Hardware and software

Infrastructure- and platform-as-a-service offerings give a big boost to carriers' customer portal and analytics initiatives, Novarica survey finds.

The P&C carrier has found that IT infrastructure investments allow it to support new sources of data, like drones and smarthome devices.

The growth in digital transformation efforts is driving the need for more CDOs. Forrester Research looks at how strategy, governance and execution separate the best from the rest.

Software and application developers were cited as the number one most in-demand job role by employers last month, according to the latest BLS numbers.

Insurers including AIG, Travelers, Liberty Mutual and CNA have announced new staff in roles that will drive tech innovation throughout the year.

Worldwide IT spending will reach $3.7 trillion this year, with the primary drivers of growth being projects in digital business, blockchain, the IoT, machine learning and artificial intelligence.

Three-fifths of carrier respondents to a survey say that they are increasing use of cloud as part of larger platform modernization.

Software and services will predominate as technology budgets rise almost six percent.

When moving away from familiar systems and deploying something new, a failure to plan properly could be disastrous.

Fewer than half of programmers are confident in the code they write and run, with 60 percent lacking confidence in the security of their applications, says Joe McCann.