Streamlining Investment Portfolio Management and Control
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BPM for Dummies
[ Source: IBM ]
August 2012-
Unleash the power of technology as a competitive advantage! Learn how your entire enterprise can become far more agile, helping you meet your goals with Business Process Management (BPM).
Download Business Process Management For Dummies, IBM Limited Edition, now and learn how BPM creates value through growth, improved performance, better productivity, higher staff effectiveness, and better customer service.
You discover why changing to BPM now makes sense for your organization, how ...
How To Build a Mission-Critical Data Center
[ Source: HP ]
May 2012-
Infrastructures must be able to quickly and cost-effectively adapt to evolving needs. Unfortunately, many companies cannot achieve this response with their current data center network architectures. The traditional three-tier model of access, aggregation, and core switching is an operational nightmare.
This white paper unveils a solution that streamlines the design of next-generation data centers to ensure the superior resiliency, performance, and agility that enterprise networks now require.
Sponsored by:<...
Avoiding the 8 Common Mistakes of Windows 7 Migration
[ Source: Dell/Microsoft ]
September 2011-
The recession put important things on hold for many organizations, like upgrading to new client systems. Now organizations such as yours are ready to upgrade and gain from better performance and efficiency by purchasing new laptops and notebooks with Windows 7 factory-installed.
Before you move dozens - or hundreds - of important business applications into a new environment, find out how other organizations tackled this challenge.
Download "Avoiding the 8 common mistakes of ...
Accountable Care and the Cloud: The Future of Medical IT
[ Source: Siemens ]
July 2011-
In this podcast, Dan Emig and David M. Hamilton of Siemens Medical explain how the cloud can help healthcare providers significantly improve business performance by shifting allocation of their limited budget and human resources away from lower-value back-office operations in favor of higher-value clinical and patient-facing services.
The cloud does this by 1) allowing healthcare IT organizations to leverage the economies of scale offered by shared, on-demand infrastructure and 2) providing turnkey access to state-of-the-art ...
Advanced Malware Exposed
[ Source: FireEye ]
May 2011-
This handbook shines a light on the dark corners of advanced malware, both to educate as well as to spark renewed efforts against these stealthy and persistent threats. By understanding the tools being used by criminals, we can better defend our nations, our critical infrastructures and our citizens. The "Operation Aurora" incident represents an example of how the threats have escalated, revealing how advanced malware is being used in a systematic, coordinated fashion to achieve ...
Creating a Timeline for Deploying Windows 7 and Eliminating Windows XP
[ Source: Dell/Microsoft ]
February 2012-
Windows XP support ends April 8, 2014. Therefore, organizations must decide when to begin their migration to Windows 7, set a target date to have Windows XP out and define the scope of the project.
This research paper reviews Gartner's key findings and recommendations for deploying Windows 7.
CISO Guide to Next Generation Threats
[ Source: FireEye ]
May 2011-
Over 95% of businesses unknowingly host compromised endpoints, despite their use of firewalls, intrusion prevention systems (IPS), antivirus and web gateways. This situation-the new status quo-results from criminals leveraging multiple zero-day vulnerabilities, commercial-quality toolkits and social media to perpetrate next-generation threats. These threats move "low and slow" and use several stages and channels to duck traditional defenses and find vulnerable systems and sensitive data.
Read this paper and learn how to regain the upper ...
8 Things That Could Affect Your Business IT Security In The Next Two Hours
[ Source: NETGEAR ]
August 2011-
Discover the secrets over-priced security consultants don't want you to know. Network security is not just about preventing a breach, it's about making every working day as productive as possible by preventing external threats.
Where should you start? Download this security brief and NETGEAR will show you the 8 things to do to improve your security posture right now.
Gartner Magic Quadrant for Enterprise LAN
[ Source: HP ]
May 2011-
Major LAN purchases and upgrades should not take place without a full competitive review. This Gartner Magic Quadrant reviews the strengths and weaknesses of the major players; including, Alcatel-Lucent, Avaya, Cisco, Extreme Networks, HP and Juniper Networks.
Taking Policy Administration System Transformation 'One Bite at a Time'
[ Source: Diamond Management & Technology Consultants ]
April 2008-
Most insurance carriers are placing policy administration system (PAS) transformation near the top of their to-do lists for the coming year, and many of these companies will expect a dramatic change in business results by moving PAS to the forefront of daily business operations. However, it is critical that carriers do not underestimate the operational challenges associated with replacing an existing PAS platform, because it will require changes to nearly every business process and technical ...
CSC's Java-based POINT IN J - End-to-End Policy Administration
[ Source: CSC ]
October 2008-
Long thought of as the 800 lb. gorilla in property and casualty insurance systems, CSC has demonstrated that it is a fast moving and agile 800 lb. gorilla. POINT IN J, introduced during Connect 2008, is CSC's Java-based end-to-end policy administration system that runs on Sun Microsystem’s Solaris operating system and Sun hardware. POINT IN J takes advantage of technologies not typically seen in the insurance industry and will appeal to both legacy insurers and new entrants ...
How Leading IT Executives Cut Costs
[ Source: CAST ]
May 2009-
CAST recently caught up with Kelly Cannon, former Vice President, Shared Application Services at Kaiser Permanente, one of the largest health care insurers in the U.S. Kelly tells us about the current state of IT in the insurance sector, and how senior IT executives are responding to the tough economic conditions by rapidly delivering business benefits.
Key Topics
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• How IT is transforming the insurance value chain
• How to identify ...
Is Your Claims Management System Falling Short of Expectations?
[ Source: Trillium Software ]
February 2013-
After investing millions of dollars and countless hours over multiple years to implement, is your claims management system providing the information and analytical capabilities that you need?
By analyzing adjuster notes and content in electronic documents - the 50%+ of information that is often overlooked by a claims management system - you can gain unprecedented insight into your claims operations.
Read this paper and learn how to leverage this information to reduce ...
Time for Action: Leveraging Untapped Claims Data Sources to Lower Workers' Compensation Costs
[ Source: Trillium Software ]
February 2013-
Why are you making decisions with information based on only 50% of data available in your workers' compensation claim files?
Read our white paper and learn how to automatically pinpoint indicators for drug abuse, obesity, malingerers and other red flags across all of your adjuster notes and free form text fields.
Reduce costs by identifying people pre-disposed to
longer-than-needed recovery periods
Enhance client satisfaction by speeding return-to-work
cycles
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10 Things Most Vendors Won't Tell You About Modernization
[ Source: CSC ]
January 2012-
Most insurance carriers are facing the same challenge: aging, complex IT systems that are costly to maintain and too inflexible to support new business initiatives. But how can large organizations with major legacy baggage effectively assess all challenges and all options to develop a crystal clear modernization approach?
Read this paper to learn 10 different approaches that IT organizations can use individually or in various combinations to achieve their modernization goals.
Building Effective Business and IT Operations in a New Economy
[ Source: CSC ]
January 2012-
New modernization opportunities can help insurers cost-effectively transform existing technology and reduce operational costs with minimal risk. Read about four key modernization strategies that will help you retain business, grow market share and improve profitability:
• Process Innovation
• Operational intelligence
• System modernization
• Multisourcing
See what CSC has seen work in the insurance industry, and draw on the authors' real-world experience, as well as customer insights.
Text Terminals, Thin Clients or PCs? Six Arguments in Favor of Choosing Text Terminals When Adding or Replacing Desktops
[ Source: Boundless Technologies ]
August 2010-
The text terminal is alive and well in thriving organizations –- from giant banks to local credit unions. As these businesses grow and expand, they frequently need to add desktops to support more users. IT managers may be asked to justify their decision to stay with text terminals rather than “upgrading” to thin clients or personal computers with terminal emulation. This justification is simple when one looks at the significant advantages that text terminals offer: ...
Core Mission: Solving the Core Systems Transformation Puzzle
[ Source: TechWeb, the Global Leader in Business Technology Media ]
June 2009-
New financial services realities demand enhanced core functionality around risk, regulatory compliance and customer retention. To meet these demands while coping with a continuing global financial crisis and maximize the return on their technology investments, many banks are taking a phased approach to implementing new core capabilities. Three articles explore how some financial services firms are addressing their core systems issues:
-- A Return to Core Values: Amid an economic downturn that is only beginning ...
How Leading IT Executives Cut Costs
[ Source: CAST ]
May 2009-
CAST recently caught up with Kelly Cannon, former Vice President, Shared Application Services at Kaiser Permanente, one of the largest health care insurers in the U.S. Kelly tells us about the current state of IT in the insurance sector, and how senior IT executives are responding to the tough economic conditions by rapidly delivering business benefits.
Key Topics
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• How IT is transforming the insurance value chain
• How to identify ...
A Business Case for a Modern Claims System: Leaving a Legacy of Problems Behind
[ Source: Bluewave Technology ]
October 2008-
“A Business Case for a Modern Claims System” looks at the underlying issues of legacy systems, particularly claims management. Options for dealing with the handicap of a legacy system are offered by examining the benefits and disadvantages of each strategy, ultimately setting forth a business case for legacy replacement.
CSC's Java-based POINT IN J - End-to-End Policy Administration
[ Source: CSC ]
October 2008-
Long thought of as the 800 lb. gorilla in property and casualty insurance systems, CSC has demonstrated that it is a fast moving and agile 800 lb. gorilla. POINT IN J, introduced during Connect 2008, is CSC's Java-based end-to-end policy administration system that runs on Sun Microsystem’s Solaris operating system and Sun hardware. POINT IN J takes advantage of technologies not typically seen in the insurance industry and will appeal to both legacy insurers and new entrants ...
The Main Street America Group Realizes Significant Business Benefits with WAUSAU Financial Systems and Progress
[ Source: WAUSAU Financial Systems ]
July 2008-
Customer case study, profiling The Main Street America Group, that discusses significant business benefits realized with technology from WAUSAU Financial Systems and our partner, Progress Software.
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