Washington Federal Savings is a leading financial institution that provides mortgage and construction financing as well as savings and checking services. Given such metrics as its high returns and efficiency, the company was recently rated the top thrift in the U.S. by an independent financial analysis firm.
Washington Federal has been a long-time user of the HP Nonstop system. Using Pathway and RSC, the company has developed applications for managing customer loan information, accounting, and more.
When the company’s IT managers looked to simplify user access to Pathway screens, they turned to comForte and its JPath product. With JPath, users can access HP NonStop applications through an intuitive graphical user interface.
“After an extensive evaluation of the offerings available, we found comForte’s JPath was the perfect solution for us,” said Terry Permenter, Senior Vice President and Information Systems Manager.“ JPath allowed us to quickly refresh our Pathway screens with an intuitive interface that featured drop down lists, calendars, and other elements. We were able to make the user experience better, and in the process reduce training time and errors. Plus, we were able to accomplish all this with minimal changes to our existing programs.”
Given the sensitive nature of the financial transactions it conducts, Washington Federal’s staff found JPath’s SSL support to be another vital feature. With JPath, the team at Washington Federal is able to seamlessly encrypt all user transmissions, and guard against a range of threats.
In addition to JPath, Washington Federal also relies on these comForte products:
- CSL. The company migrated its Visual Basic applications from RSC to CSL, with minimal code changes. With CSL, Washington Federal is able to encrypt all transmissions between clients and NonStop Systems via SSL.
- SecurTN. Washington Federal uses SecurTN to encrypt Telnet transactions between users’ PCs and NonStop servers. SecurTN’s integrated authentication, access control, and encryption capabilities help Washington Federal gain sophisticated control over NonStop transactions.
“comForte products have been proven to be very robust in functionality, while requiring very little effort to install and maintain,” explained Terry Permenter, I.S. Manager. “comForte has helped us more effectively secure our environment and deliver an enriched user experience. As a result, our business can better safeguard our customers’ data, while our employees can be more productive.”
