http://www.insurancetechguru.com/ Ara Trembly - www.insurancetechguru.com en Copyright 2008 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:22:08 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss A recent story in USA Today notes that "civil liberties advocates" are concerned that a color laser printer technology will lead to government spying on political dissidents, whistleblowers, or "anyone who prints materials that authorities want to track." ]]> http://www.insurancetechguru.com/2008/07/printer_dots_stir_fears_of_gov.html http://www.insurancetechguru.com/2008/07/printer_dots_stir_fears_of_gov.html Guru's News Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:22:08 -0500 According to a recent report in Computerworld, Microsoft Corp. has outlined new security features that it plans to add to Internet Explorer next month, including anti-malware protection and a filter said to block most cross-site scripting attacks. ]]> http://www.insurancetechguru.com/2008/07/microsoft_touts_security_for_i_1.html http://www.insurancetechguru.com/2008/07/microsoft_touts_security_for_i_1.html Guru's News Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:18:14 -0500 While the insurance industry and high-profile political candidates bow their heads at the altar of global warming (witness the baffling obeisance of Senator McCain), the senior meteorologist at AccuWeather.com has published an open letter to the presidential candidates calling for an unbiased looked at the alleged phenomenon. ]]> http://www.insurancetechguru.com/2008/06/global_warming_a_call_for_sani.html http://www.insurancetechguru.com/2008/06/global_warming_a_call_for_sani.html Guru's News Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:51:35 -0500 Two U.S. House of Representatives members reported recently that their computers on Capitol Hill containing information about political dissidents had been hacked by sources "apparently working out of China," several stories said this week. ]]> http://www.insurancetechguru.com/2008/06/lawmakers_computers_breached_b.html http://www.insurancetechguru.com/2008/06/lawmakers_computers_breached_b.html Guru's News Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:23:04 -0500 Competition to sell technology in the insurance industry is fiercely intensifying, as more players enter the fray and the specter of recession-induced cuts in IT budgets looms on the horizon. When considering the vendor-dominated steel cage match that the ACORD LOMA Systems Forum has become, however, it’s always a good idea to keep an eye on what the big dogs are doing. ]]> http://www.insurancetechguru.com/2008/06/empire_building_at_acord_loma.html http://www.insurancetechguru.com/2008/06/empire_building_at_acord_loma.html Guru's Views Tue, 10 Jun 2008 11:03:48 -0500 Popular new devices like Apple’s iPhone have reignited the debate over ‘consumerization’--where new technologies are introduced into the consumer market and then brought into the enterprise market--with employees determined to integrate their personal devices with their enterprise applications. However, IT managers are reluctant to take on the responsibility of managing these devices, according to a new report by independent market analyst Datamonitor. ]]> http://www.insurancetechguru.com/2008/05/security_fears_dog_enterprise.html http://www.insurancetechguru.com/2008/05/security_fears_dog_enterprise.html Guru's News Thu, 29 May 2008 14:29:55 -0500 If you were there, or if you've been reading the online news, you may have a fair idea of what went on at this year's ACORD LOMA Insurance Systems Forum, but if you've read this blog at all, what you're really after is the underlying trends, secret murmurs and inside scoops that swirled about the conference in Las Vegas. Not being one to disappoint, I will be happy to share. ]]> http://www.insurancetechguru.com/2008/05/acord_loma_the_secret_agents_v.html http://www.insurancetechguru.com/2008/05/acord_loma_the_secret_agents_v.html Guru's News Wed, 21 May 2008 14:22:18 -0500 Data—specifically customer information—is the very lifeblood of the insurance enterprise. Not surprisingly, then, ownership and stewardship of that data is a subject on which many in our industry disagree. ]]> http://www.insurancetechguru.com/2008/04/data_is_king_but_who_owns_it.html http://www.insurancetechguru.com/2008/04/data_is_king_but_who_owns_it.html Guru's News Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:01:59 -0500 When strong wind gusts knocked out power to the Reno-Sparks Convention Center on April 14, attendees at the AMS Users’ Group National Conference had every right to complain, but even after some additional body blows from Mother Nature, agents and other guests refused to give up the ghost. ]]> http://www.insurancetechguru.com/2008/04/dancing_in_the_dark_at_amsug.html http://www.insurancetechguru.com/2008/04/dancing_in_the_dark_at_amsug.html Guru's Views Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:14:19 -0500 Global warming advocates and opportunists were no doubt shocked and dismayed to learn in recent weeks that, rather than warming up, the Earth's temperature appears to have decreased over the past decade. ]]> http://www.insurancetechguru.com/2008/04/global_cooling_holy_algore_now.html http://www.insurancetechguru.com/2008/04/global_cooling_holy_algore_now.html Guru's News Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:32:42 -0500 Microsoft Corporation stunned the insurance technology industry today with the announcement that it has agreed in principle to purchase the full assets of ACORD, the insurance data standards body headquartered in Pearl River, N.Y. ]]> http://www.insurancetechguru.com/2008/04/microsoft_buys_acord_in_blockb.html http://www.insurancetechguru.com/2008/04/microsoft_buys_acord_in_blockb.html Guru Fun Tue, 01 Apr 2008 11:56:48 -0500 InformationWeek reports that in a contest of hackers, a MacBook Air was easily compromised within two minutes using a zero-day vulnerability (a vulnerability that is exploited for hacking before it generally becomes known) in Apple's Safari 3.1 Web browser. ]]> http://www.insurancetechguru.com/2008/03/macbook_is_easily_hacked.html http://www.insurancetechguru.com/2008/03/macbook_is_easily_hacked.html Guru's News Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:58:30 -0500 The March 17 issue of Computerworld reports that Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates asserted before Congress recently that U.S. companies may lose jobs if they can't bring in "world-class engineers" from abroad via more H-1B visas. That begs the question: What's wrong with U.S.-based engineers? ]]> http://www.insurancetechguru.com/2008/03/are_americas_tech_pros_secondr.html http://www.insurancetechguru.com/2008/03/are_americas_tech_pros_secondr.html Guru's Views Thu, 20 Mar 2008 13:29:32 -0500 As someone who deals with language and its vagaries on a daily basis, I am sometimes amazed at the way certain widely-used terms creep into—or unexplainably flee from—the vernacular. ]]> http://www.insurancetechguru.com/2008/03/post_4.html http://www.insurancetechguru.com/2008/03/post_4.html Guru's Views Fri, 07 Mar 2008 14:49:19 -0500 IBM has announced the launch of its new System z10 mainframe computer, delivering what the Armonk, N.Y.-based company claims is "up to 100 percent performance increase" and a design that will "drastically increase efficiency." ]]> http://www.insurancetechguru.com/2008/02/just_when_you_thought_the_main.html http://www.insurancetechguru.com/2008/02/just_when_you_thought_the_main.html Guru's News Wed, 27 Feb 2008 16:00:41 -0500