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Legacy IT holding back insurers
Insight perspective Analyst at U.K. insurer Celent explains what CIOs of firms weighed down by legacy systems, can do to update their organization.
Tags: Mainframes, Business applications, IT Governance, Insurance Company, M&A, legacy system, COBOL, Celent, Catherine Stagg-Macey, CIO
Do mobile technologies make us too connected?
Insight It aids productivity, but what about downtime from work?
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Mobile platforms
PlanetRX nabs managed care services deal
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IBM earmarks US$100M for mobile research
News It will invest US$100 million over the next five years in a drive to develop new mobile services for the enterprise and emerging markets.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Insurance Company, IBM Corp., Mobile, GPS, analytics, Emerging Market, Mobility, scientist, Mobile/Wireless
Facebook fights Virginia's demand for user data, photos
News The state of Virginia has abandoned its US$200-a-day-fine aimed at forcing Facebook to divulge the complete contents of a user's account to settle a dispute over workers' compensation, narrowly avoiding a high-profile privacy battle in federal court.
Tags: Web 2.0, Insurance Company, User Data, attorney, Compensation, Virginia, photograph, accident, Facebook, Web 2.0
Patient privacy in peril?
News New U.S. legislation urging doctors and hospitals to keep electronic, rather than paper, health records may not go far enough in shielding sensitive information.
Tags: Privacy, Insurance Company, Record, Privacy, medical record, public health, electronic health record, insurance, Washington, health insurance
Intel files US$50M suit against insurance firm
News Lawsuit follows American Guarantee and Liability Insurance's failure to pay for Intel's legal defense related to antitrust lawsuits.
Tags: Antitrust, Lawsuits, Mobile processors, Processors, Insurance Company, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Chip, Chip Company, Lawsuit
A melamine look at sticking with strict liability
Blogs Amid the tainted melamine milk product scandal in China, fingers are pointing in all directions and soon the knives will...
Medical supplies for a pandemic
Blogs What supplies should you acquire to prepare your office for an epidemic of mutated avian influenza? The same supplies...
Tags: Business security, Business Strategies & Functions, Business planning
IBM defends its Big Iron
News Mainframe computer sales are sliding, but Big Blue appoints a new manager to keep the powerful machines relevant with new software.
Tags: Personal Computers, Mainframe, IBM Corp., computer, programming language, revenue, analyst, Personal Computers
Asia earthquakes heighten BCP need
Blogs It's hard not to notice the earthquake risk around the Pacific Rim these days. I'm not sure if the risk is actually high...
BCP's Holy Grail
Blogs If your insurance company offered a reduced premium for having a BCP, would that get your CFO's attention? Of course...
Short Take: CA powers Aetna's e-business for five years
News Aetna Universal Insurance Bhd signed an e-business technology partnership on Monday with Computer Associates (M) Sdn Bhd (CA) to power its e-business capabilities for the next five years, according to a report in a daily today.
IBM nabs Linux deal in Korea
News Following a string open-source wins announced earlier in the U.S., IBM has deployed a Linux-based Internet banking system in Korea.
Palm VII offers Prudential services
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