Bankers Integration Group Taps SBC to Power Massive Online Financing Database.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 10, 2003 Software Applications Provider Will Utilize SBC (1) (SBC Communications Inc., San Antonio, TX, www.sbc.com) A large, national telecommunications company that grew from a multitude of local and regional companies, including Southwestern Bell, Pacific Bell and Nevada Bell, into a single, unified brand by 2002. PremierSERV E-Services Solutions with Storage Area Networking Capabilities SBC Communications Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :SBC) today announced Bankers Integration Group has chosen SBC E-Services to provide managed services An umbrella term for third-party monitoring and maintaining of computers, networks and software. The actual equipment may be inhouse or at the third-party's facilities, but the "managed" implies an ongoing effort; for example, making sure the equipment is running at a certain quality across its enterprise. The California-based company will utilize SBC PremierSERV(SM) Data Center Hosting and Storage Area Network (SAN) services to enhance its operations as an application service provider in the finance and insurance industries. Bankers Integration Group's patent pending BIGFNI software solution goes beyond simply automating the finance application process - it provides automobile dealers with a powerful tool for pre-screening loan applications and matching them to lender programs, ensuring that consumers are offered the best financing available to them. To provide additional reliability and stability to BIGFNI's users, the company will locate its primary site at the SBC Internet Data Center in Irvine, Calif. For disaster recovery purposes, and to ensure business continuity, a backup site A backup site is a location where a business can easily relocate following a disaster, such as fire, flood, or terrorist threat. This is an integral part of the disaster recovery plan of a business. will be established at the SBC Internet Data Center in Dallas, Texas “Dallas” redirects here. For other uses, see Dallas (disambiguation). The City of Dallas (pronounced [ˈdæl.əs] or [ˈdæl. . SBC Internet Data Centers offer a wide range of transport capabilities connected directly to an OC-192 Internet backbone (communications, networking) Internet backbone - High-speed networks that carry Internet traffic. These communications networks are provided by companies such as AT&T, GTE, IBM, MCI, Netcom, Sprint, UUNET and consist of high-speed links in the T1, T3, OC1 and OC3 ranges. to provide fast access to hosted servers. These facilities are designed with redundant power supplies, fire protection, and environmental controls to provide a high level of reliability for all SBC PremierSERV hosting customers. In addition to utilizing Data Center Hosting, Bankers Integration Group will also take advantage of the PremierSERV Storage Area Networking (SAN) capabilities. Through the SAN infrastructure, data can be accessed, backed-up and restored on-demand with guaranteed service levels. This managed storage portfolio gives businesses like Bankers Integration Group new opportunities to augment or replace in-house data storage or establish off-site data repositories for business continuity purposes. The SBC PremierSERV SAN infrastructure is fully fiber-based, providing for disk-on-demand services with high-scalability and availability, and tape-backup services that offer superior performance and reliability. "After an exhaustive review, our technical team determined that SBC had the most advanced data centers in the country, providing the highest level of reliability, security and technical expertise in the industry," said Ted Cunningham, vice chairman of Bankers Integration Group. "As an application services See ASP and Web services. provider in the finance industry, we are particularly concerned with security and reliability issues. SBC Internet Data Centers were designed from the ground up with these issues in mind." "SBC's PremierSERV hosting portfolio offers a wide spectrum of hosting solutions and supporting services for small, medium, and large size businesses with a variety of needs," said Mark Fishler, vice president, SBC Data/IP Services. "We are pleased that an innovative application service provider like Bankers Integration Group chose SBC Internet Data Centers for its hosting needs, and are particularly excited about its decision to adopt our SAN solution for their mission critical Data storage - it's a real testament to their confidence in SBC." With a history of more than 100 years of service, SBC has a solid, unsurpassed reputation in voice and data transport services The collective functions of layers 1 through 4 of the OSI model. built on responsibility, reliability and trust. The company today provides an extensive managed services portfolio under the SBC PremierSERV brand, which includes a full range of optical, Ethernet, private line, frame relay A high-speed packet switching protocol used in wide area networks (WANs). Providing a granular service of up to DS3 speed (45 Mbps), it has become popular for LAN to LAN connections across remote distances, and services are offered by most major carriers. and ATM transport offerings, VPN (Virtual Private Network) A private network that is configured within a public network (a carrier's network or the Internet) in order to take advantage of the economies of scale and management facilities of large networks. and hosting. SBC Communications Inc. (www.sbc.com) is one of the world's leading data, voice and Internet services providers. Through its world-class networks, SBC companies provide a full range of voice, data, networking and e-business services, as well as directory advertising and publishing. A Fortune 30 company, America's leading provider of high- speed DSL DSL in full Digital Subscriber Line Broadband digital communications connection that operates over standard copper telephone wires. It requires a DSL modem, which splits transmissions into two frequency bands: the lower frequencies for voice (ordinary Internet Access See how to access the Internet. services, and one of the nation's leading Internet Service Providers Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. , SBC companies currently serve 57 million access lines nationwide. In addition, SBC companies own 60 percent of America's second-largest wireless company, Cingular Wireless, which serves 22 million wireless customers. Internationally, SBC companies have telecommunications investments in 27 countries. Bankers Integration Group, Inc., with its headquarters in Laguna Niguel, California Laguna Niguel is a city located in southern Orange County, California. The name "Laguna Niguel" is derived from the Spanish word "Laguna" which means lagoon and the word "Nigueli" which was the name of a Juaneno Indian village once located on Aliso Creek. , is an application service provider to the finance and insurance industries. Bankers Integration Group's patent pending software engine, is a web-based risk analysis engine that allows automobile dealers and lenders to decision financing in real time and finalize loans in a matter of seconds. Partnering with leading financial institutions, the BIGFNI software engine operates over the Internet through a standard browser, interpreting credit data, rendering a credit decision, and matching buyers with loan programs based on credit history drawn from the three major credit bureaus, vehicle type, and a lender's underwriting criteria. The system is designed to host a variety of prime and non-prime Lenders. For more information about Bankers Integration Group, visit the company's Web site at www.bigfni.com. 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