Insurance IT Transformations: Do the Opposite of Conventional Wisdom to Succeed, X by 2-s Sundaram Tells Michigan IASA

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Insurance IT Transformations: Do the Opposite of Conventional Wisdom to Succeed, X by 2-s Sundaram Tells Michigan IASA

DETROIT, MI — (Marketwired) — 05/01/13 — To succeed with insurance IT transformation initiatives, do the opposite of the conventional wisdom, Ram Sundaram, principal of X by 2, an consultancy, told the Michigan Chapter of the Insurance Accounting & Systems Association (IASA).He laid out five conventional rules and why insurers must do the opposite.Conventional rule #1: "We need an army because it-s a big project."The opposite: "Less is more." The "overwhelming f

Top Business Technology Challenges for Insurers in 2013 Named by X by 2

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Top Business Technology Challenges for Insurers in 2013 Named by X by 2

FARMINGTON HILLS, MI — (Marketwire) — 01/07/13 — What will be the top IT challenges and trends for the property/casualty, health, and life insurers in 2012? , a consulting firm specializing in the insurance industry, offers these five.1. : The technological, functional, and operational drivers are already in place, and the key for 2013 will be the insurance industry-s ability to put these drivers together the right way. That means using familiar and unfamiliar data resources in different wa

Insurers Succeed in IT by Doing Opposite of What-s Been Proven Ineffective, X by 2-s Petersmark Writes in Best-s Review

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Insurers Succeed in IT by Doing Opposite of What-s Been Proven Ineffective, X by 2-s Petersmark Writes in Best-s Review

FARMINGTON HILLS, MI — (Marketwire) — 04/27/12 — Insurers can put big IT transformation projects on the road to success by doing the opposite of what-s been proven ineffective Frank Petersmark writes in the April issue of Best-s Review.Petersmark, CIO advocate at , a consulting firm specializing in enterprise and application architecture for insurers, lays out five contrarian principles in his article "Cyberhouse Rules:"1. Less Is More. Keep your team lean. Get the IT equivalent of

Top IT Challenges for Insurers in 2012 Named by X by 2

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Top IT Challenges for Insurers in 2012 Named by X by 2

FARMINGTON HILLS, MI — (Marketwire) — 01/06/12 — What will be the top IT challenges and trends for the property and casualty, health, and life insurance industries in 2012? , a consulting firm specializing in enterprise and application architecture for insurers, has named nine, not ten, because the industry has enough to handle already."We-ve chosen the issues based on what we believe will have the widest impact on core business and technology initiatives in 2012 because enterprise arc