CPI together with principal Sponsor and distributor of Sun products, Comclark Network and Technology Corp launched last January 24 the GENIISYS Summer Promo Package at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel. For a limited time, insurance companies can avail of GENIISYS Summer Promo Packages at unbeatably low prices. The GENIISYS Summer Promo Package is a bundling of the GENIISYS license, Oracle Database licenses with 2 SunFire Servers! Depending on their budget and needs, insurance companies can choose from either the GENIISYS Starter Package, GENIISYS Lite or the GENIISYS Full Business Suite.

With GENIISYS in place, employees of insurance companies will be freed from the tedious task of report preparation and repetitive work. They will have time to do analysis work and probably focus on growing the company’s production. Most of all, they’ll have time to plan and enjoy their well deserved vacation.

The event was well attended and we received good feedback from those who came. Aside from the sumptuous buffet breakfast/brunch, the attendees were treated to a lot of give-aways from Comclark, Oracle Value Added Distributor Technopaq Inc. and Sun Microsystems, Philippines, Inc. The most awaited raffle prize was the trip for two to Boracay which was won by Ms. Ellen Rellente of PNBGen. Nobody left empty handed as everyone received a white water-proof beach duffel bag at the end of the event.

Computer Professionals, Inc. and Orange & Bronze Technologies are pleased to announce the offering of the first complete public JAVA Boot Camp in the Philippines. The Complete JAVA Boot Camp is a six-week intensive training that will give participants a depth and breadth of knowledge not normally available in regular JAVA training courses. The Complete JAVA Boot Camp is not a programming course. It is a JAVA Software Engineering course that provides the multiple competencies needed by a programmer to be productive in a real-world software development environment. The Complete JAVA Boot Camp has been designed to take the participant through the basics of JAVA and relational databases with focus on object-oriented thinking. It then provides them with solid foundations in web programming, frameworks and software engineering. Attention is also given to training in the value, tools and techniques of software testing. The program is rich with exercises, machine problems, cases and exams that will ensure that the participants gain experience developing relatively complex systems in a commercial environment. The Complete JAVA Boot Camp was developed to address the needs of industry for well-trained JAVA developers who can build web applications and who have a good grasp of the requirements and environment for enterprise systems development.

The Complete JAVA Boot Camp consists of 4 modules taught over a total period of 30 training days or six weeks as follows: SQL – 3 days Fundamentals of JAVA & Object-Oriented Programming – 10 days JAVA Web Development & Introduction to Software Engineering – 11 days JAVA Frameworks – 6 days

For registration and inquiries: Computer Professionals, Inc. Telephone Numbers: 727-1619, 727-1621 or 727-1646 Fax Number: 727-5009 Call or e-mail: Louise Ordonez (llordonez@cpi.com.ph) Carmela Papa (ctpapa@cpi.com.ph)

CPI mobilizes for the development of an Information Systems Plan for Fortune Medicare Inc. Once more Fortunecare, a member of the Fortune Group of Companies expressed their trust and confidence in CPI’s track record of quality and reliable service delivery.

Fortunecare is one of the few HMOs in the country using an integrated solution for their sales, underwriting, membership, medical and claims services. This system was developed by CPI in 1998 using Oracle Developer Tools. Over the years, Fortunecare’s HMO business as well as industry trends have evolved so much so that their current information requirements prompted them to review and plan out for changes in their information systems. According to Mr. Jun Cabangon, President & CEO of Fortunecare, they are looking at the ISP and the ensuing information system as the future of Fortunecare

We are pleased to announce that GENIISYS has found another home at Philippine Charter Insurance Corporation. This is GENIISYS’ 13th implementation, maintaining its leadership in the local insurance industry. After a very thorough and grueling selection process conducted by both the PhilCharter Ad Hoc Committee and the Metrobank Group’s Technical Committee, GENIISYS was finally chosen because of its product maturity, functionality, proven performance, quality output matched with a price that is truly cost effective.

The result of the site visits clinched PhilCharter's decision. They visited customers using the software solutions being evaluated. They reviewed the outputs and how the software was being used. Only GENIISYS was producing the trial balance in an actual production run. This was proof that the integration of the different modules with accounting was indeed running correctly. So, even if cost had weight in their evaluation, PhilCharter chose GENIISYS over the other lower priced options.

PhilCharter had to be certain about a running integration with accounting because they believe this will not only produce reports that are timely and consistent across the system, it will also free their accounting staff of tedious report preparation. In addition, a software that is proven to run from quotation up to accounting will bring greater efficiency to their operations which eventually will benefit their customers, agents and brokers, reinsurers and other entities they deal with.

Metropolitan Insurance Company, Inc. is upgrading their system to GenIISys from its previous version, the NIIS. METGEN has been a loyal and satisfied client of Computer Professionals, Inc. By April 2003, Metgen will be benefiting from GenIISys' tried and tested features as well as accurate and relevant reports.

After only 6 months of implementation activities, Fortune Guarantee and Insurance Corporation went online with GenIISys this January 2003. FGIC now gets full advantage of a system that integrates their operations from underwriting down to claims and accounting. Several branches are lined up to connect online with head office in the coming months, which they hope will further provide operational efficiencies since their branches have been their major source of production.

Once more, the GenIISys Users Circle (GUC) was convened in May 5, 2001 at the Universal Leisure Club in Makati. The informal gathering was attended by a number of executives and I.T. personnel from the 10 insurance company users of GenIISys. During the event, two new groups of users were welcomed into the GUC namely Nicphil Insurance Corporation and Asia United Insurance, Inc. The invited speaker shared to the group success factors on "Web-Enabling the Insurance Company".

After 7 years of using NIIS, Citystate Insurance Corporation (Citystate) is now upgrading to GenIISys. Citystate's renewed trust and confidence on CPI only proves the reliability and quality service that CPI extends to all its clients. With GenIISys' implementation in 2002, Citystate will be well equipped to overcome the challenges that insurance companies face this year.