SunGard Sherwood Systems announced this week a new technology strategy for the development of its Amarta insurance software solutions.
Working with Intel and Microsoft, Amarta will adopt the Microsoft .NET Framework running on Intel Itanium 2-based servers as the platform for the development of future Amarta insurance software solutions.
As a primary step in their efforts, SunGard and Microsoft are cooperating on the creation of the high level architecture and prototype of Amarta life administration solution on the .NET Framework. The companies unveiled the conceptual model at the SunGard Europa customer conference, in early June in Paris.
Microsoft recently launched its “experience Insurance” initiative which, through the selection of partner solutions and technologies, helps insurance customers, employees and operations personnel to improve their experience of the solution.
Dennis Maroney, managing director, worldwide insurance industry for Microsoft, said insurers increasingly view Microsoft as an enterprise partner, and are realizing the benefits that Microsoft technology delivers.
“Working with SunGard, with whom we have a wide-ranging relationship, is a natural progression for us to deliver enhanced experiences for our joint insurance customers,” Maroney said in a statement.
Matthew Josefowicz, manager of the insurance group at Celent, an IT strategy research and advisory firm said agility and accessibility are two key principles that insurers have top-of-mind when making IT decisions.
“Service-oriented architectures, which .NET systems can play a key role in enabling, are helping systems be more adaptable to changing business requirements and more easily integrated with the rest of a complex infrastructure,” Josefowicz said.