Syed Haider is an architect with X by 2, a technology company in Farmington Hills, Mich., specializing in software and data architecture and transformation projects for the insurance industry. He can be reached at shaider@xby2.com.

Big Data Transformation from Luxury to Necessity Underway for Insurers
April 22, 2013 IBM CEO Rometty gives all marketers 18 months to “sink or swim”, though it’s happening even faster in health...

Insurers: You Need a Chief Data Officer
November 16, 2012 In this new ‘Age of the Algorithm,’ data and information is a competitive and financial issue, so it seems to make...

4 Commonsense Strategies for Data Testing
September 5, 2012 Without thorough testing, databases often have hidden problems that eventually give insurers big headaches. Here are some...

Insurance Lagging in Timely Data Tests
August 28, 2012 We witness a tendency with IT managers to treat data testing the old-fashioned way: hiring second-class resources and wasting...