BF&M Embraces Talend’s Holistic Integration Solutions

Bermuda’s Leading Insurance Provider Expands Talend’s Data Integration solutions with ESB, Leverages Unified Platform’s Flexibility and Ease of Use

Los Altos, CA - December 15, 2011 - Talend, a global open source software leader, today announced that BF&M, the leading Bermuda insurance group, has added Talend ESB Enterprise Edition to its portfolio of Talend integration solutions, leveraging Talend’s holistic approach to simplify application and data integration.

BF&M Insurance Group is one of the leading insurance companies in Bermuda providing property/casualty insurance, life, health and pension products in Bermuda and Barbados and was named Top Employer in Bermuda by Bottom Line Magazine. As a general insurer, the company offers all forms of property, casualty, motor and marine insurance products.  Due to the complexity of maintaining constantly changing customer service databases and underwriting policies for such a wide range of insurance offerings, BF&M chose Talend ESB Enterprise Edition to expand their application and data integration capabilities.  

BF&M conducts significant data integration work with partners such as transportation departments, banks and health authorities throughout Bermuda. They initially used Talend as the critical data integration tool for BF&M’s data migration project, chosen for its ease-of-use, productivity gains, data manipulation features and on-the-fly recording capabilities. Now Talend’s solutions are being used far more holistically: with Talend ESB, BF&M has expanded the use of the Talend Unified Platform, making it the single platform for all integration requirements for BF&M’s production systems.

“When it came time to choose an ESB solution, there was no contest. Our experience and success with Talend’s data integration solutions has proven that their products provide the best combination of flexibility and ease of use,” said Paul Matthews, vice president, information technology, BF&M. “With Talend ESB Enterprise Edition, we are already seeing increased productivity and improvements in the way our business functions."

Talend ESB enables developers to easily build reliable, scalable and secure REST, Web and data services to quickly integrate heterogeneous IT environments, both on-premise and in the cloud. Moreover, Talend ESB is open and standards-based to allow wide interoperability with existing and legacy infrastructure components. Used as part of the Talend Unified Platform, Talend ESB allows developers to combine application integration with data management needs, empowering businesses to cope with the complexity of data exchanges in an increasingly connected world.

"Increasingly, companies like BF&M are turning away from the complexity and cost of heavyweight proprietary infrastructure software in favor of agile and open alternatives," said François Méro, vice president of global sales, Talend. "Talend’s holistic approach to integration proves time and again that it is the ideal choice to serve as the basis for addressing any integration challenge – from simple departmental projects to complex, heterogeneous IT environments.”

In addition to selecting Talend ESB Enterprise Edition, BF&M is considering other products in the Talend portfolio, including Talend MDM Enterprise Edition, the leading open source Master Data Management (MDM) solution, as well as Talend’s recently-announced Talend Enterprise BPM for process integration. These products are also part of the Talend Unified Platform.

About BF&M

BF&M Limited is the holding company of the BF&M Insurance Group. The two largest operating companies within the Group are BF&M Life Insurance Company Limited, a leading provider of life, health and pensions products, and BF&M General Insurance Company Limited, the leading general insurer providing all forms of property, casualty, motor and marine products. The group includes several other companies including Bermuda International Insurance Services Limited, Insurance Corporation of Barbados Limited, Marchmont Insurance Company Limited, North Atlantic Asset Management Limited and BF&M Properties Limited, (including Scarborough Property Holdings Limited and Barr’s Bay Properties Limited).

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