Technology

Business needs vary widely. Some businesses can get by using "out of the box" applications to run their day-to-day processes, while others require custom code to handle the needs of extremely specialized "niche" market segments. For the space in between where 90% of the business world operates, there are a few special "rules" that must be enforced within the business software that runs the company. There are three options available for keeping those rules enforced:

Instruct employees to remember these rules, and keep them informed of changes, hoping that they'll be able to properly apply the information.
Have custom coding performed on your business application, making changes to handle your special cases - often requiring custom work each time there is a rule or version change.
Utilize 3rd-party server software that allows rules to be accessed via software API (Application Program Interface) calls to let an outside system make the decisions and return correct information to the business application.

There are pros and cons to each option:

Employees make mistakes, and forget new rules, but there is no initial outlay to acquire technology. This must be balanced against how many mistakes are made, and what each mistake costs the company, or if it exposes the company to liability. Making changes to a business application may be complicated and expensive, but if you rarely change rules it does keep the code supported by one vendor. Each time there is a revision to the application, however, you will likely be charged to upgrade your "custom" version.

A third-party server application to execute business logic is an attractive method for many companies to handle this requirement. It does not usually affect the core business application, and in most cases rule changes can be performed for a much lower cost than having your core business application modified. The drawback is that many of these applications are expensive and often have much more power than is needed. The learning curve to have in-house personnel perform changes to your rules often requires that the vendor updates your rules.

enTechnia realizes that the need for customizing logic within applications is a common scenario, and developed the Tranfinity Server to perform business rule execution quickly, and for a fraction of the price of the competing applications. Simple-to-use, icon-based tools allow for anyone with a programming background to easily update, modify or create new rules and place them on the server. If there is no such person within your business, enTechnia can provide professional services to your organization at a very reasonable rate. We use our own tools, so we can do the job efficiently and keep your costs to a minimum.