"UCT strongly supports the adoption of insurance industry standards such as ACORD XML," said Dan O'Hara, UCT principal and chief executive officer.

Mr. O'Hara said, "With DCA 3.0, our proven data conversion methodology remains unchanged, with the new administration systems realizing the value of converting the source data through the front-end of the target system; we take advantage of the business layer of the target system to populate the target database."

Mr. O'Hara added, "By including XML functionality, we have gained many additional usability features throughout DCA?capabilities that are extremely important to our clients. They will appreciate the additional editing and mapping features that DCA 3.0 affords them."

Besides XML processing, DCA 3.0 offers enhanced record definition and XML schema management, with the ability to view, download, and export record definitions and XML schemas; prototyping; advanced data analysis, balance/compare functionality, verification, and powerful error detection and correction capabilities, said UCT.

A robust reporting system provides summary and detail reports at every phase of the conversion effort, including balancing variances, the company added. The Web-enabled client-server design minimizes security concerns while making the conversion process accessible to team members anywhere, anytime.