Vendors Play Catch-Up to Allied

Houston-based Allied Home Mortgage Capital Corp. has used proprietary extensions to its technology tools to accommodate an ever-changing mortgage market, Allied chief information officer David Langston told the recent 7th Annual Mortgage EC Conference in Las Vegas.Allied, the largest broker/banker in the country, runs many technology applications, and Mr. Langston contended that the tools used by Allied aren't updated fast enough to allow such a large company to operate efficiently. As a result, Allied has created proprietary extensions to Del Mar Database's DataTrac product to allow for the bundling of services and to its LOS Calyx Point to allow it to operate in a centralized fashion. Since the updates were made, Calyx has released a comparable product and Del Mar will take advantage of its parent company, Fiserv, to offer bundled services with version 8.0. Mr. Langston reported that Allied will evaluate both upgrades to see which better fits the company's needs, the proprietary extensions or the product enhancements from Calyx and Del Mar. Allied can be found online at http://www.mortgageasap.com.