Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Dallas-based Tyler Technologies snags $6.3 million contract with Fort Worth ISD

By Pegasus News wire

DALLAS — Tyler Technologies, Inc. announced today it has signed a contract with the Fort Worth Independent School District (ISD) in Texas to provide its MUNIS financial management software solution and related professional services. The three-year Application Service Provider (ASP) agreement, which is valued at nearly $6.3 million, includes a full suite of Tyler’s MUNIS financial applications, as well as human resources, revenues and integrated solutions.

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According to Ronald M. Wilson, Chief Financial Officer for the Fort Worth ISD, Tyler’s ability to provide a comprehensive business solution was key to the District’s decision to purchase the MUNIS Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software. “The Fort Worth Independent School District chose Tyler’s MUNIS software because it provides integrated, feature-rich solutions for our Business and Human Resource areas. Additionally, the ASP option will simplify the implementation and make it easier for us to add capacity. More importantly, MUNIS will allow the Fort Worth ISD to achieve the strategic goal of increased efficiency. Improving efficiency means we can return more resources to the classroom, and improving education is really the bottom line,” he explained.

The Fort Worth ISD educates approximately 80,200 students from grades pre-K through 12 at 131 schools, making it the 36th largest school district in the nation by student population. With a population of over 624,000, Fort Worth is the fifth largest city in Texas and the 19th largest in the United States.

Source: Tyler Technologies

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