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The Western Reserve Group Experiences the Value of OpenConnect’s soaSolution
Insurance Provider Sees Benefits of Unlocking Business Value of Mainframe Assets through Business Process Logic and Security Innovations
Dallas – Feb. 6, 2006 - OpenConnect Systems Inc., delivering technology solutions that turn mainframe assets into business value, announced that the Western Reserve Group (WRG), a provider of insurance services, has installed soaSolution, OpenConnect’s patent-pending mainframe-to-service-oriented architecture (SOA) suite.
Security concerns, gaps in IT skill sets and cost factors continue to conspire against successful SOA deployments in the enterprise. However, with an estimated 70 percent of corporate data living on mainframes, SOAs have evolved as the most efficient platform to unlock the business value of these legacy assets. A complex, multi-platform organization, WRG turned to OpenConnect to liberate its mainframe information through SOAs.
“OpenConnect is a long-term and strategic partner and played a critical role in our early effort to Web-enable our mainframe information and eliminate information maintenance and redundant data entry for our network of 400 insurance agents,” said Dan Pitcher, vice president of information technology, Western Reserve Group. “OpenConnect’s ability to Comprehend the business usage of both internal and external users of our mainframe assets accelerates dramatically our ability to improve our service to our agent network. soaSolution eliminates costly ‘as-is’ studies and human errors in the deployment process, offering the best time-to-value on the market.”
soaSolution transforms business process knowledge used throughout the extended enterprise into secure and complete mainframe services, providing the industry’s most complete solution to help organizations comprehend, configure and securely connect to mainframe assets through SOA platforms.
“OpenConnect is the recognized pioneer in Web and mainframe developments, with soaSolution the most recent breakthrough in a very long history of innovation,” said Edward M. Peters, chief executive officer, OpenConnect. “We are proud to work with repeat, long-term customers like WRG that initially choose OpenConnect for the market-leading solutions and remain loyal users based on an ongoing commitment to research and development and the tremendous value delivered.”
The soaSolution suite comprises three core components designed to improve return on legacy investment while eliminating the risk of migrating mainframe information and applications to SOAs. The speicific solutions include: soaComprehend, soaConfigure and soaConnect. For more information on soaSolution, pricing and configurations, visit OpenConnect at www.oc.com or rmeail sales@oc.com
About OpenConnect
OpenConnect is the premier supplier of technology solutions that turn information technology assets into business value. With a rich history of innovations in both mainframe and Web technologies, OpenConnect helps the world's largest and most complex organizations comprehend, configure and securely connect to their mainframe applications and data through Web-based architectures. OpenConnect's solutions save companies time and money, improve return on legacy technology investments and minimize the risk of expansion into the online realm. OpenConnect's products are distributed in more than 60 countries and used by more than 60 percent of Fortune 100 companies. For more information on OpenConnect, visit www.oc.com.
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