However, the tight security at FutureLink set my mind at rest because applications and data remain on the server and never travel over the network. The company Founded over 50 years ago, the National Multiple Sclerosis Society is a philanthropic, non-profit organization with 140 regional offices distributed across the United States. The society supports research and provides programs for people with multiple sclerosis and their families, and is the largest voluntary health organization of its kind in the world. The challenge A mixed computing and application environment had caused difficulties in the society's financial reporting process. The society wanted to deploy a global financial application to all offices, in an effort to standardize the accounting process.
All local offices report financial information for each campaign to our home office.
Often these local offices have their own accounting systems which compel staff or volunteers to extract the information from their systems, reconfigure it and manually reenter the data onto a new spreadsheet. Our solution In an effort to work more efficiently, the society sought a new, more coordinated accounting system. Then, a task force comprised of home, office and chapter staff recommended the implementation of Epicor Software Corporation's Platinum ERA accounting solution. To deploy the application, the society's IT department sought an innovative approach to data management. The society selected FutureLink as their ASP, based on its reputation.