General American Corporation, leader in the $25 billion real estate settlement services market selects Fiorano to integrate it's Web enabled B2B technology, GATORS®

Fiorano Software Inc., a leading provider of Enterprise class Integration solutions today announced that General American Corporation (GAC), a premier provider of B2B real estate settlement services to the mortgage finance industry has selected its Tifosi Enterprise Integrator for integrating their Tracking and Order Reporting system, GATORS®. Fiorano's Tifosi Integration solution enables real-time change management at GAC, driving revenues, cutting costs and significantly improving productivity.

Los Gatos, CA (PRWEB) September 25, 2003 -- Fiorano Software Inc., a leading provider of Enterprise class Integration solutions today announced that General American Corporation (GAC), a premier provider of B2B real estate settlement services to the mortgage finance industry has selected its Tifosi Enterprise Integrator for integrating their Tracking and Order Reporting system, GATORS®.

GATORS® is widely recognized by industry leaders as the most capable software platform for both vendor management functions and efficient production of settlement services.

With over 30,000 vendors and 750,000 mortgage transactions worth billions of dollars processed in a single year, GAC needed to find ways to meet the increasing demands of customers and vendors for speed, service and responsiveness, all at a reduced cost.

Managing heterogeneous platforms and data formats through GATORS® in its current form involved huge expenses of custom programming, testing and extensive system downtimes leading to lost revenues and extended time-to-market," said Chris Behning, Senior VP of IT at General American.

After an intensive evaluation process Tifosi became the logical choice," said Behning. It was the only solution that offered simplicity, flexibility and ease of use. Its unique architecture and powerful tools enabled a non-intrusive implementation, optimizing our existing investment without disrupting operations. Added to this was Fioranos proven track record as a provider of leading edge technology supporting mission critical operations at Fortune 500s worldwide." he added.

Tifosi provides us with a flexible platform for future expansion with some major value adds like Real Time error notification. This solution has brought us closer to achieving real-time competencies, enabling us to drive revenues, drastically cut costs and achieve a significant ROI," said Norman Gottschalk, VP of IT at General American.

In todays increasingly competitive market moving toward a real-time framework is becoming a business imperative," said Atul Saini, CEO of Fiorano Software.

Tifosis service oriented and event-driven architecture enables change management to be a simple and cost effective exercise, allowing businesses to rapidly respond to market requirements." says Saini.

Fioranos Tifosi redefines the economics of the integration initiative. Unlike complex and expensive integration solutions, Tifosi enables enterprises to achieve immediate tangible benefits of higher revenue, accelerated productivity, reduced downtime and lower costs," Saini asserts. As a result of these types of benefits, global leaders will continue to choose Fiorano," he concludes.

About General American Corporation (GAC)
General American Corporation (GAC) is a leading provider of B2B real estate settlement services to the mortgage finance industry. Through their GATORSystems division, they license technology solutions and software to a wide variety of real estate settlement service providers. GAC offers real-estate settlement services to financial institutions through a national electronic gateway, including the Internet and its four national processing centers.

About Fiorano Software Inc.
Based in Silicon Valley, California, Fiorano is a leading provider of Enterprise class Integration Middleware. Fiorano's network-centric solutions set a new paradigm in interoperability, performance, scalability and ROI. Global leaders, including American Express, Boeing, AT&T Wireless, Lockheed Martin, FedEx, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley and POSCO deploy their Enterprise Nervous Systems using Fiorano technology.
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