Tyler Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: TYL) today reported that six California
Superior Courts have collaborated on an innovative approach to
affordably modernize their court technology by jointly implementing
Tyler's Odyssey® court case management solution as a single
project, rather than six individual projects. The new initiative, which
includes hosted delivery of Odyssey,
creates efficiencies that enable the courts to implement advanced court
case management technology without straining their budgets.
The unique initiative - officially known as the NorCal Collaboration
Project - is a product of the superior courts in Alpine, Calaveras,
Glenn, Lassen, Tehama and Yuba counties. Each court signed a five-year
software as a service (SaaS) agreement using a Master Services Agreement
(MSA) that gives California's 58 superior courts the ability to purchase
Tyler's Odyssey system at pre-negotiated terms, conditions and pricing.
The six courts will have a total of approximately 200 users on the
Odyssey system.
In addition to the MSA's financial benefits, the courts will realize
significant cost savings by consolidating six implementations into a
single project. This extremely efficient approach will reduce the
project's complexity and corresponding professional services fees.
The courts' decision to have Odyssey delivered via the SaaS model
provides additional benefits, including avoiding upfront capital costs
for hardware and software purchases and a simplified budgeting process
due to fixed annual fees. Additionally, because Tyler hosts the Odyssey
system, court IT personnel won't have to manage and support their court
case management system infrastructure on site.
"These six superior courts took it upon themselves to collaborate and
invent an approach that resulted in their securing an advanced court
case management system without straining their individual budgets; the
NorCal Collaboration Project could be a blueprint for California courts
of all sizes," said Bruce Graham, president of Tyler's Courts & Justice
Division. "It was impressive to see how the courts worked together to
achieve their common objective of affordably applying court technology
to make their courts more efficient."
To date, 12 California superior courts have chosen Tyler's Odyssey
integrated court management software. Ten of these used the state's MSA
- which was developed by a group of IT leaders and court managers within
the California judicial system as a way for the state's superior courts
to efficiently purchase a case management system without the cost and
inconvenience of conducting their own request for proposal (RFP)
process. The six courts of the NorCal Collaboration Project follow the
superior courts of Kings, Orange, Merced, Kern, Fresno and San Luis
Obispo in joining the Tyler community.
In total, Odyssey has been selected for use by more than 500 counties in
20 states, serving more than 75 million residents. Odyssey has been
successfully deployed statewide in Indiana, Minnesota, New Hampshire,
New Mexico, North Dakota and South Dakota; statewide implementations in
Idaho, Maryland, Oregon, Rhode Island and Washington are currently under
way.
About Tyler Technologies, Inc.
Tyler Technologies (NYSE: TYL) is a leading provider of end-to-end
information management solutions and services for local governments.
Tyler partners with clients to empower 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 11,000 local government offices
in all 50 states, Canada, the Caribbean, the United Kingdom and other
international locations. Forbes has named Tyler one of "America's Best
Small Companies" seven times and the company has been included four
times on the Barron's 400 Index, a measure of the most promising
companies in America. More information about Plano-based Tyler
Technologies can be found at www.tylertech.com.
Jetstream PR for Tyler Technologies
Tony Katsulos, 972-788-9456,
ext. 301
katsulos@jetstreampr.com