Specialist software and services company DVT and leading analytics software company FICO (NYSE: FICO) have announced a new partnership that will see DVT market, resell, implement and support FICO's business rules management system, FICO Blaze Advisor for clients in government, manufacturing, telecommunications and utilities, in South Africa.
Under this partnership, DVT will use FICO Blaze Advisor as the decisioning component of its new and innovative software solutions. FICO Blaze Advisor simplifies high-volume operational decision-making. It provides control, speed, accuracy, consistency and transparency of business logic, which is critical when responding to changing business, economic and regulatory conditions.
Hardy Jonck, who heads up the Business Agility unit and model-driven development at DVT, says: "This partnership allows us to combine our unique approach to developing agile business solutions with best-of-breed development tools - particularly the platform from Mendix, with which FICO has a global integration agreement. Together we will serve South Africa's government agencies, utilities, manufacturers and telecommunications companies, all of which have already seen strong benefits from FICO Blaze Advisor in other countries."
FICO's tools put business in direct control, enabling users to quickly change decision logic by simply changing the underlying rules of the business models they're working with. FICO also provides tools to discover new facts hidden in customer and sales data, and makes it easy to react quickly to change driven by accurate analytics. Combined with Mendix, FICO Blaze Advisor empowers business owners to make decisions quickly and to roll out new solutions that integrate with legacy systems.
"For example, if I have a business strategy I want to test, I can use the FICO Application Studio to map out the processes and FICO's tools to analyse and optimise their performance," adds Jonck. "Best of all, the outcomes are immediately ready for audit towards compliance to various acts specific to each industry."
Bill Waid, who oversees sales for the FICO Decision Management Platform, says DVT's knowledge base, extensive experience with rapid application development, and new ability to utilise FICO Blaze Advisor in its solution stack will bring great benefits to DVT clients.
"DVT has put a premium on innovation by choosing FICO Blaze Advisor to provide the automated decisioning capability in its agile business development solutions," says Waid. "DVT has an excellent reputation as a technology leader with a proven track record for developing tightly integrated and sophisticated software applications."
FICO pioneered the development and application of critical technologies behind decision management, including predictive analytics, business rules management and optimisation.
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