Our favorite insurance technology-related blog posts from around the Web (August 2-8, 2009):Will Cloud Computing Kill the Data Center?

Intelligent Enterprise's David Linthicum addresses the notion of cloud computing as a data center killer. "There will always be some data, services, processes, and complete applications that you want to keep within your firewall for a number of reasons, including: compliance, privacy, fear, control, and cost," Linthicum writes. ---

Attacking Business Complexity

Celent's blog features a guest contributor this week, as John Boochever, who leads Oliver Wyman's Global practice focused on strategic IT and operational issues across financial sectors, discusses reducing business complexity. ---

An Aha Moment

AgencyPort continues to use its blog to provide us with an insider's perspective on vendor relationships with carriers or agencies. This time, Mason Power describes how the AgencyPort toolkit has helped it when providing a prospective customer with a proof of concept. ---