16th Oct 2006 13:00
Micro Focus(R) (LSE: MCRO.L), a leading provider of core systemapplication development and deployment solutions, today announced thatLansforsakringar, a leading Swedish financial services company andmarket leader for non-life insurance products, has selected MicroFocus Revolve(R) Enterprise Edition to assist with applicationdevelopment and delivery for its critical mainframe auto claimssystem. With competitive pressures to deliver new functionalityfaster, the company expects to achieve greater accuracy and improvedtime-to-market in its back-office claim operations. £ Lansforsakringar is bringing new functionality to its auto claimsprocessing system to retain competitive advantage and better serviceits clients. The company's mainframe-based set of applications,developed in COBOL, includes significant business rules and processesthat the organization plans to modernize going forward. Revolve willallow the auto insurance IT developers to make an inventory analysisof source code, document business processes and provide an impactanalysis for any future changes. Revolve will enable Lansforsakringarto dramatically reduce the cost of mass change programs and coresystem maintenance. Most importantly Lansforsakringar will be able tomanage the risk better, when making changes to key applications. £ "We are supporting 24 offices throughout Sweden who process autoclaims," said Sven-Olov Zetterstrom, mainframe development manager forLansforsakringar. "We need to have a disciplined process to mainframeapplication change, and making Revolve part of our developmentmethodology will allow us to save time, accurately estimate the amountof effort required and help us roll out new functionality for ourclaims processing team." £ "The mainframe continues to be a key platform forbusiness-critical applications," said Stuart McGill, vice president ofworldwide marketing at Micro Focus. "Leading financial servicesorganizations like Lansforsakringar are recognizing that theinvestment in these applications are not easily replaced and norshould they be. Using our analysis solutions helps organizationscontinue to innovate, while keeping the risks out of changing criticalIT resources." £ About Lansforsakringar £ Lansforsakringar, with 24 independent regional insurancecompanies, and the jointly owned Lansforsakringar AB, is Sweden's onlycustomer-owned locally established banking and insurance alliance.Lansforsakringar offers a broad range of policies and financialservices for companies and private individuals. Lansforsakringar'sclient base is Sweden's most satisfied customers in both banking andinsurance, Lansforsakringar having achieved the highest customersatisfaction in these sectors. £ Micro Focus - Unlocking the Value of Legacy(TM) £ Micro Focus is a leading provider of legacy development anddeployment software for enterprise platforms. Micro Focus enablesorganizations to reduce costs and increase agility with minimal riskby reusing their legacy applications with contemporary architecturesand Web services. Founded in 1976, Micro Focus is a global companywith principal offices in the United Kingdom, United States, Germanyand Japan. For more information, visit www.microfocus.com. £ Micro Focus and Revolve are registered trademarks and Unlockingthe Value of Legacy is a trademark of Micro Focus. All other productsmentioned in this announcement are trademarks of their respectiveowners. Copyright Business Wire 2006Related Shares:
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