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New Product News – September 9, 2010

News about new and recently released products from TransWare, Informatica, EMC and more

Is This Sustainable?

Reliance on information technology will only keep growing, and the need for managers and professionals that know how to employ technology to increase business value will only keep growing as well. The answer is that growth with skeletal workforces isn't sustainable

Skinning the Life Legacy Cat

The financial crisis gave pause to many technology investment plans, but 2010 has seen vigorous interest in core system replacement in the general insurance industry. But a perennial problem of poor back office systems remains

Weighing the Risks of Cloud Computing

As we head into the fall, Wall Street is buzzing about cloud computing. But there are still risks, experts warn

Symantec Combines Cloud Storage With Data Deduplication

Cloud storage offering provides connector to storage services from Nirvanix.

8 Symptoms of Social Schizophrenia

Poor customer relations are becoming more common as the wave of social media excitement continues to crest. In order to better understand this disorder, I’ve given it a name: Social Schizophrenia

Doing More with Less: It's Not Just for Insurers

Since 2008, we have heard nothing more clearly than that insurers operating in this tight market and sickly economy need to do more to sustain competitive advantage and position themselves for growth — and they need to do it with fewer resources — both monetary and human

Silanis Offers Cloud-Based E-Signing

Its E-Sign Dedicated Service for Insurance is designed to deliver documents that meet all business, legal and regulatory requirements.

CPA Applications In The Cloud

Gradually, all accounting industry applications will be rewritten so that they are either natively web-based or sufficiently web friendly. Until then, be mindful of the technology chasm that exists between your local network and the cloud.

An Age-Old Problem

As legacy claims systems show their age, carriers need to consider both strategic business benefits and the promise of technology.

Oracle Names Hurd Co-President

Former Hewlett-Packard executive Mark V. Hurd has been named co-president of Oracle, according to an announcement by that company’s CEO, Larry Ellison

Cisco To Acquire Data Center Wireless Technology

Target company is pioneer in Internet protocol-based wireless technology used to monitor data center operations and smart-grid applications.

Phillips Out, Hurd In at Oracle; HP Retaliates With Lawsuit

HP claims inevitable breach of trade secrets; analyst says Hurd's hardware history a plus to Oracle

Slowing PC Market Could Reflect Changes in Device Preference

I have no doubt that fears of a still-sluggish economy may slow down PC sales for businesses and consumers, but I also wonder if something else is at work here

Stanford Outsources to Accenture

Under a seven-year contract, terms of which were not disclosed, the Chicago-based consultancy will manage applications and infrastructure, including applicable data centers, networks, help desks and data support

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