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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.
PolicyWriter Overview: Changing the Economics of P&C Insurance Policy Administration
[ Source: Adaptik Corporation ]
May 2010-
The Adaptik Challenge: Your insurance product. Our software. Six weeks. See how quickly PolicyWriter can help your business thrive. PolicyWriter fundamentally changes the economics of P&C insurance policy administration. Our rapid implementation gives you unprecedented competitive advantage.
ImageNow for Insurance: Speeding & Simplifying Line-of-Business and Administrative Processes
[ Source: Perceptive Software ]
March 2008-
This wide-reaching catalog illustrates how ImageNow meets the enterprise-wide needs of today’s insurance market. From claims processing to policy services to AP and HR, customers worldwide use ImageNow to speed and simplify line-of-business and administrative processes alike, and this booklet explains how.
ImageNow integrates with existing to deliver supporting documents – everything from policy applications to first notices of loss to invoices – with just a single click, directly from the software applications employees use daily. ...
Achieving Measurable Gains by Automating Claims Processing
[ Source: Kofax ]
December 2011-
For nearly all lines of personal and commercial insurance, reducing the cost of claims processing is key to profitability. Reducing cycle time, the elapsed time from opening a claim to its settlement, is key to customer satisfaction. Moving to a fully automated process is a goal for claims processing of nearly all insurance executives. Companies are at various levels of automation and often do not have an appropriate strategy to
achieve higher levels of automation. <...
HIPAA 5010 and ICD-10: The Road to Compliance
[ Source: Patni Computer Systems Limited ]
September 2009-
Healthcare payers and providers are facing two major compliance initiatives over the next couple of years: conversion from the HIPAA 4010 electronic transaction set to the 5010 set and conversion from ICD-9 codesets to ICD-10. These initiatives will impact nearly every core process, system and interface across the industry, and industry costs are expected to be in the billions of dollars. Although compared by pundits with the Y2K initiative, the twin HIPAA 5010 and ICD-10 conversion initiatives ...
Liquidity Risk Management - Good Practices for Broker Dealers
[ Source: Tata Consultancy Services Ltd ]
February 2009-
The paper deals with criticality of adherence to good liquidity management practices by broker dealers. Liquidity is essential to the viability of broker dealer firms. Any risk posed to the timely and cost-effective supply of liquidity can be disruptive in many ways. Therefore, it is crucial for broker dealers to devise and implement appropriate liquidity risk management practices and strive to create a risk sensitive culture across their organization.
Watch List Filtering Solution Considerations
[ Source: Bank of America ]
November 2008-
Watch list filtering solutions' primary requirement is to routinely scan current and prospective clients against a database (watch list) consisting of names, aka and address entries. This paper describes standard points which need to be considered to implement a watch list filtering solution and a high-level process flow. It does not matter whether a custom solution is built or a standard product is chosen.
Identify your most Profitable Customers with an Integrated Financial System - A UBM Whitepaper for Insurers
[ Source: Lawson Software ]
September 2009-
Identify your most profitable customers and areas of growth today. Find out how!
Competitive financial services firms and insurers are creating competitive advantage by accessing data in real time - rather than waiting until the end of the month or quarter - to enable them to make strategic decisions earlier and not miss out on lucrative opportunities.
Download this whitepaper to see how an integrated financial system draws upon real-time business ...
Data Loss Prevention White Paper
[ Source: CDW ]
February 2013-
The capital markets industry runs on sensitive information. From confidential customer data and payment card account numbers to sensitive financial analyses, the lifeblood of financial firms is their ability to protect secrets.
Many financial firms invest significant time and energy into identifying sensitive information. Still, many fall short in their ability to detect and control the unauthorized leakage of that information.
Data loss comes in many forms. These range from the malicious insider ...
The Best-of-Class Strategy Makes a Return in the Cloud Era
[ Source: UNIT4 CODA, Inc. ]
November 2012-
This report takes a look at UNIT4 and how the company's financial solution Coda Financials enables the financial executive to have a no-compromise approach to financial modeling and applications choice i.e. adding, keeping or changing business applications without losing control or increasing the risk of non-compliancy.
The Business Value of Great Communications: A Strategy Meets Action (SMA) Perspective
[ Source: Cincom Systems ]
December 2011-
The insurance industry sells promises - promises that are fulfilled by people. Unlike other industries that manufacture and deliver physical products, the value experienced by an insurance customer is a result of the interaction they have with the insurer, and the perception of how well the insurer has delivered on the promise of the insurance contract. For insurance companies, customer communications play a key role in shaping value.
The quality of customer communications ...
Overcoming the Dirty Data Problem
[ Source: Experian ]
October 2011-
Insurance is an industry of information and the manipulation of data. Contact data in particular is present in every database. This information critical to insurance operations as it affects risk assessment, policyholder communications and compliance.
But the difficulty of maintaining data is almost as prevalent as insurers having contact information in the first place. Because of the fluidity of information, insurers have a hard time keeping contact data clean and up to date. <...
Finding Solutions for Today's Challenges in the Insurance Industry
[ Source: IBM ]
May 2011-
All insurance companies are currently focused on similar issues: keeping up with customer demands, finding the right resources, and managing changes in compliance. Information and well-designed and integrated business processes are crucial to thrive in today's insurance industry.
This analyst white paper outlines the benefits possible for insurance companies in using IBM's System z platform and application software.
Six Ways to Reduce PCI Audit Scope Using Tokenization
[ Source: nuBridges ]
October 2010-
Enterprises are seeking ways to simplify and reduce the scope of the Payment Card Industry’s Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) compliance by shrinking the footprint where cardholder data is located throughout their organization. By reducing the scope, these enterprises can dramatically lower the cost and anxiety of PCI DSScompliance and significantly increase the chance of audit success.
Compliance with the PCI DSS is a combination of documented best practices and technology solutions ...
Insurance: Converging Customers, Cost Management and Compliance
[ Source: Kofax ]
February 2011-
As challenges always provide chances, the future looks good for the insurance industry as a whole. Companies that understand the new market dynamics and take a holistic approach to cost management, operational efficiency, customer value and risk management will come out as clear winners, driving income, profit and business growth. Globalization and today’s technologies are working in favor of those organizations.
Achieving Measurable Gains by Automating Claims Processing
[ Source: Kofax ]
December 2011-
For nearly all lines of personal and commercial insurance, reducing the cost of claims processing is key to profitability. Reducing cycle time, the elapsed time from opening a claim to its settlement, is key to customer satisfaction. Moving to a fully automated process is a goal for claims processing of nearly all insurance executives. Companies are at various levels of automation and often do not have an appropriate strategy to
achieve higher levels of automation. <...
Achieve Rapid ROI with Cincom Eloquence® for Document Automation
[ Source: Cincom Systems ]
November 2010-
“What Kind of Return Can We Expect on This Investment?”
It’s the question everyone has to face when they propose the purchase of a new technology solution. No matter what industry you’re in, you need to be able to demonstrate a significant return on investment (ROI) for the money you want to spend on new hardware, software, and services.
But ROI lives in the realm of the “bean counters”, ...
Medicare Secondary Payer Reporting Requirements: The Critical Role of Automated Controls and Continuous Monitoring
[ Source: Infogix ]
October 2010-
Important Points:
• Medicare Secondary Payer Act mandates insurance organizations to submit a report when a Medicare eligible beneficiary’s claim is fully or partially resolved during the applicable reporting period.
• Lack of reporting compliance may result in fines as high as $1,000 per day for each individual for whom information should have been reported.
• Insurance organizations continue to experience challenges to ensure the accuracy and completeness of reports due to the presence of multiple claims systems ...
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