NOVUS-Z3 provides the perfect balance of functionality and convenience.
Delivered to desktops through Citrix and with more than 200,000 organisations worldwide relying on Citrix to deliver any application to users we are confident we have made the right choice for our users.
NOVUS can be delivered without compromise anywhere... perfect.
"Smaller Brokers who are starting up or expanding beyond a one or two man team face difficult challenges ahead and none are more challenging than implementing an IT system. At Morning Data we're able to take all those challenges on board by providing the sought-after 'one-stop IT shop'."
When brokers start a new venture or branch out they are concerned with personnel, their book of business and of course money. Next on the list is an office, phones and fax, company image and possibly a website. Then comes their IT infrastructure; mail servers, file stores, routers, PCs and desktop applications and suitable application software. This IT environment should provide ‘ticks’ in the boxes of compliance, speed, efficiency of processing and ease-of-use. Integrating the whole process from slips, evidence of cover, debit notes, closings, cash management, purchases and expenses whilst handling the complexities of many classes of risk means an off-the-peg accounting system simply won’t do. The need for full multicurrency handling is essential, something general accounting systems still struggle with. Last on the list is the matter of data integrity and business continuity.
The systems provided on all this sparkling new equipment still, even with falling prices, of hardware, require significant investment. Combine the basics with some desirable luxuries, such as a Document Management System which requires more hardware, and the costs keep rising.
Professional IT employees are rare in the small broker, and almost unheard of in the start-up company. So who is going to look after all this new equipment? Who will be the point of contact for phones and backups and the insurance system? Who will answer a question about Microsoft Excel?
There is a real and growing need for a one-stop shop for all IT requirements. At Morning Data we have seen requests for this kind of service increasing where one company ‘sorts it all out’ Whether existing infrastructure is in place or not, Morning Data’s NOVUS software for Direct and re-insurance Brokers is ideal. NOVUS provides back office facilities including accounting, risk management, reportage, workflow and document management.
These days most Brokers prefer to access their system on their travels as well at their office and our Z3 office delivery method enables them to do this not only for the NOVUS system but also a full range of back office systems.
Everything can be delivered to the user through their Internet browser. Now the new company only has to find a smaller office with an Internet connection and a laptop for each user, plus a printer or two. No servers, no backup tapes and a single telephone number to call to ask any questions, get advice and talk about functionality.
For the first time brokers now have real choices in how to enable their business from an IT point of view.
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(This article was previously printed in Professional Broking, 15th September 2008.)
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