Client

Health Care Insurance Carrier

Vertical

Health Care Insurance

Technologies

Sharepoint, ASP.Net, SQL Server

Solution

Sharepoint Portal Server for Collaborative Application Development, .Net Application Development, IOTAP Solutions for Microsoft Platform Partners

Business Scenario

One of the leading insurance carriers of United States wanted to sell its products via a range of distributors, which distributors further sold through a series of health care agents and its subsidiaries.

Here is a brief description of the problems faced by the customer.

• Marketing department needed to publish information

• The published information needed to be access by Distributors

• The distributors would further publish marketing information to its agents

• All of the above had to be strictly controlled by security policies due to the recent privacy laws which health care companies needed to adhere

• The customer had a low-fixed budget

• Needed to get to the market quickly to stay ahead of the competition

IOTAP Solution

IOTAP along with the help of a Microsoft Platform Partner (MPP) came up with an innovative solution which helped the customer overcome its challenges.

MPP was engaged in functional specification of the application and gathered all of the different

• Screen Mockups

• Functional Specification

• Database Schema

The functional spec was then shared with IOTAP and IOTAP developed a Sharepoint Services solution to tackle the problem.

Here is a brief overview of how IOTAP developed the Sharepoint solution

• Developed User Control using

• .Net 1.1 using an architecture similar to LLB-Gen-Pro

• Integrated the user controls within a Web-Part framework

• The web-parts were then further integrated on to the Sharepoint portal environment

Business Benefits

The IOTAP/MPP solution has already helped Customer to go to market quickly using Sharepoint Portal Solution. It also helped overcome the security issues, since Sharepoint seamlessly integrated with Customer's active directory.

Customer expects the impact of the solution will expand customer ability to reach markets quickly and increase profitability of its business units with the help of technologies such as Sharepoint.

Key benefits include the following:

• Sharepoint eliminated service costs. Deploying an in-house solution enabled Customer to gain more timely access to data, and also enabled it to eliminate the ongoing cost of an outsourced solution.

• Provided a secured solution to communicate effectively where a security chain was involved ring with different security access policies.

• Out of the box portal solution with seamless integration with Active Directory

IOTAP Engagement Model

Microsoft Partner engagged in the following activities

• Functional Specification

• Onsite Planning

• Product Architecture

• Product Design

• Project Management

• Interfacing with end client

IOTAP was engagged in the following activities

• Application Development

• Application Migration

• Customized Reporting

• Build & QA Automation

• Application Integration

• Interfacing with the partner to meet client requirments

Further Information

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