Agoura Hills, CA — Appulate and Tropics Software Technologies (www.GoTropics.com) announced today the formation of a new partnership arrangement. This partnership will provide an integrated solution allowing Tropics customers to have access to Appulate’s retail agency data bridge, “Uplink”. Uplink will bridge ACORD data from agency management systems into Tropics’ agency web portal, reducing internal data entry and expediting the submission process for retail agents. The two companies plan to complete their integration by the end of October.