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UDDI finally springs into action: The insurance industry may be a conservative lot, but I've noticed they have been ahead of the curve with Web services. The industry's big challenge is that carriers rely on networks of independent or semi-independent agents up front, but run a lot of mainframes in the back. The insurance industry...; Tags: Web, Hartford Financial Services Group, Hartford, Web service, insurance industry; Blog posts 2004-12-06

Eight more companies that made SOA happen in 2006: Last week, I cited examples of SOA work that took place over the past year at ten leading companies. Here are eight more companies that led the way with SOA, originally posted over at my SOA in Action site: Integrate back-end legacy systems: International Truck developed an SOA-based "Common Vehicle...; Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Middleware, Enterprise software, SOA; Blog posts 2006-12-26
Webify: More insurance for IBM's SOA line: As announced a couple of days ago, IBM is buying Webify Solutions, a provider of Web services and SOA component solutions, mainly in the healthcare and insurance verticals. What is Webify adding to IBM's immense portfolio of SOA-enabling solutions? IBM already has it all,...; Tags: SOA, Webify Solutions; Blog posts 2006-08-04
On the outsourcing hot seat: On the outsourcing hot seatLet's see, how can I put this..."Q: Who wins and who loses from offshore relocations? A: The Indian companies and Indian employees win, and so do the American companies that outsource. For the American companies, this clearly is an instrument for them to improve their productivity,...; Tags: Government, Benefits, Strategy, outsourcing, outsource; Discussion threads 2004-01-20

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