Data and information management

Gartner forecast: 2011 spending grows to $98B, topping 2008 record levels within 4 years.

Guidelines asking for disclosure of cyber-attacks aren’t backed by regulation or mandate, so why should an insurer willingly shoot itself in the foot?

INN reports from the CIO Insurance Summit: As technology advances and consumer expectations shift, insurance CIOs need to architect for a free flow of information.

Following a huge breach of protected health information from TRICARE, the insurer for the military health system, a lawsuit seeking class action status for 4.9 million affected individuals has been filed.

SEC Wants Cyber Attack Reports

While attending Vertafore's Connection Conference in Atlanta, Donald Lawson, senior software engineer, walks INN through the company's venture into virtualization.

Health information exchanges, combined with the implementation of mobile accessibility, pose a daunting data security threat.

CSC Extends Admin Suite to Microsoft Platform

Financial Stability Oversight Council issues a set of five thresholds that will help determine which non-bank institutions will come under the purview of the Federal Reserve.

Cloud Still Nascent as Data Center Outsourcing to Reach $8b

New report examines how insurers can employ data from social media sites in claims and underwriting.

Bolstered risk management for one, vastly improved consulting and analytic capabilities for the other; both parties walk away from bargaining table satisfied.

New report examines how insurers can employ increasingly robust geospatial systems to competitive advantage.

Actually, there are four methods that are still to be considered by insurers when replacing a system...

Novarica’s most recent survey of insurance technology execs reveals increasing budgets and persistent modernization ambitions.

business and information technology

There’s no question that solid state drives cost more than their magnetic counterparts, but do the costs still outweigh the benefits?

2011 IT Outsourcing Spend Flattens

Electronic medical records are being hailed as a way to save money, but they're also making it easier to commit fraud; text analytics and sophisticated data mining software can help stop it.

Only 22 percent of information managers say business side is aware and prepared for threats, according to new survey.