
Joe McKendrick
Dig In contributorJoe McKendrick is an author, consultant, blogger and frequent Digital Insurance contributor specializing in information technology.

Joe McKendrick is an author, consultant, blogger and frequent Digital Insurance contributor specializing in information technology.
Insurance companies are committing to technology-led expansion, unfortunately, particularly for IT hiring efforts, so is every other type of company.
What IDC's recent projections of cloud job growth mean for insurers.
Is crowdsourcing a legitimate, sustainable method of solving business problems?
Upcoming IPv6 Launch Day means a permanent switchover. Are all your systems ready?
New CIO survey reveals growing concern over who will be able to run back-end systems.
UK government compiles exhaustive list of open source alternatives to major software needs.
With cloud, you may simply improve your IT operations, or you may disrupt the entire industry.
Key considerations for building a truly social business, on the inside and outside.
A convergence of tech forces are creating a new norm for insurance companies.
LIMRA survey of 53 life insurers finds vast majority currently engaged in mobile activity directed at producers.
As insurers' IT infrastructures become more complex, EA provides a roadmap for technology investment decisions.
In light of the National Institute of Standards and Technology's recent release of cloud guidelines, here are six good reasons to go to cloud and four reasons to be cautious.
As analytics becomes a key competitive differentiator, the skills needed to manage stores of data are in high demand.
Business-minded as well as tech-savvy, this list points to the efficiencies and shortcuts that accompany the cloud.
IT professionals reporting major data breaches outline the ways executives become more engaged and supportive of data security efforts in the aftermath.
Amazon's recently unveiled NoSQL offering promises to pack a lot of capabilities into the cloud, but does this mean anything to insurers?
While others have spent millions and billions selling into the enterprise, Apple is almost as ubiquitous as Windows PCs in corporate offices without even trying to be.
New studies confirm many teenagers and 20-somethings prefer keyboards to dashboards.
The potential commoditization of insurance products means companies need to focus on self-service Web presences.
Insurance companies are now competing with start-ups and tech-savvy companies for a shrinking pool of IT talent.