Value Proposition
Interstate Software as a Service is one of the State’s newest initiatives, helping IOT and our partner agencies determine if an application they have designed can be leased to other states across the country. This helps the Indiana generate revenue from niche ‘full stack’ applications that can fit the needs of other states seeking similar solutions.
Testimonial
“Working with Indiana has been even more successful than we had expected; the Illinois Racing Board has been using the HRMS successfully for over a year, and we are very pleased with the results.”
-Dominic DiCera, Illinois Racing Board Executive Director
Case Study
Horse racing is a significant economic driver across more than two dozen states. The Indiana Horse Racing Commission (IHRC) engaged the Indiana Office of Technology (IOT) to create an online licensing portal (Horse Racing Management System - HRMS) to better manage all aspects of horse racing regulation – including tracking purse awards and other financial data, documenting equine-specific information, and processing license applications online.
Through a connection with a former Illinois Racing Board (IRB) associate, Illinois learned about Indiana’s new HRMS system and reached out. Illinois’ dos-based, old, inefficient, green screen system needed to modernize quickly. This was the first step toward the State of Indiana offering software-as-a-service.
With a new system installed next door, the IRB in 2020 engaged IOT to create a cloud-hosted adaptation of the HRMS to allow Illinois’ staff to transition off their decades-old parimutuel information tracking system (PITS) system and create a safer, faster way to license Illinois racing participants and their associated persons and horses.
With the project underway during the pandemic, the teams were forced to work entirely remotely. Despite this hurdle, the IOT team delivered a Phase 1 product to Illinois just in time for the 2022 racing season.
