Open Solutions Continues Innovation with Enhanced FTI Financial Accounting Suite; Web-Based .Net Technology Provides Upgrade to Long-Dormant Market.GLASTONBURY, Conn. -- Open Solutions Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : OPEN), a provider of integrated enabling technologies for community banks and credit unions 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. , announced the release of the latest version of its FTI FTI Free thyroxine index, see there Financial Technologies' Financial Accounting Suite. FTI is a strategic business unit of Open Solutions and provides financial accounting software for more than 600 financial institutions 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. and abroad. The financial information management suite includes 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. , Accounts Payable and Fixed Assets fixed assets npl → activo sg fijo fixed assets npl → immobilisations fpl fixed assets fix npl → applications. Long-term Open Solutions client, Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Piedmont Federal Savings and Loan Association Federal Savings and Loan Association An institution chartered by the federal government whose primary function is to collect savings deposits and to provide mortgage loans. , served as a beta test A test of new or revised hardware or software that is performed by users at their facilities under normal operating conditions. Beta testing follows alpha testing. Vendors of packaged software often offer their customers the opportunity of beta testing new releases or versions, and the site for this new, innovative web-based .Net platform version of the product and has been running the system since first quarter 2005. "Open Solutions took a unique approach with testing the software," said Tim Brooker, accounting manager at Piedmont Federal. "They installed the initial technology, observed how we used it and the natural succession of workflow, and then modified the technology to reflect daily operations based on what they observed. The system is incredibly intuitive; it naturally takes information entered in one module and automatically populates that data in the appropriate places in the other modules. For instance, if we submitted an invoice for the purchase of computer equipment, the system prompts the user to note whether the purchase is a fixed asset. If it is, that one notation updates the fixed asset management module. Open Solutions did not just deliver a new technology; they looked at the way financial institutions do business and found a way to make that process more efficient and profitable." Open Solutions product managers, in close consultation with bank and credit union executives from its Client Association (user group), enhanced the FTI Financial Accounting Suite to streamline accounting operations and to help improve an institution's financial management capabilities. The suite is comprised of three modules: General Ledger, Accounts Payable and Fixed Assets. Each module can operate as a stand-alone product or together as an integrated suite. The suite is scalable to meet the needs of institutions of all sizes domestically and internationally with its multi-currency, multi-language capabilities. All modules access one database, therefore users only need to sign-on once, eliminating the need to have multiple passwords. Financial institutions have the ability to store extensive historical data, and the accounting functions easily tie into their core data processing data processing or information processing, operations (e.g., handling, merging, sorting, and computing) performed upon data in accordance with strictly defined procedures, such as recording and summarizing the financial transactions of a system. "We believe this is the most significant financial accounting information management technology update the community financial industry has seen in more than 10 years," said Mike Nicastro, SVP SVP S'il Vous PlaĆ®t (French: Please) SVP Senior Vice President SVP Schweizerische Volkspartei (Swiss People~s Party) SVP Society of Vertebrate Paleontology SVP Social Venture Partners SVP St Vincent de Paul , Marketing and Product Management. "With this latest version of the technology, we've insured full integration of general ledger, accounts payable and fixed assets management Fixed assets management is an accounting process that seeks to track fixed assets for the purposes of financial accounting, preventive maintenance, and theft deterrence. . The reporting structure has been optimized to give the institution a complete, real-time snapshot of its accounting operations. This platform integrates with other accounting and information management systems and is built upon a workflow strategy that mirrors daily operations in a financial institution. We further believe that with this new release we have the opportunity to change the competitive landscape in a segment of the market that has not seen innovation in quite some time." The General Ledger module has been optimized not only for comprehensive general ledger accounting and control, but also for management reporting along with the ability to manage fast throughput for processing even larger volumes of data. The Fixed Assets module gives financial managers tools to analyze and control the institution's fixed assets portfolio for advantageous tax planning Tax planning Devising strategies throughout the year in order to minimize tax liability, for example, by choosing a tax filing status that is most beneficial to the taxpayer. , resource management and in-house control. The ability to create user-defined fields for assets and new options to automate set-up of new assets from the accounts payable module allow finance managers to capture more precise data and reflect it in reporting exercises. The system streamlines FASB FASB See: Financial Accounting Standards Board FASB See Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB). compliance and tax reporting requirements, as well as automates forecasting and budgeting capabilities for depreciation and deferred liability. Invoice management and bill payment are automated in the Financial Accounting Suite's Accounts Payable module. It is designed to simplify payment processing yet retain management control. Cash or accrual-based accounting and journal entries that can be interfaced with the general ledger have also been enhanced in this module. Complete vendor information including open invoices, discounts, net due, a history of purchases and payments by month of the last year, and a history in summary for the past five years is maintained on the Accounts Payable module. About Open Solutions Inc. Open Solutions Inc. offers a fully featured strategic product platform that integrates core data processing applications, built on a single centralized Oracle(R) relational database, with Internet banking, cash management, CRM/business intelligence, financial accounting tools, imaging, Check 21, interactive voice response, payment and loan origination solutions. Open Solutions' full suite of products and services allows banks, thrifts and credit unions in the United States and Canada to better compete in today's aggressive financial services marketplace, and expand and tap their trusted financial relationships, client affinity, community presence and personalized service. For more information about Open Solutions, or its financial product line, contact Mickey Goldwasser
Danziger Goldwasser (German: Gold water of Danzig by e-mail at mgoldwasser@opensolutions.com, by phone at 860.652.3153 or via fax at 860.652.3156. Visit Open Solutions' Internet site at www.opensolutions.com. Open Solutions Inc.(R) is a registered trademark of Open Solutions Inc. All other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners. Safe Harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. Statement Statements made in this press release that state Open Solutions Inc.'s or management's intentions, beliefs, expectations, or predictions for the future are forward-looking statements within the meaning of The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. Readers are cautioned that these statements are only predictions and may differ materially from actual future events or results. All forward looking-statements are only as of the date of this press release and Open Solutions Inc. undertakes no obligation to update or revise them. Such forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks, assumptions and uncertainties that could cause Open Solutions Inc.'s actual results to differ materially from those projected in such forward-looking statements. Factors which could cause our actual results to differ materially from those projected in forward-looking statements include, without limitation, economic, competitive, governmental and technological factors affecting the banking and credit union industry and/or Open Solutions Inc.'s operations, markets, products, services, prices and other factors set forth under the heading "Factors Affecting Future Operating Results" in Open Solutions' Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. for the three months ended March 31, 2005, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
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