Delivery option provides flexibility and control

Harland Financial Solutions Inc., Atlanta, has introduced a Dedicated Hosting Service version of its Ultradata® Core System for Credit Unions. Los Angeles Schools Federal Credit Union is the first institution to embrace the new delivery option.

The Dedicated Hosting Service is a new extension of the traditional service bureau model. It enables a credit union to operate in an outsourced, service bureau environment, yet use its own independent hardware. This new delivery model gives clients flexibility as to the variety or scope of technology applications they can host and when to perform upgrades.

Harland Financial Solutions' Enterprise Services Center delivers the Ultradata system as an online service bureau offering to more than 220 credit unions nationwide. The company serves an additional 150 credit unions with its in-house version of the system. The addition of the Dedicated Hosting Service option adds to the choices offered to credit unions looking for more control in an outsourced environment.

With the addition of Los Angeles Schools Federal, Harland Financial Solutions' Enterprise Services Center now serves more than one million credit union members. With 24,000 members in the Los Angeles unified and community college school districts, Los Angeles Schools Federal will be the first to run all of its Ultradata System solutions, including core processing, front and back office, lending, remote delivery, and card solutions, under the Dedicated Hosting Service.

"With this new option, we get all the flexibility and control of an in-house system combined with the security benefits, convenience, and savings provided from a hosted, service bureau environment," says Terry Janke, president/CEO of Los Angeles Schools Federal.

The Enterprise Services Center is Harland Financial Solutions' state-of-the-art data center, providing complete data protection, uninterrupted service, and technical expertise 24-hours a day, seven days a week. The center delivers this level of service by deploying multiple measures for system availability and data security, and using the latest industry standard hardware and software backed by a team of veteran technical experts to support clients.

For information, call 800-778-5667 or visit www.harland financialsolutions.com.

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