Systema Software has introduced an advanced business intelligence module for the SIMS Claims next-generation browser-based property and casualty (P&C) claims administration system. Dubbed SIMS Insight, the newly launched module delivers ...
Tags: insurance industry, insurance, Business Intelligence Module
IT leaders at Computing's Big Data Summit 2013 yesterday agreed that social media analysis could benefit them internally as well as externally, and could be the next step for them in order to get the most out of their big data tools. Tony ...
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Companies are rebranding what they have offered for many years as "big data solutions", Financial Times CIO Christina Scott warned delegates at Computing's Big Data Summit today. Speaking at Computing's flagship event on the topic ...
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Big Data isn't just about the datacentre. Data architecture, data processing and data management are all important. That's according to Alan Priestley, director of strategic marketing EMEA for Intel, who was addressing the audience at ...
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The 2-dimensional barcode, or Data Matrix code, is at the heart of the Item Unique Identification system (IUID) used by the Department of Defense for tracking equipment throughout its life cycle. Contractors supplying equipment to the DoD ...
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Hoping to lure more Apache Hadoop users to its own data analysis services, Google has outfitted BigQuery with the ability to query multiple data tables. "Joining terabyte-sized tables has traditionally been a challenging task for data ...
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RS Components says it has recorded over 300,000 downloads of 3D CAD models from the RS Components website in two years after launch of the service. "The rate at which engineers are using our web resources as their source for 3D models ...
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Computing's semi-regular podcast this week features a roundup of Mobile World Congress - everything you need to know from the world of mobile computing. We also discuss HMRC's new policy of trawling social media for evidence of tax ...
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It’s no secret that SAP’s HANA in-memory database has become the centrepiece of the software vendor’s technology strategy. HANA features heavily in pitches for both high-speed analytics and in support of transactional ...
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Analysts say the proposal for internet users to delete their online data and become invisible online could create a black hole in the web economy. Tineka Smith reports. Last year the European Commission announced proposals for the 'right ...
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The daily deal industry has fallen a long way since Groupon came onto the scene in 2008 and created a niche within e-commerce. Tineka Smith reports. Daily deals innovator Groupon burst onto the scene in 2008 and by 2010 had clocked up 35 ...
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India’s fast-growing cement industry can reduce its carbon emissions by nearly half by the middle of the century, according to a technology roadmap issued today by the International Energy Agency (IEA) and the World Business Council ...
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From Jan. to May 2012, the export value of Chinese ball pens, fountain pens, propelling pencils and pens was 654 million US dollars, up 13.9% year on year. According to the market growth, in the first 5 months of 2012, among the 20 ...
BioTek extends congratulations to Ms Tanis Godwin and the Centre for Translational Cancer Research (CTCR) at the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand for winning a new Epoch™ Micro-Volume Spectrophotometer System. The giveaway ...
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Australian researchers want to reduce the threat posed by hospital superbugs by using DNA sequencing and data analysis. National ICT Australia yesterday said it was researching techniques to help hospitals locate the original carrier of a ...