Announcing AMS 360; Next Generation of AfW and a Revolutionary Management System.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 13, 2003 AMS AMS - Andrew Message System Services, Inc. announced today AMS 360(TM), a revolutionary new management system and the next generation of its market leading AfW product. AMS 360 was developed to help increase agency effectiveness by delivering world class workflow The automatic routing of documents to the users responsible for working on them. Workflow is concerned with providing the information required to support each step of the business cycle. tools, new functionality focused on business and customer relationship management and to take advantage of today's proven technology. AMS 360 employs Microsoft's .NET technology taking full advantage of the power, flexibility and interconnectivity of 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. and the Internet. The new system offers a complete, 360 degree view of the agency's business, hence the name, AMS 360. It is designed around "centers" that reflect all aspects of the agency's operation from customer relationship and financial management to business and marketing management. The new product offers unprecedented workflow and functionality to the agency. The initial release of AMS 360 will be offered as an application service provider solution (ASP) to new AMS customers. Migrations of existing AfW customers will begin in early 2004 for those who wish to take advantage of the power of the new product. An in-house version of AMS 360 will be available in a later release. Dave Shea For the ice hockey announcer, see . Dave Shea is a Canadian web designer, and author of The Zen of CSS Design: Visual Enlightenment for the Web. [1] He is known for his work in web-standard development—from his design community project CSS Zen Garden to , president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , AMS Services Agency Markets, commented, "AMS 360 demonstrates AMS's commitment to delivering relevant technology focused on making agents increasingly more successful. The workflow efficiencies we have built into the product along with tools that help agencies manage their business as well as their daily operations make AMS 360 a truly revolutionary product - for today and tomorrow." Mike Randles, president of Insurance Center Associates in San Pedro, CA, was chair of The AMS Users' Group's Research and Development committee during the development of AMS 360. Mike commented, "It was very exciting to be part of this development effort. AMS involved the Users' Group A users' group (also users group or user group) is a type of club focused on the use of a particular technology, usually (but not always) computer-related. at every step in the design and development process and we are extremely pleased with the result. Agents in general and AfW users in particular will be amazed a·maze v. a·mazed, a·maz·ing, a·maz·es v.tr. 1. To affect with great wonder; astonish. See Synonyms at surprise. 2. Obsolete To bewilder; perplex. v.intr. at the new design and added features - all based on the new .NET platform from Microsoft. With AMS 360 we are well positioned to take advantage of new and emerging capabilities now and in the future." AMS Services, Inc. provides software and automation services to insurance agents, brokers, carriers, banks, MGAs and other distributors of insurance and financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. . To learn more out AMS products and services, call 800-444-4813 or visit our Web site at www.ams-services.com. |
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