Data and information management

Big data may be getting all of the hype right now, but its data warehousing platforms and analytics tools and applications that are racking up double-digit market growth, according to a new quarterly industry assessment from IDC.

While the adoption of mobile standards is rising fast, it is critical for strategy and development teams to discount the hype, take a comprehensive view of where mobile apps are currently and chart a direction that recognizes that fast changes in the mobile market are inevitable, according to the “Mobile Strategies: State of Mobile Apps 2012” survey, from MGI Research.

Progressive touts an expansive set of data as underpinnings for more accurate, discounted rates, expands usage-based insurance offer.

Pinnacle to supplement BMS' analytics offering with predictive modeling analyses and support.

Some suggestions for seeking growth and profitability by matching external data sources with existing internal sources.

New version designed to offer captive premium payment tracking for both locally, centrally invoiced insurance programs.

Deloitte survey also finds risks not continuously monitored at most firms despite available automation; most intend to revamp risk management within 12 months.

With wide-spread use just around the corner, hundreds of IT and business professionals nearly unanimously affirm the effectiveness of BI.

RIMS benchmark survey also finds property insurance coverage leads increase.

Public, private cloud resources designed to improve effectiveness of system engineering and professional service teams.

Despite excitement surrounding the topic, lack of expertise and understanding regarding big data analytics tools are holding back its potential.

Reporting functionality, recommendation management and workflow management tools are just three of the elements Novarica says are critical to loss control systems.

GlobalOptions will prepare AIC’s fraud compliance reporting, conduct fraud training programs as well as the investigation and identification of suspected fraudulent insurance activities.

Insurer introduces new cyberliability insurance product and will partner with NetDiligence, a provider of post-incident services.

The research firm cut back its expected increase in overall enterprise application spending for this year to 4.5 percent, down half a percentage point from its outlook for the year in Q1 2012. That near-term reduction still amounts to $120.4 billion spent in the business software and solutions marketplace, up from 2011’s total of $115.2 billion in 2011, Gartner stated.

Enterprise content management firm to partner with Volly for the integration of its Digital Mail Gateway software.

Rebranded and updated CyberEdge product attempts to stay on top of risk trends, such as cloud computing resources.

Second annual StoneRiver survey indicates a lack of enterprise risk management, readiness for changing regulatory climate.

In the report, entitled “Data Agility: Turning a Liability into an Asset,” Tabb assesses spending and implementation plans at financial firms, and their ramifications with enterprise information sharing and distribution. Tabb found that spending on internal resources will drop to 39 percent of the overall IT budget by 2014, reflecting a 5-percent decline from 2012 and a 27 percent decrease since 2000.

Vendors are beginning to prepare for the growing demand for enterprisewide social CRM.