Hewlett-Packard published two press releases about our ecenter case. You can find both posts at the HP Newsroom or at Yahoo Finance:
- Helvetia Patria Doubles Return on Investment with HP Service-oriented Architecture (Yahoo, HP)
- HP Introduces Industry-specific Service-oriented Architectures (Yahoo, HP)
Some extracts:
“In the past, we were spending a significant amount of time and investment maintaining multiple IT environments that created more challenges than opportunities for us,” said Didier Beck, head of the eBusiness Center, Helvetia Patria Group. “HP is a true partner who worked with us every step of the way to create a solution that could speed our entry into new sales channels and market segments.” […]
Helvetia Patria turned to HP to implement a centralized Internet-based platform for the insurance industry that links information among its employees, partners and customers across Europe. […]
The resulting eBusiness Center helped Helvetia Patria by substantially decreasing time to market for new products and helping to expand distribution channels. Additionally, SOA opened new opportunities to expand partnerships (for example, with brokers and agents) and enter different segments of the insurance market.
The HP SOA also has helped the company lower business transaction costs by improving efficiencies through repeatable processes and consistent data on clients, policies, claims, benefits and accounting.
“Four years ago, we found ourselves dealing with a disarray of sales channels built on various software applications all across Europe,” said Nick Stefania, deputy head, eBusiness Center, Helvetia Patria. “We used HP’s SOA framework to help solve this problem, and after just months, our eBusiness Center has operated so successfully that we’ve spun it out into a standalone company, called eSolutions Center. The SOA has enabled more seamless communications between sales channels, better access to real-time information and, as a result, better service for customers. In short, the new architecture has definitely played a key role in the eSolutions Center’s success.”