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In computing,Oracle Policy Automation (or OPA for short) is a suite of software products for modeling and deploying business rules within enterprise applications. OPA was acquired by Oracle through the acquisition of RuleBurst Holdings limited in December 2008. The Oracle Policy Automation product-line was developed by RuleBurstOriginally developed and sold for the public sector[1]

Features and Components

Oracle Policy Modeling provides business rules authoring in Word and Excel documents. Rules are written using phrases in languages including English, Chinese and French[2], which are

Oracle Policy Automation provides business rules authoring via the desktop product Oracle Policy Modeling, deployment of interactive interviews via "Oracle Web Determinations" and


History

Oracle Policy Automation was acquired by Oracle in December 2008 through the acquisition of RuleBurst Holdings Limited[3], which at the time was trading as Haley. RuleBurst had acquired the assets of Pittsburgh-based Haley Systems the previous year, and subsequently rebranded as Haley.[4].

Other Products

At the time RuleBurst acquired Haley, Haley Expert Rules (fka HaleyAuthority) was embedded in Oracle's Siebel as Siebel Business Rules. This has caused some confusion, due to the similar naming and marketing of the two business rules products branded with the Haley name.

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