“Congratulations to H&R Block Financial Advisors for their recognition as an enterprise all-star,” said John Hubinger, CEO of AmberPoint. “This is a great honor for H&R Block and for AmberPoint, validating our ability to deliver the tools they need to gain real business value from SOA. The Enterprise All-Star Awards confirms our belief that our customers are among the leading innovators in the deployment and management of loosely coupled systems”
"As enterprises struggle to develop sound SOA strategies, H&R Block Financial Advisors stands out for its smart use of management tools to ensure stability and high performance of its application environment. The company surely exemplifies the Enterprise All-Star concept through this SOA management project, especially as it resulted in huge cost-savings as well as increased revenue opportunities," says Beth Schultz, editor, Network World Signature Series.
For the 2005 award, 50 enterprise IT organizations representing the best, most innovative applications of network technology were selected. These award-winning network IT projects are profiled in Network World's special edition Signature Series Enterprise All-Star Issue published November 21, and the Web site at www.networkworld.com/allstar/2005.
H&R Block Financial Advisors is one of North America’s largest broker/dealers. Last year, the company implemented a services-based system to qualify and route leads from its tax organization to its financial advisors. With the capabilities provided by AmberPoint, H&R Block has realized the following benefits:
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About AmberPoint
AmberPoint is the industry’s leading provider of SOA visibility, management and security solutions. Customers such as British Telecommunications, H&R Block, Motorola and the U.S. Department of Defense have chosen AmberPoint for its comprehensive capabilities, its non-invasive approach and its native support for Java and .NET. For more information, contact AmberPoint at 510.663.6300 or info@amberpoint.com.
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