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For Avis Budget Group, a new emphasis on big data analytics could hold the key to achieving significant growth in the United States and abroad.
People are living longer than ever before, largely as a result of improved public health and medical care. But as we start the second century of mass medicine, healthcare systems are under stress.
In order to provide a better understanding of cloud computing and how it differs from traditional IT outsourcing, CSC and EMC sponsored the Outsourcing Center Cloud Buyer’s Guide.
Australia is the center of the world. Don’t believe it? Gavin Larkings, vice president and general manager of CSC Australia, discusses the importance of natural resources, China and emerging tech in his region.
As cloud computing pervades the IT market, moving applications to a virtual environment is becoming a familiar journey for most companies. But the degree of difficulty in transitioning to an “as a service” model can vary widely depending on what applications you want to move.
For SAP users, the process of upgrading the release or customizing their environment is often time-consuming and complex. Just setting up new environments for testing, development or upgrades can take a significant effort and can cause project delays and cost overruns. If you’re facing a tight upgrade window, it may be time to consider migrating your SAP landscape to the cloud.
Cloud computing is without question the most important IT development in recent memory. We expect to see several new and dramatic cloud-computing developments this year.
Cloud computing is changing the way IT serves the enterprise. Today, nearly any type of hardware, software, IT process or business process can be offered as a cloud-based service.
Despite cloud’s stratospheric adoption rates among businesses, governments and personal users, lingering doubts about data security remain.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is migrating 80,000 users to a Microsoft cloud, as part of a larger effort to get U.S. federal agencies to adopt the government’s ongoing “Cloud First” policy.
Lately, it’s getting hard to put enough zeros on numbers that quantify the volume of data our wired world generates. Current research estimates that our Facebook “likes,” Instagram photos, YouTube videos and blog entries contribute to some 2.5 billion gigabytes of data generated every 24 hours.
Much of the daily torrent of newly minted information is unseen. In addition to tweets, pics and status updates, a deluge of data generated by RFID readers, sensor networks, logs and countless other auto-reporting systems fills vast data pools.
That’s Big Data.
Customer intelligence is just one example of big data’s value. As the technology evolves, big data is expected to accelerate a number of important trends in 2013.
In winning the 2012 presidential election, the Obama campaign successfully employed big data analytics to influence people and get them to vote.
The U.S. federal government is shutting down more than 1,000 data centers, and enterprise managers can learn valuable lessons from what’s gone right and what’s gone wrong.
Climate and weather patterns are in flux and the impact is being felt across many industries. A new climate data reporting tool provides insights into how these changes affect bottom lines.
When was the last time you stood in line at a bank? It’s probably been a while. Instant payments, paperless check deposits and one-touch transfers have made online banking wildly popular with customers. And as virtual banking grows, the threat of fraudulent payments and identity theft rises as well.
Financial transactions have always been a popular target for thieves, although the nature of the threat has changed over time. Mike Groat, partner executive at Daon, a CSC partner that supplies identity assurance software for CSC’s ConfidentID Mobile platform, says it’s more profitable today to conduct financial fraud electronically.
The associated challenges of securing enterprise data, keeping data private and protecting intellectual property may seem daunting. But fasten your seatbelts in 2013.
The need for strong cybersecurity on industrial control systems is great. These systems — vital to the chemical, electrical, water and other industries — are increasingly under attack.
Cybercrime and data breaches are among the most commonly cited worries keeping healthcare CIOs awake at night.
Passwords remain a popular security device simply because they are easy and inexpensive to use. But thanks to new technologies, the last days of forgettable letters and numbers may be in sight.
Insurance products are relatively complex and labor intensive to administer, creating challenges for back-end systems and processes. Further, the insurance sector has undergone decades of mergers and acquisitions, leaving most major players saddled with complex application portfolios and aging legacy systems.
Faced with increasing competition and demands from consumers and agents for online and mobile services, insurers are rethinking their organizations, processes and technology to tackle large-scale modernization programs.
CSC is helping the world’s leading insurers find the best path — whether that involves replacing legacy systems or moving to a new operational model based on Business Process as a Service (BPaaS).
The rapid adoption of smart mobile devices has redefined industries and spawned new ones in just a few short years. That sudden shift is also causing companies to rethink strategies for application development.
A new CSC Leading Edge Forum study, titled “Beware of Geeks Bearing Gifts: Strategies for an Increasingly Open Economy,” points to a trend that has grown remarkably in size and influence from its inception in the early 1990s.
In Australia, a private, not-for-profit health service is streamlining access to multiple hospital information systems for clinicians via a single, mobile interface.
In France, a CSC-designed custom-application system enables train drivers to use a smartphone to perform essential tasks such as checking planned routes, driving trains and filing daily reports.