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How digital turned Nationale-Nederlanden into an omnichannel company

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Dutch insurance and asset management company Nationale-Nederlanden, part of the NN Group, has a presence in 19 countries and serves several million retail and corporate customers. Digitization vs tradition Although the insurance sector has a traditional image, that stopped being the case years ago, says Vaquero.

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The 10 highest-paying industries for IT talent

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While Silicon Valley still pays top dollar for IT pros, the war for talent has moved beyond the technology industry, with other verticals vying for talented IT workers who have the skills to enable digital transformation, process improvement, change management, and the development of apps and services.

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The rise of the chief transformation officer

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“I really do think about the two roles differently,” says Wiedenbeck, senior vice president and chief technology and transformation officer (CTTO) for the financial services and insurance company. “I If the nature of the transformation is more about expanding the addressable market, maybe it’s someone else entirely.”

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Mitigating mayhem in a complex hybrid IT world

CIO

We’ve all seen the insurance commercials: Mayhem is everywhere. When it strikes in the consumer world of insurance, you want the right people on your side and the right plan to navigate a way forward. Change is necessary to stay competitive and lead in your markets. The same can be said about IT. Hybrid Cloud

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Cybersecurity Snapshot: DHS Tracks New Ransomware Trends, as Attacks Drive Up Cyber Insurance Claims and Snatch Variant Triggers Alert

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The guide, which covers practices including user authentication, access control and change management, is aimed at developers and security operations teams that want to boost the security of their source code projects on SCM platforms. Other ransomware insights from the report include: The number of ransomware attacks in the U.S.

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Examining Mr Price Group’s search to modernize

CIO

Acknowledging they had to bring something to market quite quickly, the online offering had to remain “vanilla.” “The This demands a massive expectation shift and a lot of change management because people could do whatever they wanted, whenever they wanted in the past but now that isn’t possible—at least not at the moment.

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9 traits of great IT leaders

CIO

Some expertise in marketing, operations, cybersecurity, and other functional areas is important, too. That has been the message coming from veteran CIOs, executive advisors, and management consultants in recent years. IT leaders have gotten the message: To successfully perform their jobs, they need more than technical skills.