CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 16, 2022

Insurance companies are no longer only there for their customers in times of disaster. Modern approaches to insurance and changes in customer expectations mean that the insurance business model looks very different than it used to. For many insurers, this means investing in cloud.

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CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 6, 2024

The global head of cyberthreat management at a leading global property and casualty insurance company suggests: “Look across your portfolio where you’ve got that kind of auto-update automation and [ask], ‘Can they be slowed down some to keep this from being bigger than it needs to be?’ This helps mitigate risks and ensures accountability.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

But strategically important digital transformations should be protected “because they set you up over time and create more flexibility and adaptability,” says Andrew Blau, MD and US leader, eminence and insights, at Deloitte Consulting. They ended up bringing most of those people back, at consulting rates, for six months.”

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CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Companies taking a multicloud approach can experience ballooning OpEx numbers, says Barrett Schrader, managing director of the technology consulting group at Protiviti: “Organizations can take advantage of volume discounts with reduced complexity. Consumption-based contracts are self-optimizing,” says Gartner’s Buchanan.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

“After some time, people have understood the storage needs better based on usage and preventing data extract fees.” I strike this language from all my contracts.” A self-hosted infrastructure is time-intensive, demands specialized expertise, and comes with significant expenses.”

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Watto AI, an AI program that generates consulting reports. Gleam, a platform for insurance brokers to implement self-funded health plans for SMBs and startups. Watto AI From left: Watto AI founder and CEO Rishabh Panwar, co-founder Ishita Bhandari, and CTO and founder Suryansh Soni. What’s your secret sauce?

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

A new startup born out of Pioneer Square Labs in Seattle wants to help independent workers who don’t have medical insurance save money at the pharmacy. Otis is targeting freelance and part-time workers with a digital discount card. Otis raised an undisclosed pre-seed round from Pioneer Square Labs.

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CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

We experienced the impact of one of our SaaS providers, OpCon, not having a solid DR [disaster recovery] plan during the MS Azure Central Region outage,” says Gary Jeter, CTO of TruStone Financial. The nightly processing jobs were significantly delayed, which has a large impact on our credit union and our members.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

He is joined by other hospitality and property tech vets: CTO Greg Mushen held the position of Director of Product Management at Expedia, and also served as VP of Product Management at Seattle-based sales startup Outreach. He is also the Founder and CEO of ClearClose, a startup that automates real estate contract compliance.

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Valerian Tech

JUNE 13, 2023

Healthcare companies must adhere to a myriad of regulations, including the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and other industry-specific guidelines. Book a free consult today.

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 18, 2023

based online insurer, is developing an LLM-based platform to handle customer requests with far more intelligent and enhanced chatbots. The WiPro exec cited an example of a recent POC that a life sciences firm conducted using Google’s Gen App Builder to reduce contract management costs and improve agreement adherence to company policies.

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

This applies to his IT group as well, specifically, in using AI to automate the review of customer contracts, Nardecchia says. Cold: On-prem infrastructure As they did in 2022, many IT leaders are reducing investments in data centers and on-prem technologies. “We

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CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 14, 2022

The other proposed additions to the healthcare suite includes adding inventory management systems, administrative systems including applications for management of complex contract workforce, recruiting, scheduling and payment options.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 13, 2023

Healthcare seemed like a better place to put his expertise to use “than the slightly ephemeral stuff I was working on at Microsoft,” says Jones, who spent a decade at Microsoft prior to his time at Meta. At the same time, he says the level of interest in working in more traditional companies is “much more than I’ve seen in previous years.”

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 26, 2024

For the more specialized IT needs, there just aren’t enough people to meet the demand,” says Michael Manos, CTO of Dun & Bradstreet. But CIOs are also working with niche consultancies and startups for skills in areas such as cybersecurity, AI, cloud, analytics, and DevOps. “Our

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CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

“We get consistent investment year over year,’’ says Yao Morin, CTO of global commercial estate company JLL. Taking an ad hoc approach Digital literacy takes time and at Rosendin, a national electrical and communications contracting firm, the approach is slow but steady. Leadership “puts their money where their mouth is.”

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 8, 2023

Koinig studied user experience and user interface design at the Vienna University of Technology, earning a doctorate. Following that, she started working as an IT consultant and business advisor, work that she says illustrated the vast potential for IT to make a difference. “I She retired from that position in 2020.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 13, 2023

AI’s impact on robotics development: “To help reduce the need to hire more senior developers,” Okoye said. “You can [hire] a modular developer and have the AI co-pilot be a guiding hand.” Founders: Mandhir Singh was director of business development at digital consultancy company Content Bloom.

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CTOvision

JANUARY 9, 2015

As one pundit has pointed out, twice as many Americans have been married to Larry King as have contracted the Ebola virus, yet the public is terrified of Ebola while seemingly unconcerned by the fact that our society is now existentially dependent on a highly penetrated and grossly insecure technology.

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mrc's Cup of Joe Blog

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

The most obvious answer is pay a premium for the best talent, or hire consultants with modern skills. How can you address the skills gap if you can’t afford to hire a bunch of new employees? Now, this doesn’t mean you need a physical structure or need to hire a bunch of new people.

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CTOvision

JUNE 15, 2016

MOSA Technology Solutions wins FBI contracts - Planet Biometrics. Digital health insurance platform League raises $25M, eyes growth in Seattle and beyond. Autodesk looks to future with investments in 3D robotic drones and IoT as a service. Ford brings Lego GT to Le Mans, doesn't plan on racing that one - Roadshow.

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