Semantic Discord and Data (Dis)Integration [ Source: expressor software corporation ]
February 2008- As business requirements continue to accelerate, the ability of existing data integration technologies to solve those requirements lags appreciably behind. In an effort to address this issue, vendors have been frantically retooling their platforms and/or buying "complementary technologies" to help them stay afloat. Unfortunately, these incremental improvements and bolt-on solutions have not been successful in resolving the core problem. What is needed is a fundamental shift in the way that data integration projects are approached. ....

Liquidity Risk Management - Good Practices for Broker Dealers [ Source: Tata Consultancy Services Ltd ]
February 2009- The paper deals with criticality of adherence to good liquidity management practices by broker dealers. Liquidity is essential to the viability of broker dealer firms. Any risk posed to the timely and cost-effective supply of liquidity can be disruptive in many ways. Therefore, it is crucial for broker dealers to devise and implement appropriate liquidity risk management practices and strive to create a risk sensitive culture across their organization.

Six Ways to Reduce PCI DSS Audit Scope by Tokenizing Payment Card Data [ Source: nuBridges ]
June 2009- Enterprises are seeking ways to simplify and reduce the scope of the Payment Card Industry’s Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) compliance by shrinking the footprint where cardholder data is located throughout their organizations. By reducing the scope, these enterprises can dramatically lower the cost and anxiety of PCI DSS compliance and significantly increase the chance of audit success. Compliance with the PCI DSS is a combination of documented best practices and technology solutions ....

State Filing Best Practices: Technology, Process, and Organization -- Speed up the creation of regulatory filings, increase profitability and lower operating costs -- A Celent Report, Courtesy of Oracle Insurance [ Source: Oracle Insurance ]
March 2009- Researching, preparing and submitting state filings can be a huge bottleneck in bringing new insurance products to market. A faster and more accurate state filing process will result in a shorter product development cycle, leading to higher revenue, greater profitability, reduced costs, and an improved position in a highly competitive and dynamic insurance market. Learn how four insurance carriers, including Allstate and Assurant, have automated, streamlined and improved their state filing processes by ....

Five Steps for Building the Business Case for SOA Governance [ Source: Software AG ]
November 2008- IT architects understand that governance is essential to service-oriented architecture (SOA) success, but they need to get the business to understand this as well. With SOA, financial services firms gain a flexible architecture that slashes maintenance demands, improves quality and reusability, speeds the development of new systems, and reduces time to market. But in order to achieve these benefits SOA development must begin with SOA governance. Without governance SOA can turn into chaos. Too often, ....

Modern Policy Administration Systems Require Modern Implementation Methodologies [ Source: Camilion Solutions, Inc ]
December 2008- The insurance industry is rife with anecdotes of late or failed implementations and millions of dollars lost in the process. In the Celent report "The 18 Month Rule: Avoiding The Endless Project" (Nov. 2006), it was noted that “between 30% and 80% of all large projects fail, with most estimates coming in on the higher side of this range.” But it doesn’t have to be this way –- implementations of modern policy admin systems can ....

Automating the Virtual IT Lifecycle: Delivering Compliance, Command and Control with Process Automation [ Source: Enigmatec ]
September 2008- There is a shift occurring in the way many organizations view their IT operations. The new focus is on the customer's perspective of IT's contribution to the business, whether the customer is a development team, internal business unit, or external customer or partner. This shift is significant for IT organizations, as it forces them to think of themselves more as service providers than support teams. This discipline is termed IT Service Management (ITSM), and it's ....