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Systems regularly updated each program to reflect rating formula
modifications each carrier made at least once a year.
D. Other Projects
During the years in issue, Applied Systems also worked on
data conversion, Independence, WinTAM, Diamond, and
evaluations/R&D.
1. Data Conversion
From 1990 through 1992, Applied Systems offered an
electronic data conversion service to agencies switching from
another automation system to the TAM module. This service
allowed agencies to use the data from their old systems without
manually reentering the data into the TAM module. In a typical
data conversion, Applied Systems would take the data off the old
system, put it on a PC, create a program to transfer the data to
data base files needed for the TAM module, and run the program to
transfer the data. In an average week, Applied Systems was
converting, in 1990, four systems; in 1991, seven systems; and in
1992, nine systems.
2. Independence
In 1991, Applied Systems purchased Liberty and Leader
Systems (i.e., automation vendors that were subsidiaries of
carriers) and began the Independence project to integrate the
software of these systems with FIM. As a result of the
acquisition, Applied Systems added to its user base the customers
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