ACI Reinforces Leadership Position with New Release
New Industry Forms, Enhanced EDI Connections, Pocket PC, Tablet-Ready, and Interfaces for Flood Insights, QuickBooks, Microsoft MapPoint, Street Atlas 2003
Palm Coast, FL, May 27, 2003—ACI formally announced today the
release of ACI Version 8.5, its industry-leading appraisal software. The
release comes on the heels of ISO's acquisition of the Palm Coast, FL
software company.
ACI 8.5, the most advanced in its life cycle, includes dozens of new features,
forms, interfaces, and Internet-based services that improve speed and
accuracy in completing and managing appraisal reports. Included are over
20 new industry forms, EDI connections, Pocket ZOO field collection software
with bi-directional communication with the ACI desktop, and interfaces
for: Internet flood determinations, QuickBooks, Microsoft MapPoint, Street
Atlas, and DeLorme Internet mapping. The software is available for purchase
and is currently being shipped to thousands of appraisal offices across
the country.
"Across the last several months, I have generated hundreds of appraisals
with
8 dot 5 as a beta user, and it is clear that ACI has raised the appraisal
technology bar another notch with this release," said Ted Dixon,
president of T.R. Dixon and Associates, Tampa, FL. "The people at
ACI are extremely talented and genuinely interested in the customer as
evidenced by the dozens of customer suggestions which are now available
in the software—that's a tribute to the company."
"ACI 8.5 brings forth powerful productivity changes for appraisers,
and positions our customers for the future as our Internet strategy evolves,"
said George Opelka, vice president of ACI. "These are exciting times
for ACI and its customers—with a strategically-committed parent
company (see www.iso.com) and a significant new release in ACI 8.5 paving
the way, we have a clear roadmap for the future."
About ACI
ACI is a leading provider of digital solutions under the ACI, MCS, FormFill,
CRAL, Lighthouse, and ZOOware brands, encompassing electronic forms, digital
photo imaging, and automation tools for the mortgage services, real estate,
insurance, and hospitality vertical markets. The ACI client base features
many of North America's premier lenders, national appraisal companies,
and real estate brokerage firms. Additional information is available on
the Internet at www.aciweb.com. ACI solves mobile workflow management
challenges with well-crafted, sustainable enterprise solutions built on
digital, Internet, and wireless technologies, targeted to the mortgage,
insurance, and hospitality industries. These solutions are custom-configured,
highly scalable, and flexible, to fit the unique characteristics of each
corporation, while offering reliability and interoperability.
About ISO
ISO is a leading source of information, products and services related
to property and liability risk. For a broad spectrum of commercial and
personal lines of insurance, ISO provides analytical and decision-support
products; consulting; data processing; and technical, statistical and
actuarial services. ISO field services include on-site rating and underwriting
services, and the evaluation of community loss-mitigation efforts. ISO's
products help customers with sales and prospecting, underwriting, rating
and quoting, customer management, policy administration, product development,
claims administration and fraud detection. ISO's AIR Worldwide subsidiary
provides customers with the most advanced technologies to assess and manage
natural and man-made extreme-event risk. Through its ISO Claims Services,
Inc. (iiX unit) and Intellicorp Inc. subsidiaries, ISO provides motor
vehicle reports and criminal-records information and through its AscendantOne
unit delivers policy management and rating solutions. In the United States
and around the world, ISO serves insurers, reinsurers, agents, brokers,
self-insureds, risk managers, insurance regulators and other government
agencies.
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