Republic Mortgage Insurance Co. Selects StarTeam to Manage All Web Application Development
June 6, 2000 08:35 AM Eastern Time
SANTA ANA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 6, 2000--
Starbase Professional Services Group Implements Complete Digital Asset Management System
Starbase Corp. SBAS , the leading provider of collaboration products for the creation and management of integrated code and content eBusiness applications, Tuesday announced that Republic Mortgage Insurance Co. (RMIC), a national private mortgage insurer and subsidiary of Old Republic International ORI , selected StarTeam to manage the entire Web-based application development process for the North Carolina-based insurer.
RMIC purchased 50 StarTeam licenses in addition to on-site training and implementation services provided by Starbase's Professional Services Group.
"Initially, we were going to just test the waters with StarTeam, but when we saw what StarTeam could do for us in terms of productivity and improved processes, we realized we needed to employ it across the entire enterprise, including all code and content development projects," stated Andrew Burhans, software engineering manager at RMIC. "StarTeam is tremendously effective and is exceeding our expectations in terms of return on investment."
RMIC provides leading edge technology products that can enable consumers of mortgage insurance and related mortgage services to increase their competitive advantage and position in the marketplace. By leveraging efficiencies gained through the innovative application of Internet software tools, RMIC supplies their customers with the power and flexibility of an eBusiness.
"The process of rapidly creating eBusiness solutions that meet our customers' needs in an accurate and timely manner requires a robust development solution and process from early lifecycle analysis through maintenance and change management activities," stated Deron Streitenberger, CIO of RMIC. "StarTeam is the only tool we identified that fit our needs for full lifecycle support. In addition, most of the competing products miss the mark on ease of use and core competency focus, restricting the ability of a corporate IT department to implement their solution, and end-users from gaining substantial direct benefits. StarTeam has hit the mark on these key topics and is a major part of our eBusiness development strategy."
Before adopting StarTeam, RMIC's code and content development process was not automated. Because each group involved in the development process used a different software tool to aid in development, collaboration between team members was challenging. Starbase Professional Services provided eBusiness expertise to help define RMIC's requirements. StarTeam's multi-platform integration capabilities enabled each group to continue using the development tools they preferred, and the extensive collaboration environment enabled increased communication between team members. Eager to realize the increased development efficiency, RMIC stepped up their deployment schedule of StarTeam and expanded the implementation across the enterprise to manage all Web code and content development efforts.
"StarTeam delivers robust management capabilities and productivity enhancing features, providing a true technological competitive advantage," stated Lydia Patterson, vice president Starbase products group. "In addition, the Starbase Professional Services Group designs and implements solutions to support organizations that require best-of-breed digital asset management systems that increase efficiency, productivity and profits."
At RMIC, service representatives use StarTeam to answer questions for customers. Project managers and help desk personnel use StarTeam's central repository and version control to instantly learn project status. StarTeam's robust versioning features also improved software documentation accuracy and timeliness. With StarTeam controlling the documentation process, RMIC's internal and external customers receive the most up to date and accurate information about their application.
Burhans also stated, "Starbase Professional Services provided much more than just simple training on the nuts and bolts of StarTeam. We were guided through each step required to integrate our current development methodologies into processes supported and enforced by StarTeam. These processes included business requirements, design, quality assurance, deployment and support. Our Starbase Professional Services Group consultant, with a thorough grounding in development processes for both code and Web content, became a project leader for the team. By employing professional services we were able to speed up the return on our investment by ensuring that the StarTeam solution was implemented, and did not become 'shelf-ware,' as can sometimes happen with a feature rich solution."
About Starbase Professional Services Group
Starbase Corp. offers consultants, trainers and educational courses designed to deliver comprehensive software implementations and solutions for today's IT development organizations. The Starbase team employs a thorough methodology to deliver custom solutions tailored specifically to clients' Web, Internet and Intranet development strategies. The Professional Services group provides assistance such as the integration of best-of-breed tool sets, process design and implementation, deployment of Web-based software code and content development technologies, as well as education and training.
About RMIC
RMIC is a national private mortgage insurer based in Winston-Salem, N.C. RMIC offers mortgage lenders an array of innovative products including ZIP(R) Monthlies, OASIS(R), ELS(R), Customer Education and Training, and Affordable Housing Programs. For more information on RMIC, contact Pam Curtis at 800/999-RMIC (7642), write RMIC, 190 Oak Plaza Blvd., Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27105 or visit RMIC's Internet site at www.rmic.com.
About Starbase
Starbase is the leading provider of collaboration products for the creation and management of integrated code and content eBusiness applications. Collaboration is the simultaneous coordination, management and communication of geographically dispersed contributors of both code and content for eBusiness applications. With more than 1,300 StarTeam customers worldwide, the company's technology supports the continuous cycle of creating, linking and managing digital assets, which comprise complex eBusiness applications.
Starbase products enable users with differing technical and functional backgrounds to collaborate on the production of Web sites and eBusiness initiatives from multiple locations. StarTeam, the company's flagship product, was labeled as "StarTeam fuels team exchange" in an early release review from InfoWorld in January 2000 and received "Two Thumbs Up" from New Media in May 1999 and "Four Stars" from Software Development in August 1999. Microsoft and CMP Media named Starbase the 25th fastest growing ISV for Windows in April 1999. StarTeam also received the "Best of the Test Center" award by InfoWorld in January 1998.
Companies and organizations, including leading corporations such as Lucent Technologies, Intel, BMC Software, Motorola, PepsiCo, Seagate Technology, Hollywood Entertainment, Reynolds & Reynolds Co., eTour.com, Oxygen Media, and Ann Taylor have selected StarTeam to manage their eBusiness development projects. Starbase has headquarters at 4 Hutton Centre Drive, Suite 800, Santa Ana, CA 92707. Tel: 714/445-4400. Fax: 714/445-4404. Visit Starbase's Web site at www.starbase.com.
Starbase and its product names are trademarks of Starbase Corp. All other product and company names herein are trademarks of their respective owners.
Forward-Looking Statements
When used in the preceding discussion, the words "believes, expects, or intend to" and similar conditional expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Such statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties and actual results could differ materially from those expressed in any of the forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, (i) conditions in the general economy or the software industry, (ii) the timely development and market acceptance of products and technologies, (iii) competitive factors, (iv) demand for team productivity software products, (v) sell-through of products in the sales channel, and (vi) other risks described in Starbase Corp.'s SEC reports and filings.
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CONTACT: Starbase Corp., Santa Ana Martha Ray, (Public Relations), 714/445-4531 mray@starbase.com or Ann Jones, (Investor Relations), 714/445-4440 ajones@starbase.com
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