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Tyler Technologies Signs Five-Year Application Service Provider Contract with Enfield, Connecticut

^{Published on 2009-12-28 05:40:14 - Market Wire}
 

DALLAS--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Tyler Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: TYL) will enable the Town of Enfield and its Board of Education to enhance reporting, workflow, and customer service by providing its Munis^® ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) solution. The solution is backed by a support infrastructure built entirely to support the unique needs of municipalities and schools.

"It also gives us a highly available solution with full disaster recovery services and provides a higher level of service from system experts. Our onsite technical resources will be free to focus on local support of the network, end-user devices and report writing."

Enfield has invested in a full range of Tyler's Munis financial, human capital and citizen service applications. Under the five-year agreement, Tyler will host Enfield's Munis software applications and data at its secure facility. Tyler will provide ongoing support, maintenance and upgrades for software, hardware and operating systems. The contract is valued at more than $1.4 million.

"The ASP option will keep us current with hardware and networking technologies through upgrades and system enhancements," commented Paul Russell, chief technology officer for Enfield. "It also gives us a highly available solution with full disaster recovery services and provides a higher level of service from system experts. Our onsite technical resources will be free to focus on local support of the network, end-user devices and report writing."

Russell said Enfield expects to reap multiple benefits from implementation of Tyler's fully integrated solution. "Enfield looks to improve financial management for the Town and Board of Education through the enhanced reporting, dashboards and standard reports available in Munis."

He also believes using Tyler's software will automate manual and redundant processes with its built-in workflow features and improve customer service with the Citizens Self Service portal. Applicant Tracking and Employee Self Service will ease management of human resource-related information.

"Tyler's Munis system has a proven reputation for meeting the needs of municipalities and schools such as Enfield," said Richard E. Peterson, Jr., president of Tyler's ERP & School Division. "We're happy to have been selected and look forward to enabling Enfield to operate more efficiently with our fully integrated ERP solution."

Located between Hartford, Connecticut and Springfield, Massachusetts, Enfield is home to more than 45,000 residents and extends over 33 square miles. Enfield Public Schools educates 6,500 students from pre-kindergarten through 12^th grade.

Based in Dallas, Tyler Technologies is a leading provider of end-to-end information management solutions and services for local governments. Tyler partners with clients to enable the public sector–cities, counties, schools and other government entities–to become more efficient, more accessible, and more responsive to the needs of citizens. Tyler's client base includes more than 8,000 local government offices throughout all 50 states, Canada, Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom. Tyler has been named one of "America's 200 Best Small Companies" for three consecutive years by Forbes Magazine. More information about Tyler Technologies can be found at [ www.tylertech.com ].

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