WAKEFIELD, Mass., April 27, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Edgewater Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq:EDGW) ("Edgewater Technology" or the "Company"), an innovative technology management consulting firm, announced today that Millers Capital Insurance ("Millers"), an operating insurance company of Millers Mutual Group, has recently completed two web-based information portals to support both agents and employees.
"We embarked on this journey with a clear objective. We realized in order to compete more effectively in the marketplace, Millers needed to leverage more leading-edge technologies to support both our agents and employees," said Bob Lyon, President and CEO of Millers Insurance. "We set two near-term goals. The first was to provide agents with a portal that offers enhanced connectivity and value combined with a more efficient business experience. Our second objective was to reduce internal operating costs by enhancing the back-office workflow and establishing an Employee Portal as a central access point to key information."
To support these goals, Edgewater developed the agent portal to streamline the commission and billing cycles and to provide enhanced reporting capabilities. Dashboards and other robust tools are being used to promote collaborative, long-term relationships between the agencies and Millers.
Edgewater also designed and built the employee portal to enhance business functionality and communications across departments. Focusing on Millers' business procedures, Edgewater automated many of these manual processes, thus setting the stage to reduce Millers' yearly operational expenses. The employee portal is built upon a tight-end security model so that confidential data can reside on the portal and is only accessible based on a given role within Millers' organization.
"We are honored that Millers selected Edgewater to assist them to deliver this strategic solution for their organization," said Shirley Singleton, President and Chief Executive Officer for Edgewater Technology. "By leveraging Edgewater's vertical expertise, coupled with leading technologies such as Microsoft .Net and SharePoint, we have been able to create portals that meet Millers' strategic goals."
About Edgewater Technology
Edgewater Technology is an innovative technology management consulting firm. We provide a unique blend of specialty IT services by leveraging our proven industry expertise in strategy, technology and enterprise performance management. Headquartered in Wakefield, MA, we typically go to market both vertically by industry and horizontally by product and technology specialty and provide our clients with a wide range of business and technology offerings. To learn more, visit www.edgewater.com or call 800-410-4014.
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