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Everything you need to know about cloud outage insurance

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Case in point: After millions of websites went offline after a major data center fire in France, a small online seller complained in the press that her cloud provider, OVHcloud, was only offering her a voucher worth a few months of free hosting — around $30, when she estimated the actual damage as closer to $2,000.

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As insurers look to be more agile, data mesh strategies take centerstage

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In this way, data may just be the ultimate disruptor – a fact that the insurance industry knows all too well. As data volumes continue to increase alongside a correlating number of business requests, modern insurance data leaders face a nuanced set of challenges. To learn more, visit us here.

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Insurance IT leaders herald new era for digital customer experience

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The insurance industry is undergoing a sea change, with IT playing a crucial role in rolling out digital customer experiences for policyholders and agents, as in-person meetings all but vanish in the post-pandemic era. IT as industry differentiator Insurers and financial services firms like MassMutual, of Springfield, Mass.,

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Aflac virtualizes the customer enrollment experience

CIO

The traditional in-person process of insurance agents meeting with prospective customers to discuss policies, sign paperwork, and load it into the company’s client/server system came to a complete halt. Because we are an insurance company, what we are is a promise on a piece of paper,” says then-CIO Richard Gilbert. “We

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Enterprise Storage Solution Provider of Choice: The Case Studies

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One company that needs to keep data on a tight leash is Petco, which is a market leader in pet care and wellness products. Most of Petco’s core business systems run on four InfiniBox® storage systems in multiple data centers. Insurance companies also see Infinidat as a storage vendor of choice.

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5 hot IT budget investments — and 2 going cold

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Cold: On-prem infrastructure As they did in 2022, many IT leaders are reducing investments in data centers and on-prem technologies. “We Vaithylingam says the College of Southern Nevada will shut down its on-prem data center — one of the largest in Nevada — and plans to fully move all workloads and infrastructure to Microsoft Azure.

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The 10 highest-paying industries for IT talent

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There’s also a demand for more typical IT roles such as project manager, data scientist, cybersecurity professional, RPA developer, IoT engineer, asset management specialist, data center manager, and more. Average salary: US$118,498 Increase since 2021: +3.6% Average salary: US$115,940 Increase since 2021: +6.8%

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