AgFirst Selects ClientSoft to Extend Mainframe Functionality Through Microsoft .NET Framework.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 17, 2003 Solution Allows Visual Studio .NET A suite of programming languages and development tools from Microsoft that supports the .NET environment. Upon its introduction in 2001, it included Visual C# and .NET versions of Visual Basic and Visual C++. See .NET. Developers to Re-Purpose ALLTEL Loan Application ClientSoft(R), the leader in secure, high-performance legacy integration solutions for the Microsoft .NET See .NET. Framework, Java, and Web services (1) Loosely, any online service delivered over the Web. Such usage appears in articles from non-technical sources, but not in IT-oriented publications, because definition #2 below describes the correct use of the term. environments, today announced that long-standing customer AgFirst Farm Credit Bank has selected ClientSoft ClientBuilder's Visual Studio .NET capability to extend the functionality of a mainframe ALLTEL loan application within the Microsoft(R) .NET Framework. With this deployment, customer service representatives will continue to enjoy the user-friendly graphical interface See GUI. they have known for years, while developers will easily transition ClientSoft's extension capabilities to the strategic .NET Framework. AgFirst is part of the nationwide Farm Credit System, the largest agricultural lending organization in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . The bank provides funding and financial services to 24 farmer-owned financial cooperatives called Agricultural Credit Associations (ACAs). These ACAs, in turn, provide real estate and production financing to 80,000 farmers, agribusinesses and rural homeowners in the eastern U.S. and Puerto Rico. The company previously used three mainframe systems: data warehouse, general ledger General Ledger A company's accounting records. This formal ledger contains all the financial accounts and statements of a business. Notes: The ledger uses two columns: one records debits, the other has offsetting credits. , and loan application, connecting remote branches to each system with a graphical user interface graphical user interface (GUI) Computer display format that allows the user to select commands, call up files, start programs, and do other routine tasks by using a mouse to point to pictorial symbols (icons) or lists of menu choices on the screen as opposed to having to from ClientSoft. AgFirst is in the process of replacing two of the mainframe systems with SQL Server and PeopleSoft. With the loan application system, they wanted to continue to leverage the proven mainframe functionality. Committed to the .NET Framework, AgFirst's decision to stay with ClientSoft was grounded in ClientBuilder's support for Visual Studio .NET development. "The original ClientSoft interface was so successful and used for so long that our branch users never had to deal with the complexities of the green screen loan application," states Tony Stone, Director Customer System Services for AgFirst. "ClientBuilder's Visual Studio .NET capability allows us to re-purpose this valuable functionality without the added expense of learning a new programming language." The ClientBuilder development tool enables Visual Studio .NET programmers to extend and integrate legacy data through their own environment. A wizard-driven tool, ClientBuilder snaps into the .NET Framework and easily exposes back-end transactions as components or Web services, shielding programmers from dealing with complicated, time-consuming mainframe logic. "Companies like AgFirst with a strong .NET Framework initiative benefit greatly from the ease of use that ClientBuilder provides," states Robert Evelyn, Chief Operations Officer and Senior Vice President of Technology at ClientSoft. "By utilizing existing host-based applications, developer skills, and IT infrastructure, ClientBuilder allows enterprises to rapidly build and deploy new applications more efficiently than ever before." About ClientSoft Founded in 1987, ClientSoft is the leader in providing secure, high-performance legacy integration solutions for the Microsoft .NET Framework, Java, and Web services environments. ClientSoft has over 400 customers, including ADP (1) (Automatic Data Processing) Synonymous with data processing (DP), electronic data processing (EDP) and information processing. (2) (Automatic Data Processing, Inc., Roseland, NJ, www.adp. , Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Shield A US not-for-profit health care insurer that is a reimbursement intermediary for physicians. Cf Blue Cross. of South Carolina South Carolina, state of the SE United States. It is bordered by North Carolina (N), the Atlantic Ocean (SE), and Georgia (SW). Facts and Figures Area, 31,055 sq mi (80,432 sq km). Pop. (2000) 4,012,012, a 15. , CSC Logic, Dow Jones, The Farmers Insurance Group, First Health, KPMG KPMG Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler (accounting firm) KPMG Kaiser Permanente Medical Group KPMG Keiner Prüft Mehr Genau (German) KPMG Kommen Prüfen Meckern Gehen , Lockheed Martin, Motorola and Trustmark Insurance. More information is available at www.clientsoft.com or 1-888-716-1007. About AgFirst With assets of more than $13.8 billion, AgFirst is the largest financial institution headquartered in South Carolina. In addition to providing funding and services to its affiliated Agricultural Credit Associations (ACAs), AgFirst operates a Capital Markets Unit, which arranges and participates in loans for agribusinesses, as well as a Secondary Mortgage Market Unit, which buys, sells and services agricultural and rural home loans throughout the United States. To learn more, visit www.agfirst.com. Photos available upon request |
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