Farmers buys computers for its agents. (Property/Casualty).Farmers Insurance Group is outfitting out·fit n. 1. A set of tools or equipment for a specialized purpose: a welder's outfit. See Synonyms at equipment. 2. A set of clothing, often with accessories. 3. its agency force with new Dell personal computers. About 14,000 agents and district managers will receive these computers for business use. Farmers agents typically are responsible for their own equipment. Agents and district managers currently use the 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) AS400 system, and they will continue to use this as the staple 1. (language) STAPLE - A programming language written at Manchester (University?) and used at ICL in the early 1970s for writing the test suites. STAPLE was based on Algol 68 and had a very advanced optimising compiler. 2. of their operations. Farmers decided to provide agents with a personal computer as it will complement the existing system, expand the agents' capabilities in better serving their clients and help agents transform to the company's vision of e-enablement E-enablement is the transformation of a business system or process to make it streamlined and render it accessible via the Internet. E-enabled systems deliver results faster and more conveniently, potentially in real time. The transformation typically reduces operating costs. , or what Farmers calls the "e-agent." "While we are committed to a high-tech, connected future, this does not mean Farmers is becoming an online insurance provider," said Martin D. Feinstein, chairman of the board, president and chief executive officer of Farmers. "Our existing technology, coupled with these computers, will enable agents to better and more professionally operate their agencies so they can devote themselves even more to building relationships of trust with their customers and provide unsurpassed personal service in 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. ." |
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