Joe McKendrick

The rise of Big Data means demand for new analytical and IT skills. Are insurers ready to compete with other industries for this talent?

Advice from more than 1,100 executives on what it takes to satisfy business needs while taking advantage of in-house talent, big data resources.

New survey outlines the core roles mainframes are assuming within emerging private cloud and big data projects—as well as the challenges of this new role.

Here's why selectivity, modeling, trust, IT support and education are essential to reaping big data's value.

Will touchscreens offering rapid access to new enterprise apps become the norm for insurance carriers?

Here's why cloud security liability should follow the model established by the scenarios of ultimate responsibility from car accidents.

Every insurer wants to join the app parade, but is it worth the trouble?

Despite the fact that social capabilities have been talked about for years, many companies struggle with enterprise integration.

The insurance industry relies on mainframes, but who will be running them?

As insurers turn to big data for answers, Oracle offers up six tips for easy integration.

The drive for greater IT efficiency is delivering green data centers as a byproduct.

Amidst the security headaches, the technology that comes along with BYOD holds new possibilities for insurers.

Recent studies place insurers in the middle of the pack in terms of social networking adoption, but are they getting enough out of it?

Examples of insurance data breaches point to just how common they are, and what usually causes them—internal abuse and mistakes.

There will continue to be gaps in analytic findings, to fill those gaps, insurers need to keep investing in the most powerful analytics system on the planet—their agent networks.

Data and cloud continue to pave the way to profitable initiatives such as telematics and customer management.

New survey finds corporate leaders lack 'digital literacy' – and this holds back growth.

A recent survey points to a dramatic increase in confidence surrounding cloud storage, but a couple unique challenges persist. Here's how to mitigate them.

Much of the difficult work of cloud has already been sorted out in SOA. Unfortunately, SOA is often misunderstood.

Insurers, more so than companies in other industries, are now data companies that need to adjust IT talent and operations as soon as possible.