It’s Time to Modernize: New Technology Is Everywhere — What’s Up with Your Admin System?

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Technology has come a long way in the past 30 years. Today, you can board a new commercial jet aircraft and enjoy high-def entertainment, surf the Net and participate in an online meeting. At home, you have smart appliances that ease burdens and self-regulate. And mobile apps are changing the way we live and work in virtually every arena. Who would go back to the days without these conveniences? And, given today’s demands, it’s really not possible.

Carriers still relying on 20- or 30-year-old legacy systems face mounting problems that can be addressed only through modernization. “CIOs tell us that they can’t support the needs of the business in today’s fast-changing world with inflexible core systems,” said Rich Carreau, CTO of Global Financial Services for CSC. “They need agile, configurable systems that offer real-time processing and can be easily supported, all with improved IT cost ratios.”

Download this article, featured in the August 2011 issue of Insurance & Technology magazine, to learn about CSC’s collaboration with Microsoft to meet that need with a new version of POINT IN for Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2.