FARMINGTON HILLS, MI — (Marketwire) — 12/20/12 — Big information technology projects at insurers often unravel because of flawed architecture and large, unwieldy teams, Oleg Sadykhov, principal of X by 2, writes in the December issue of Best-s Review. The right architecture and a small-team strategy can tame big projects and pave the way for success."If the system is not well architected, it will result in a complex and inflexible solution. Cost overruns and major failures are inevitabl
FARMINGTON HILLS, MI — (Marketwire) — 12/09/11 — Insurers- IT transformation projects often implode, levying devastating costs in time, money and morale, K. Ram Sundaram, senior principal of X by 2, writes in the November issue of Best-s Review."One in every four insurance IT transformations will fail completely, and many others will fall short of expectations or waste company time and resources," writes Sundaram, whose Farmington Hills, Mich., firm specializes in enterprise and a
FARMINGTON HILLS, MI — (Marketwire) — 11/11/11 — Insurers choosing commercial off-the-shelf software face a high-stakes challenge, K. Ram Sundaram, senior principal of X by 2, writes in the November issue of Best-s Review."Choose poorly, and a $50 million tech investment could sputter, stall, or disintegrate two years after the fact," writes Sundaram, whose Farmington Hills, Mich., firm specializes in enterprise and application architecture for the insurance and healthcare industr
FARMINGTON HILLS, MI — (Marketwire) — 08/02/11 — Relying exclusively on narrow subject experts has ruined many insurers- technology transformation projects, resulting in long delays and huge expenditures, K. Ram Sundaram, a senior principal of X by 2, writes in Insurance & Technology-s blog."When tackling major technology upgrades, most insurers rely heavily on subject-matter experts — fine-grained specialists," he writes. "But when specialists are asked to assume genera
