All ASC products are available via the web, hosted by ASC. These FAQs cover the details of ASC’s hosted solutions.
Web Access Description
Web Access Products
Web-Based Hosting
Web-based applications run entirely within a web browser. For applications that don’t require intensive calculations, this hosting model typically doesn’t impact speed or functionality.
ASC’s web-based Document Generation and Management (DGEM) platform houses several ASC products including ASC Plan Documents, 5500s, Plan Sponsor Connect, Custom Admin Docs and Client & Task Tracking System (CATTS) CRM. These products are well-suited for a web browser-based solution due to their lower processing demands.
Web-Access Application Streaming
Application streaming is ideal for computationally intensive software, such as ASC’s Valuation and Compliance Testing products including automation modules such as Single Step Processing (SSP) and Money Manager Link (MML)
SSP allows TPAs to batch-run an unlimited number of tests or tasks simultaneously, achieving the processing power and speed that typically cannot be achieved, or reliably achieved, in web browser based applications.
Unlike web-based hosting accessed through a browser, there are less volume or usage restrictions. With ASC Val Web-Access products, TPAs can batch-run as many tests or tasks as needed without sacrificing speed or encountering batch limits.
A key benefit of ASC Val Web-Access via application streaming is that existing ASC Valuation and Compliance Testing clients experience the same familiar ASC products, just without their own server. The transition to Web-Access is seamless for existing ASC Val clients using a premises-based system.
For more information about Web-Based versus Application Streaming in general, please see our comparison document: Web-Based Applications vs. Application Streaming: A Comparison
Integration/Data Sharing Between ASC Products
Val Web-Access System Transition
The transition, whether from a premises-based version to the web-access version or vice versa, is virtually seamless. The DC/401k, DB, and Compliance Testing products are identical regardless of whether ASC or your organization hosts them. You’ll be using the same system.
The ASC Support Team will guide you through the migration process. The migration process involved two steps: the first is to transfer the client’s plan and participant data to ASC’s server. The time involved in this step directly correlates with the amount of data (plans and participants) a client has, and the speed of the client’s internet connection. In general, we estimate this will take less than 1 working day. Once the data is on ASC’s server, the actual ASC Val migration is typically less than 1 hour.
Because the Val System is the same, there is no conversion process, training or change in how you process plans.
To switch to the web-access version or vice versa, contact sales@asc-net.com. Our product experts will be happy to assist you.
Information for Your IT Team
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