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RiverPoint Selected As Microsoft Insurance Value Chain Program Partner
Chicago, IL (May 10, 2006) - RiverPoint Group LLC, a privately held information technology services company, today announced it has joined the Microsoft Insurance Value Chain (IVC) program. The program is made up of Partners that take full advantage of Microsoft’s products and technologies to develop and deliver integrated solutions that enable innovation and business process improvement for the insurance industry.
RiverPoint delivers a unique blend of vertical market experience, technology expertise, and thought leadership to its comprehensive insurance practice. Leveraging a long-standing solution partner relationship with Microsoft, RiverPoint architects and implements pioneering strategies in the areas of solution development and delivery for insurance industry clients.
The mission of Microsoft and its Insurance Value Chain partners is to alter the way that insurance customers, employees, and operations personnel experience Insurance by:
- Sourcing third-party applications that are best-of-breed examples of insurance business processing;
- Providing those partners with a framework for integrating their applications based on Web Services and industry standards;
- Pairing and pre-integrating these applications over time, in an effort to reduce millions of dollars of post-purchase integration pain on the part of insurance customers.
More information about Microsoft’s IVC program can be found at
http://www.microsoft.com/industry/financialservices/insurance/ivcpartners.mspx
Microsoft Releases Insurance Value Architecture Framework v1.0
REDMOND, Wash. — May 9, 2006 — New prescriptive guidance helps insurance customers select and deploy pre-integrated Microsoft partner applications connected via industry and Web services standards.
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2006/may06/05-09IVCArchitecturePR.mspx
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About RiverPoint
RiverPoint is an IT professional services firm providing innovative business and staffing solutions that drive performance, increase operational efficiency and generate bottom-line results. We employ the best practices, technology and tools to deliver custom project management, enterprise marketing management and network support solutions, as well as providing the most qualified IT professionals and project teams.
Our seasoned technology and process professionals apply their significant knowledge and expertise to ensure the success of mission-critical initiatives. With more than two decades of experience spanning multiple industries, RiverPoint has a depth and breadth of technology, project management and business acumen that few companies can match. RiverPoint is headquartered in Des Plaines, Illinois with branch office locations in Overland Park, Kansas and Omaha, Nebraska.
Contact
Carrie Loch
RiverPoint Group LLC
847.233.9600
cloch@riverpoint.com