Microsoft on Monday released a public beta of Office 2010 Service Pack 2 (SP2), the first major update to the suite in almost two years. The preview of Office 2010 SP2 can be downloaded from Microsoft's Connect website, the company said. ...
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The more information that leaks about Windows 8's expected summer upgrade, dubbed "Blue" by Microsoft, the more questions that pop up, analysts said today. And with very few exceptions, customers don't have answers. The latest tidbit ...
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Sentinel Security Life Insurance has introduced a new fixed indexed annuity product, Summit Bonus Index, intended to meet the growing retirement needs of US customers. Developed as a long-term investment vehicle with lifetime income ...
A cloud service broker is pitching Google Apps to enterprises by playing on their fears about recent changes Microsoft's made to Office. Atlanta-based Cloud Sherpas has had success moving Google Apps for Business by focusing on two major ...
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National Life Group has selected iPipeline’s iGO e-App to automate its diversified Life and Annuity product’s marketing, selling and processing. National Life Group CTO Nimesh Mehta said that iPipeline provides integrated ...
SAP is expanding its array of software products for the insurance industry with the acquisition of Camilion. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Toronto-based Camilion's portfolio covers the life and annuity, property and casualty, and ...
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SAP has announced that it is expanding its array of software products for the insurance industry, having agreed an acquisition deal with Camilion. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Toronto-based Camilion’s portfolio covers the ...
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Auto-Owners Insurance has signed a multi-year partnership agreement with Mitchell to deploy its WorkCenter Total Loss solution to enhance customer satisfaction. The solution produced accurate valuations, increased first-call settlement ...
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Microsoft may upgrade Office 2013 as often as four times a year, the company's top Office executive said this week, a massive change from decades of more measured development. The faster release pace for Office has been repeatedly touted ...
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The launch of new and revised Office 365 software-by-subscription plans for businesses shows that Microsoft realizes its current licensing revenue is threatened by cost-cutting customers, an analyst said yesterday. "Microsoft wants to ...
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Microsoft is wielding the big stick of dramatically higher custom support costs as it pushes enterprises to abandon the 11-year-old Windows XP, an analyst said today. Custom support plans, which Microsoft negotiates on a ...
Some major computer makers are pushing Office 365 with their new PCs, but others have stuck with a more traditional bundling tactic of including a factory-installed, single-licence trial. “[Microsoft is] very clearly heading towards ...
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US life insurer MetLife is likely in the process of selling its UK bulk annuities business, MetLife Assurance Limited, in a deal which might be valued around pound 1bn, in a bid to consolidate its operations. The sale is part of the ...
American Financial Group has reported net earnings attributable to shareholders of $50m, or $0.54 per share for the fourth quarter of 2012, against $109m, or $1.09 per share during the same period earlier year. The P&C specialty insurance ...
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RGA Reinsurance Company of Australia (RGA Australia) has promoted Mark Stewart to serve as its new managing director, with immediate effect. Stewart has served as the company's interim managing director since November 2012, managing all ...