- Barnstable - Browntech - county
- Berkshire Middle - ACS - state
- Berkshire North - ACS - state
- Berkshire South - ACS - state
- Bristol Fall River - ACS - county
- Bristol North - ACS - county
- Bristol South - ACS - county
- Dukes - ACS - county
- Essex North - Browntech - state
- Essex South - in-house system - state
- Franklin - ACS - state
- Hampden - Browntech - state
- Hampshire - ACS - state
- Middlesex North - ACS - state
- Middlesex South - ACS - state
- Nantucket - ACS - county
- Norfolk - Browntech - county
- Plymouth - ACS - county
- Suffolk - ACS - state
- Worcester - ACS - state
- Worcester North - Browntech - state
ACS v Browntech, 15 use ACS, 5 use Browntech, and 1 uses an in-house system
Of the 13 state registries, 9 use ACS; 3 use Browntech, and 1 uses an in-house system.
Of the 7 county registries, 5 use ACS and 2 use Browntech.
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Interesting that, even though the search for a new computer system was apparently nationwide, both Browntech and ACS are local / Massachusetts companies?
Is that true - and is that just an odd coincidence?
ACS was based in Dallas, Texas when it was selected as the registry computer vendor back in 2002. The other finalists at that time as I recall included Hart Datasystems, also of Texas; and Eagle Computing, which was based in Colorado. I think there was at least one other, but I don't recall its name although I know it was not a Massachusetts-based company. I don't believe Browntech was a finalist in that selection process.
I was part of the selection team. As part of the process, we traveled to registries of deeds in Chicago, Philadelphia, Wilmington (Delaware), and Charlotte (North Carolina). Based on submissions by the finalists, a two-day vendor demonstration day here in Massachusetts, and the site visits we took, we selected ACS as the "target replacement system."
But an element of that decision was that if existing computer systems in other registries still worked satisfactorily, those registries could retain those systems until they needed replacement. At the time ACS was selected, Browntech had existing installations in the registries in Barnstable, Fitchburg, and Springfield. Because the Browntech system was functioning well, it was retained in those offices and continues in use today. The Browntech system was subsequently installed in Norfolk (which was a Norfolk County decision) and in Lawrence (which was a Secretary of State decision).
Thank you. Very interesting! I wish it was all one system. Lol.
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