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I nt egr aCent r oswi l lhel pcr eat eamor e Capi t a’ sf i nanci almanagementsof t seaml essi nt er f acewi t hot her war e,I nt egr aCent r os,asof t t hi r dpar t ysof t war esol ut i onst oi nwar easaser vi ce( SaaS)sol ut i on,wi l l cr easeoper at i onalef f i ci ency .I twi l l suppor tt hecounci l ’ sf i nanceoper aal soenabl et hecounci lt ot akeadvant i onsi ncl udi ngmanagi ngi t sgener al t ageofemer gi ngsol ut i onssuchasr oandpur chasel edger s,j obbi l l i ngand bot i csandaut omat i on. cost i ngf unct i ons,andassetmanage ment . AndyHaml yn,managi ngdi r ect or , Capi t aOne,sai d:“ Thi scont r actwi t h I nt egr aCent r oswi l lunder pi nt hecoun- Dumf r i esandGal l owayi sbasedon ci l ’ sf i nanceoper at i onsbypr ovi di ng ourdi gi t alexper t i seandsof t war ecaaccesst oi t scor ef i nancet eam.I twi l l pabi l i t i es,buti tal soshowsour al soenabl eot herempl oyeeswhoar e st r engt hi nsuppor t i ngl ocalgover ni nvol vedi nr equest i ng,pur chasi ng,r e- ment .Wel ookf or war dt owor ki ng cei vi ng,payi ngf orandaccount i ngf or cl osel ywi t ht hecounci l ’ st eam and goodsandser vi ces,t ouset he bei ngpar toft hei rdi gi t alt r ansf or masyst em.Thi swi l lsuppor tt hecounci l ’ s t i onj our ney . ” wi derser vi cedel i ver yt ot hecommuni t y . JamesPocock,busi nesssol ut i ons manager ,Dumf r i esandGal l oway Capi t a’ sSaaSappl i cat i onsar ebui l t Counci l ,sai d:“ Wear econst ant l yl ooki nt oMi cr osof tAzur e,asecur epubl i c i ngatnewandi nnovat i vewayson cl oudser vi ce.Oncet hedat ai smi gr at - howwecani mpr oveourser vi cest o edt ot henewcl oudsyst em,anyup- ourcommuni t i es.Movi ngourf i nanci al gr adesandf i xeswi l lbeabl et obe managementser vi cest ot hecl oudwi l l doner emot el yandoutofhour s.Addi - enabl eourdi gi t alser vi cesandadmi nt i onal l y ,movi ngt ot hecl oudmeans i st r at i vecol l eaguest of ocusonval t hatt hecounci lwi l lbeabl et oavoi d ueaddedt asksandhel pt hecounci l cost l yI Tequi pmentr epl acement sf or oper at emor eef f i ci ent l y t heonpr emi sesyst em aswel las mai nt enanceofi t sdat acent r e.

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Suppor t i ngPubl i cHeal t h,Nur si ng&Soci alCar e

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