Preparing CIOs for the Future of the IT PMO [ Source: Oracle ]

March 2013- In this whitepaper, learn about the benefits and challenges of getting an application rationalization effort started and implementing a strategic plan to quickly demonstrate results.

Changing the Rules of the Game: An Adaptive Approach to Core System Migrations [ Source: Oracle Insurance ]

January 2012- Improved speed to market, more competitive product offerings, better customer service - these are the advantages that come with replacing an aging policy administration system. So why do insurance companies still hesitate to undertake a replacement project? One reason is the risk involved in migrating from an old policy administration system to a new one. New ways of thinking about core system migrations, including data conversions, can help insurers reduce this risk and realize the ...

Venturing into iPads for efficiency [ Source: Citrix ]

March 2011- Leave employees to their own devices. Embrace non-traditional tablets and mobile devices, using Citrix desktop virtualization, and your traders, brokers, agents, employees—and IT—will thank you.

Your workers will get more done in client meetings and while on-site, using the latest technology of their choice, while IT effortlessly supports them without increasing device management responsibilities.

Embrace the iPad and other mobile computing devices to improve worker productivity and help them ...

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”, ...

Building Profitable Relationships in Insurance [ Source: Interactive Intelligence ]

July 2010- For insurers, CCM is the key to maximizing every customer interaction — to capture more information about that customer’s needs, make timely offers, and enhance the service experience. Read how CCM is most valuable when insurers take a holistic approach, which allows them to create enterprise-wide flows of information from all voice and data communications, and generate structured as well as unstructured data via a wide range of channels.

What Is Changing in the World of Insurance? [ Source: Wipro Technologies ]

April 2010- This whitepaper examines how the recent financial crisis has impacted the Insurance Industry. It also explores how the very building blocks of the industry or what it chooses to influence -- savings, consumptions, trade and relationships -- are changing. However, it is important to note that while some of the trends we will discuss may have started much earlier, the impact has become sharply visible as a consequence of the recent recession.

Leading-Edge Product Development Strategies to Improve Speed to Market [ Source: Infosys Technologies ]

June 2009- The insurance industry is going through a period of major change. Traditional products and markets are no longer providing growth opportunities. Carriers are forced to look outside their traditional products and markets for profitable growth. This is why it is important for insurance companies to understand the potential of leading-edge product development strategies to improve speed to market. With the aging of the baby boomer generation and their impending exodus from the workplace, there is ...

Virtual & Dynamic Infrastructure Strategy [ Source: Adaptivity Inc. ]

October 2008- The more tightly bound an application is to its underlying platform, the less capital efficiencies are realized. The IT waste associated with under utilized hardware resources has been clearly demonstrated, which in turn has spawned the creation of datacenter consolidation programs that devise ways to more tightly compress the application infrastructure footprint onto existing hardware resources.

Breaking the bonds that tie an application to an instance of an operating system and tie an ...

Next Generation Datacenter Transformation Strategy [ Source: Adaptivity Inc. ]

October 2008- Today’s IT organizations face a dual challenge of "keeping the lights on" while providing "new services" at unprecedented rates with reduced investment support from the business. At the same time the very business model of IT is changing —how applications, content, information, and infrastructure are delivered.

These demands and changes must account for the fact that external facing customer experience and corporate branding, as well as internal operational systems, depends heavily on ...

Dilithium Content Adapter [ Source: Dilithium Networks ]

June 2008- The Dilithium Content Adapter (DCA) is a high capacity and scalable software solution that automates the adaptation and delivery of multimedia content to the widest range of networks and devices. DCA’s unique patented audio and video technologies enable on-demand transcoding, transrating and trans-sizing of multimedia content. DCA provides an open API that allows the development of innovative value added services. With DCA, service providers, content owners and aggregators can deliver a differentiated, high quality ...

Face Fear to Implement the Right Software for Your Organization [ Source: Optical Image Technology, Inc. ]

March 2006- The biggest hindrance to implementing a new technology doesn’t lie in the bells and whistles the technology has or doesn’t have; it lies in the fear of change. The fact that companies aren’t doing more with technologies like document management has more to do with people than it does with the technology’s limitations or cost. Fear of change is a very real thing, and if technology isn’t chosen and implemented ...

Achieving Product Agility in the Insurance Market [ Source: Camilion Solutions, Inc ]

October 2007- How agile are you? Are process and technology bottlenecks preventing your products from reaching the market quickly? Read this white paper to learn how creating Product Agility accelerates your speed to market and gives you the competitive edge you need to succeed. This paper highlights the business value of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and outlines the seven major trends driving insurers to be "agile". It also includes a Product Agility Model, an iterative and pragmatic ...

Project Planning for Automation: Creating Vendor/Client Software Solutions Designed to Succeed [ Source: Optical Image Technology ]

August 2006- Anyone who has managed successful IT projects recognizes that their success depends on a well-defined and carefully followed project plan. Despite the call from many companies for management and staff to do their business better, cheaper, and yet faster, this mandate should never result in careless or substandard project planning. Quickly planned projects may save staff time and money initially, but in the end, the project will be poorer, more expensive (due to corrections to ...