ARMONK, N.Y., Oct. 2, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM)
today announced that Charter Communications, Inc., one of the
largest cable entertainment and broadband communications companies
in the United States, is
implementing its rules-based construction workflow and tracking
system in the cloud. Based on a proof of concept in an early
adopter program, Charter intends to implement IBM Operational
Decision Manager (ODM) on Cloud hosted on IBM SoftLayer into full
production now that the service is generally available.
In the proof of concept, the IBM ODM on Cloud offering allowed
Charter Communications to provide employees with the ability to
track construction progress while behind the scenes accounting for
the various categories of plant assets added or removed. Charter
plans to implement a number of additional decision services using
IBM ODM on the Cloud for complex workflow routing, work assignment,
job costing, ROI calculations, and project accounting.
"With thousands of jobs in flight at any given time, and
hundreds of millions of dollars in capital invested in our cable
plant, we believe that IBM ODM on Cloud will allow us to delight
our customers while maximizing capital effectiveness. The solution
tied to new advanced analytics will allow optimization that was not
possible before," said Sean Bristol,
Sr. Director HFC Construction Standards & Compliance, Charter
Communications. "When fully deployed in the cloud, we will benefit
from quick changes and workflow adaptability, while improving
visibility, accountability, and productivity in our construction
processes."
IBM ODM on Cloud is a collaborative, role-based cloud service to
capture, automate, and manage frequently occurring, repeatable
rules-based business decisions. Businesses like Charter
Communications can be up and running on ODM on Cloud within 48
hours from purchase to use and its natural language interface makes
it easy to use by business analysts without requiring IT or
programming support.
"In today's market, clients need to automate decisions and
processes in order to meet increasing demand for personalized
self-service delivery. With its rapid time to value, IBM ODM on
Cloud provides a key ingredient for companies to achieve their
digital transformation objectives with a decision platform that is
easy to manage and operate," said Marie
Wieck, general manager, IBM Middleware. "Clients can focus
on their core competencies and reduce time spent on IT
operations."
Teknovare Inc., a Denver,
Colorado based advanced IBM Business Partner specializing in
developing decision support systems and business rules management
systems, is leading the effort to help Charter design and implement
a new construction workflow management system, named CenterPointe.
At its core, CenterPointe is a Business Process Management System
in which operational decision management plays a big role.
CenterPointe is implemented entirely in the cloud using a number of
IBM offerings including: IBM BPM on the Cloud, IBM ODM on the
Cloud, and IBM SoftLayer.
"Our experience working with IBM ODM on Cloud is game-changing
and has far exceeded our expectations because it was so easy to
provision. We were up and running within a few hours," said
Tom Wilger, President of Teknovare.
"Based on our experience with the software, we will strongly
encourage customers who require a robust business rules-based
decision management system to use IBM ODM on Cloud."
IBM ODM on Cloud is ideal for projects born on the cloud and in
hybrid scenarios. Due to its subscription-based model, the service
is accessible to small and medium sized businesses, as well as
departmental projects in larger organizations. The service is
packaged in a monthly subscription and gives clients the ability to
develop, test, and put rules into production. ODM on Cloud is
available exclusively on IBM SoftLayer, IBM's Infrastructure as a
Service, and delivers market-leading business rule management
system (BRMS) benefits similar to those available in IBM
Operational Decision Manager Standard.
IBM ODM on Cloud joins IBM BPM on Cloud in extending IBM's
Smarter Process capabilities into the cloud, bringing additional
economic benefits and time to value for reinventing business
operations.
Smarter Process Portfolio Enhancements
In addition, IBM plans to offer upgrades for on-premises
versions of IBM Operational Decision Manager and IBM ODM for z/OS.
The new on-premises versions will enhance the business user
experience, simplify platform operations and improve
performance.
For more information about IBM Operational Decision Manager
solutions, visit here. Join the conversation on Twitter by
following @BPMfromIBM https://twitter.com/IBMILOGSupport and
using #ibmodm.
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mentioned regarding potential future products is not a commitment,
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functionality. The development, release, and timing of any future
features or functionality described for our products remains at our
sole discretion.
IBM contact:
Francine U. Fiano
IBM Media Relations
1-203-913-1503
fufiano@us.ibm.com
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