). Regardless of the magnitude, making poor business decisions can have

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Katie Knox

02/18/2021

D’oh! Applications Should Be Smart

Every once in a while I do something stupid when I’m using an application. Sometimes I forget to fill out a field on a form or maybe I type in my birthday in the wrong format or miss the obvious “agree to these terms” checkbox that will allow me to

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Rik Chomko

06/05/2013

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