Visual Fusion Performance Lauded in Case Study on Rapattoni Corporation
Written by IDV Solutions
14 July 2009
Lansing, MI, July 14, 2009 – Visual Fusion, the geospatial mashup platform from IDV Solutions, receives high marks for performance and features from the Rapattoni Corporation, whose experience in building an application with the software is the subject of a new case study.
Rapattoni, a leading provider of software to real estate Multiple Listing Services, was able to reduce costs and offer its clients new productivity-enhancing features, according to the case study published to the IDV Solutions website.
"We had some high expectations for our new mapping solution," explained Stan Marriott, GIS/Parcel Mapping manager for Rapattoni. "What we were looking for was for Visual Fusion to become the backbone of what was going to be a very complex Web-based application. We met or exceeded all our performance goals."
The application that Rapattoni created with Visual Fusion layers property listing data over online maps; it allows real estate professionals across the country to search for and display the locations of properties for sale that match specific criteria. It also incorporates county tax data, sales histories, and school district boundaries, offering new information layers to real estate professionals as they navigate the map.
Superior responsiveness and the ability to integrate large data sets won Rapattoni's praise, as did new features, like the option to plot a personalized route for showing properties. Additionally, this Visual Fusion application allows individual customers to benefit from a personalized experience. Rapattoni is able to configure custom text displays and other features for each Multiple Listing Service that it serves. The new application was developed, tested, and deployed to production within six months.
The full case study is available online.
About IDV Solutions
IDV Solutions is an enterprise software company committed to helping Global 2000 and government organizations make their information more accessible, understandable, and contextual. Their suite of products, Visual Fusion, forms an enterprise mashup platform for creating interactive, visual applications utilizing the power of SharePoint. This software empowers everyone in an organization to create interactive, geospatial mashups from unlimited sources of data. It provides a streamlined platform for building Enterprise 2.0 apps that drive agility, collaboration, and insight. Contact IDV Solutions at http://www.idvsolutions.com.
About Rapattoni Corporation
Rapattoni Corporation is a national leader in software for real estate associations and multiple listing services . Rapattoni MLS systems power more than 100 multiple listing services around the country, serving over a quarter million real estate professionals. Rapattoni's association-management customers represent more than 85% of the membership of the National Association of Realtors®. Located in Simi Valley, California, the company has been serving the real estate industry under the same name and management since 1970.
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