Survey finds banking, financial services and insurance the top industry group requesting services, cited by 82 percent of service providers.

Global technology services firm acquires privately-held software provider to expand its presence in the mid-market.

User organizations are banding together to establish baseline for cloud data interactions.

Insurers will be challenged to make work on legacy systems as interesting and fulfilling as any social networking startup may be.

Without dirt-cheap storage, there would be no Big Data. And no cloud for that matter, either.

Undergoing a PAS replacement affects nearly everyone in the organization, as well as agents and insureds. As a result, organizational change management is essential.

Firm acquires São Paulo-based IT services firm to expand its footprint in Latin America.

Amid failures and breaches, public and private sector groups are at early stages of fending off breakdowns and hacks; existing standards often neglected.

Perr&Knight, a provider of insurance support services, will launch an insurance technology services arm next week, the company reports.

Insurance business process outsourcing market blossoms; driving costs out of the claims process.

The annual insurance technology conference saw shifting trends, but issues from the past remain a challenge.

Wipro will offer system integration services to Wyde's insurance clients and prospects.

On day two of the INN Newscast covering the 2011 ACORD LOMA Insurance Systems Forum, Shane McCullough, ACORD’s chief enterprise architect in charge of ACORD’s Framework initiative, shares how standards users can benefit from the Framework’s latest advancements.The INN Newscast team also takes a peek inside a couple of sessions that take a realistic look at the upside—and the downside—of emerging technologies.Finally, insurance carrier attendees identify their top technology initiatives for 2011.

Vertafore, BOLT Insurance Agency among companies recognized in annual ranking.

Relationship designed to bring BPO and business continuity services to small- to mid-sized P&C insurance carriers.

The 2011 ACORD/LOMA Systems Forum began Sunday with vendors concentrating on familiar themes, but also placing more emphasis on mobile tech than in previous years.

Insurance Networking News is proud to present its INN Newscast. This special video edition brings you exclusive coverage from day one of the 2011 ACORD LOMA Insurance Systems Forum in San Diego.Broadcast includes: • LOMA SVP Jeff Hasty discusses the life and annuity industry’s current challenges.• Monique Hesseling, head of personal lines/small commercial segment development for Zurich and the chairperson of the ACORD Standards Committee, breaks down the organizational changes at ACORD and what this means for insurers. • Attendees answer the question: Where within your own organization have you seen the most benefits from standards use? 

Cloud and mobile markets cause spike in open software, though barriers persist, a survey finds.

New report foresees double-digit growth in the use of business process outsourcing by insurers.

Improved economic conditions foster new interest in policy administration modernization projects by life carriers.