AdminServer Names Sun Microsystems as a Preferred SOA Partner; Partnership deliverables include certification of AdminServer Suite on Sun platforms.CHESTER, Pa. -- AdminServer, Inc. announced today that they have selected Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA[3]) is an American vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information-technology services, founded on 24 February 1982. , Inc. as a preferred service-oriented architecture See SOA. (SOA (1) (Start Of Authority) The first record in a DNS zone file. See DNS records. (2) (Service Oriented Architecture) The modularization of business functions for greater flexibility and reusability. ) partner. The partnership between the two organizations includes initiatives to certify the AdminServer Suite on Sun's Java (TM) CAPS business integration and composite application In computing, the term composite application expresses a perspective of software engineering that defines an application built by combining multiple services. People often compare composite applications to mashups. platform, and run on the Solaris (TM) 10 Operating System (OS). In addition, AdminServer will join Sun's SOA for Insurance solution initiative. The AdminServer and Sun collaboration demonstrates AdminServer's continued commitment to open standards and desire to provide insurers with the industry's most comprehensive policy administration system on standards-based technology. "AdminServer delivers a leading edge implementation of the Java EE standard for policy administration and management," noted Larry Scott, Vice President for SOA Business Integration with Sun's Financial Services group. "We believe that AdminServer's popular rules-based application, combined with our open standards technology, offers a powerful solution with the flexibility and scalability to address the demands of today's insurance providers." According to Kevin Walma, AdminServer's CIO CIO: see American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. (Chief Information Officer) The executive officer in charge of information processing in an organization. , "We view Sun's market leading technology as an optimal operating platform for enterprise class customer application delivery. The potential from our combined solutions and organizations translates to tremendous value for our mutual insurer clients. We are excited to be a part of Sun's SOA initiatives in the insurance sector." Deliverables from the AdminServer/Sun SOA partnership include: --certification of AdminServer on the Solaris 10 OS --benchmark test of AdminServer on the SPARC (Scalable Performance ARChitecture) A family of RISC CPUs from Sun that runs mostly under Sun's Solaris, but also under Linux and BSD operating systems. After development began in the mid-1980s by David Patterson of the University of California at Berkeley and Bill Platform with SunAppServer --certification of AdminServer on the CAPS Suite --benchmark test of AdminServer on the SPARC Platform with CAPS Suite and real-world client interface; --and, planned x64 platform certification. About AdminServer, Inc. AdminServer, Inc. is a premier solutions provider for the insurance community. AdminServer has been delivering administrative system solutions, web services, and consulting since 1998. AdminServer continues to specialize in fixed and variable annuities Variable annuities Investment contracts whose issuer pays a periodic amount linked to the investment performance of an underlying portfolio. , pensions, immediate annuities, life insurance, and reinsurance The contract made between an insurance company and a third party to protect the insurance company from losses. The contract provides for the third party to pay for the loss sustained by the insurance company when the company makes a payment on the original contract. . Currently AdminServer offers the only annuity, health, life insurance, and reinsurance administration system designed specifically as a web application employing J2EE (Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition) A platform from Sun for building distributed enterprise applications. J2EE services are performed in the middle tier between the user's machine and the enterprise's databases and legacy information systems. and .NET strategies and technologies. Additionally, AdminServer has expanded their product offerings to include UVServer (unit value management and fund accounting), IllustrationServer (point of sale illustrations), NewBusinessServer (new business and underwriting) and CommissionServer (license and appointment and commissions) systems. To learn more about AdminServer products and services, call 610-619-3100, e-mail info@adminserver.com, or visit the website at www.AdminServer.com. Sun, Sun Microsystems, Solaris and Java are trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries. |
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