Important Considerations for the Chief Information Officer

CIOs face daunting challenges. How do you integrate dissimilar systems, applications, databases and other resources? How do you Implement risk and claims software applications while minimising time and project risk, and managing cost? How do you achieve, and document, the earliest possible return on your investment? Keep pace with fast-changing business requirements and end-user demands? How can you most efficiently train and support end-users?

Figtree's value to your organisation

Figtree's unique technologies and implementation expertise help you resolve these issues and more. Figtree delivers the insurance, risk and fleet industries with a robust, modular component software architecture that is also built on XML Web services. This unique technology combination, plus our best-of-breed applications and deployment teams, provides you with dramatic advantages.

Integration. More than 20 application modules seamlessly integrate in any combination. Web services are native to all these applications, so it's easy to integrate existing and legacy enterprise resources plus external resources such as live streaming financial data, making end-users more effective.
Implementation. Figtree's modular approach provides highly configurable solutions without "custom" deployment time and cost. This approach also frees companies to buy only the functionality they need. Thus Figtree modules plus XML business layer dramatically reduce implementation and integration costs, compared with conventional solutions.
Configurability. Figtree modules and XML business layer enable comprehensive, solution-specific automation, document management and reporting, personalization and role-based configurability, and a custom-made look and feel.
Return on Investment. Figtree's modular approach delivers earliest ROI by enabling phased deployments. Thus components with the highest value-add can be in full production while other solution components are being implemented.
Collaboration. Figtree's teams are experts in our phased deployment model and unique implementation methodology. We work exclusively in the insurance and fleet industry, ensuring a productive collaboration with you, your IT professionals and end-users.
Change management. Figtree's modular approach and XML business layer enable teams to more quickly and easily add capabilities, modify the solution, or manage the impact of a merger, acquisition or business reorganization. Maintenance is similarly streamlined and simplified, reducing total cost of ownership.
Training and support. Figtree solutions can be either client or browser-based. The later option is inherently easier to use, reducing the learning curve and reducing initial end-user training. Training is an integral part of deployment and Figtree's ongoing technical support is available in many parts of the world including Australasia, Europe and Canada.

Important Considerations for the Chief Information Officer

Figtree's value to your organisation

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