Under the agreement, Microsoft will provide CSC with technical support to move the Integral suite to the latest versions of Microsoft's server platform and database products, and the two IT companies will jointly promote the resulting software to insurance carriers globally. The first components running on the Microsoft infrastructure will be available later this calendar year.
Integral, one of CSC's administration suites for life insurance and property/casualty insurance, provides end-to-end policy/group management, product configuration and business analytics capabilities. CSC says that more than 250 insurance operations are running Integral components. Its portable Java-based architecture and multi-currency, multilingual and multi-company capabilities are designed to enable insurers to implement and operate Integral across borders, either in-house or hosted.
CSC’s goal is to appeal to a broader set of customers that currently use or are considering Microsoft technology for their mission-critical and core systems. In addition, customers will have the opportunity to access the community of Microsoft and SQL Server experts and database administrators.
"This initiative will help insurers stretch their investments when moving into new markets and regions," said Ray August, president of CSC's Financial Services Group. "It builds upon our successful alliance for CSC's POINT IN administration software, which became generally available on Microsoft technologies earlier this year. New and existing client interest is high, with several insurers already implementing this version."
