History

Haley as it stands today has been built over two decades to support the strategic vision of "prevent, detect, cure". This growth, continuing to this day, has been driven by selective acquisition and vigorous research and development, and Haley's range of products now includes business rules management systems, software for managing governance, risk and compliance, and anti-fraud technology.

Haley was established as SoftLaw in Canberra, Australia in 1989, with a vision of assisting citizens to obtain their correct entitlements from government. With a clientele mostly in public sector, the company expanded into Europe with a London office in 2001, and into the United States in 2002 with a Washington DC branch. SoftLaw's award-winning STATUTE Expert legislative rules technology was the progenitor of the current day RuleBurst business rules management system, after which SoftLaw was renamed in 2005.

RuleBurst first expanded outside the rules arena in November 2005 when it acquired IQMS Pty Ltd, an Australian leader in the governance, risk and compliance software market, a move which saw the company shift its headquarters to Sydney. Further expansion occurred in 2007 with the addition of FraudSight and its Hawk-I fraud detection suite, and the opening of a Singapore office to service the Asian market.

November 2007 saw fellow natural language rules vendor Haley brought into the RuleBurst fold, with the combined entity ranking as the fourth-largest business rules vendor worldwide. This acquisition gave the company a greatly expanded presence in both the American market and the insurance, financial services and telecommunications verticals. In recognition of the global value of the name, RuleBurst rebranded itself "Haley" in February 2008.