Beverly Enterprises Selects DataDirect Technologies for Business-Critical .NET Framework Application Development.BEDFORD, Mass. -- .NET Framework Data Connectivity Provider Enables Healthcare Leader to Expedite Receipt of Payments and Improve Cash Flow DataDirect Technologies, the leading provider of components for connecting software to data, today announced that Beverly Enterprises, the country's premier provider of healthcare services for the elderly, has achieved significant results after integrating DataDirect Connect(R) for .NET into its business-critical financial application. DataDirect Connect for .NET is implemented in Service-to-Cash (S2C S2C Service-to-Consumer ), a custom-built application that facilitates and expedites the accounts receivable accounts receivable n. the amounts of money due or owed to a business or professional by customers or clients. Generally, accounts receivable refers to the total amount due and is considered in calculating the value of a business or the business' problems in paying processes for its nursing homes, therapy operations and hospice centers across North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . Reaching the limitations of its 20-year-old legacy systems, Beverly Enterprises developed S2C to accelerate the company's payment processes and reduce the amount of time it took to receive payment for services rendered. For S2C to realize its promise, the application needed to have a simple user interface for the hundreds of personnel accessing the system from various locations across the country. In addition, Microsoft's .NET Framework allowed the application development team to build a very usable front-end interface, but it was still faced with the complex challenge of accessing critical data stored in the existing IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) DB2 mainframe database. To address this need, the company turned to DataDirect Technologies to provide reliable and high-performance data connectivity from its .NET Framework application to its DB2 mainframe database. Beverly Enterprises found DataDirect Connect for .NET easy to install and maintain, providing the speed, simplicity and scalability to run S2C on a daily basis. The driver was such a success streamlining payment processes that it contributed to a 22 percent reduction in accounts receivable, a 34 percent reduction in credits and a 17 percent reduction in days sales outstanding In accountancy, Days Sales Outstanding is a company's average collection period. A low figure indicates that the company collects its outstanding receivables quickly. Typically it is looked at either quarterly or yearly (90 or 365 days). . "Building a .NET Framework application on a DB2 mainframe database is a challenging job, but DataDirect Connect for .NET was the missing puzzle piece that saved us a lot of time and money," said Conrad Wolf, systems architect and database administrator at Beverly Enterprises. "DataDirect Connect for .NET is truly the backbone of our S2C application, accelerating payment processes, reducing collection time and directly benefiting the bottom line." Flexibility and simplicity make DataDirect Connect for .NET the preferred data choice for developers building business-critical, custom applications. The product supports all major databases, including Oracle, DB2, SQL Server and Sybase. As the only suite of ADO.NET data providers built on 100 percent managed code, DataDirect Connect for .NET offers security features that make it an ideal choice for healthcare organizations complying with federal regulations. "This is a great example of a customer being able to create new opportunities from their existing systems", said Richard Burte, product manager in the .NET Developer Product Marketing Group at Microsoft Corp. "Together, DataDirect and Microsoft provided Beverly with a successful, cost-effective solution." "Companies like Beverly Enterprises turn to DataDirect Technologies to simplify application development," said John Goodson, vice president of product operations at DataDirect Technologies. "DataDirect Technologies' ADO.NET data providers offer developers the freedom to build unique, home-grown applications with the performance and security benefits of the .NET Framework." About Beverly Enterprises Beverly Enterprises Inc. and its operating subsidiaries are leading providers of healthcare services to the elderly in the United States. Beverly currently operates 347 skilled nursing facilities skilled nursing facility n. Abbr. SNF An establishment that houses chronically ill, usually elderly patients, and provides long-term nursing care, rehabilitation, and other services. , as well as 18 assisted living as·sist·ed living n. A living arrangement in which people with special needs, especially older people with disabilities, reside in a facility that provides help with everyday tasks such as bathing, dressing, and taking medication. centers, and 56 hospice and home care centers. Through Aegis Therapies, Beverly also offers rehabilitative services on a contract basis to facilities operated by other care providers. Beverly Enterprises can be found online at http://www.beverlycorp.com. About DataDirect Technologies(TM) DataDirect Technologies is focused on standards-based data connectivity, enabling software developers to quickly develop and deploy business applications across all major databases and platforms. DataDirect Technologies offers the most comprehensive, proven line of data connectivity components available anywhere. Developers worldwide at more than 250 leading independent software vendors and thousands of corporate IT departments rely on DataDirect(R) products to connect their applications to an unparalleled range of data sources using standards-based interfaces such as ODBC (Open DataBase Connectivity) A database programming interface from Microsoft that provides a common language for Windows applications to access databases on a network. , JDBC (Java DataBase Connectivity) A programming interface that lets Java applications access a database via the SQL language. Since Java interpreters (Java Virtual Machines) are available for all major client platforms, this allows a platform-independent database (TM) and ADO.NET. Developers also depend on DataDirect to radically simplify complex data integration projects using XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. products based on the emerging XQuery and XQJ XQJ Xquery Api for Java standards. DataDirect Technologies is an operating company operating company A business that engages in transactions with outsiders. of Progress Software Corporation (Nasdaq: PRGS PRGS Phosphoribosylglycinamide Synthetase ), a US$300+ million global software industry leader. Headquartered in Bedford, Mass., DataDirect Technologies can be reached on the Web at http://www.datadirect.com or by phone at +1-800-876-3101. DataDirect and DataDirect Connect are trademarks or registered trademarks of DataDirect Technologies Corp. in the U.S. and other countries. Any other trademarks contained herein are the property of their respective owners. |
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