Facebook has proposed a new model for designing servers that it says will give businesses more choice in selecting components and a smarter way to upgrade systems when needs change, though it remains to be seen how widely its method will be ...
Tags: Facebook, Buying Servers, upgrade system
Canada-based diversified financial services company Western Financial Group (Western) has acquired First Insurance Agencies, for an undisclosed sum. The latest acquisition, which represents the third takeover in Vancouver Island in the ...
US-based retail property, casualty insurance brokerage, employee benefits consultant ABD Insurance and Financial Services has acquired the assets of Northern California's Insurance Associates. Further details of the transaction have not ...
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Canada's life and health insurer, Industrial Alliance Insurance and Financial Services is planning to add the new Pooled Registered Pension Plan (PRPP) to its offerings as soon as it is launched by the federal government. Addition of PRPP ...
Tags: pension plan, health insurer, Insurance, Financial Services
The pros and cons of BYOD were laid out in a panel discussion at Infosecurity 2013 yesterday, with the CISOs of Commerzbank, law firm Field Fisher Waterhouse (FFW) and National Rail all giving their views on one of the most talked about ...
Tags: BYOD, panel discussion, Infosecurity, IT industry
Insurance and financial services organization Starr Companies has named Jeffrey Hayman as the new president of its international insurance operations. In his new role, Hayman will oversee the overall growth, profitability, distribution, ...
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Following the integration of Demag Cranes Group into majority shareholder Terex‘s Material Handling and Port Solutions division, Terex Corporation has announced the following leadership changes: Kevin Bradley, currently President, ...
Tata Consultancy Services had strong revenue and profit growth in the fourth quarter, indicating that the offshoring market is recovering. The business momentum is expected to continue in 2013, as customers invest in more efficient ...
Tags: Consultancy Services, Tata, outsource
What happens when an 11 year old is banned from Facebook twice? Well if you are 11-year-old Zach Marks with an I.Q. of 147, who has been nominated for inventor of the year by the Florida Inventors Society, you go out and create your ...
Tags: Facebook, social network, GromSocial
ING US has appointed David Bedard as president of its annuities business segment, a part of ING US Retirement Solutions business that is focused on driving growth and long-term success in the fixed annuity market. Based in ING US Windsor ...
Tags: annuities business, David Bedard, President, annuity market
Canada-based Sun Life Financial and Malaysian investor Khazanah Nasional are planning to acquire life insurer CIMB Aviva in Malaysia, in a deal valued at MYR1.8bn ($596m). Both firms will jointly purchase 98% of the life insurer in order ...
Tags: life insurer, CIMB Aviva, financial services markets, insurance company
Allied World Financial Services,a subsidiary of Allied World Assurance Company,has agreed to acquire a minority ownership interest in a privately held asset management firm Crescent Capital Group. Further terms of the transaction have not ...
Tags: Allied World Financial Services, minority stake in Crescent Capital
NEW YORK, NY, January 13, 2013 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Ubiquity Global Services, an innovative Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) organization launched in 2012, today announced the signing of a multi-year agreement to provide services to ...
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Though U.S. officials have consistently blamed Iran for the ongoing stream of distributed denial of service attacks (DDoS) against major U.S. banks, a number of security experts now say that there is not enough evidence to assign the blame ...
Tags: Iran, bank attacks, financial services networks, cyber security
US-based insurance brokerage firm Hub International (Hub) has acquired the assets of an insurance agency Maritime Insurance Group (Maritime), for an undisclosed sum. Following completion of the transaction, the acquired business will ...