Ireland-based Curam Software and IBM have integrated the Curam Business Application Suite with the IBM Business Process Management (BPM) software portfolio to enable social services agencies share information, reduce duplication and enhance delivery of services.
Deploying and managing Curam Software on the IBM BPM portfolio reportedly helps to eliminate the closed nature and rigidity that has characterised the application architectures of these agencies. IBM said that the new joint application is developed to work with clients’ existing technology to enable them simplify policies, assess constituent needs and speed up referrals to state and community-based resources.
Sandy Carter, vice president for IBM software group channels, said: The integration of Curam Software with the IBM BPM portfolio combines the advantages of commercial off-the-shelf software, an enterprise platform and service-oriented architecture with the business process management tools required by agencies to implement the solutions that meet their strategic objectives. This combination of industry leading platforms will help our joint clients to work more intelligently while eliminating redundancies and improving performance.
Earlier in April 2008, through the IBM-sponsored Customer Acceleration Program, IBM and Curam Software worked together to demonstrate the ability of the Curam Business Application Suite to work seamlessly within an SOA environment.