Updated: 2010-09-29 22:01:31
Reload the page to see effects . None Agent-Carrier Connection First time here Register Now Comment , receive newsletters , create a profile and more Blog : Collaborative Underwriting 2.0 Home Articles Featured Blog FirstBest About FirstBest.com Contact Us Login Register FirstBest AppReader and the New Upload Blog FirstBest Collaborative Underwrit 22 hours , 33 min ago Industry : Categories P C : Insurance Business Owner Policy , Commercial Auto , Commercial Property , Earthquake Fire , Exchange , General Liability , Specialty , Specialty Property , Workers' Compensation Expertise : Area Industry , Legislative , Technology Authors John Belizaire belizaire Today I'd like to take a break from the . usual Usually I write about trends in insurance technology and . underwriting But today I'm
Updated: 2010-09-29 20:11:08
Linda just sent out a single copy of the following spammy email (the URL was live in the original):
Dear friend, How are you recently? I bought a laptop from a China company T0SHPD last week(the site is :www.toshpd1.com), and I received it now. The products are high quality with a very low [...]
Updated: 2010-09-28 15:22:26
Once again, it is Banned Books Week, one week I feel is most definitely worth noting. I dashed off to the library this evening (a bit literally, too, as I was on foot and in a hurry) to pick up: The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold Lois Duncan’s Killing Mr. Griffin Captain Underpants and the [...]
Updated: 2010-09-28 08:37:39
Sequoia told TechCrunch that Cast Iron Systems was acquired for $190 million. That’s a much more successful exit than I thought.
Updated: 2010-09-27 23:54:10
Jonathan Stray reminds us of an excellent point:
New Media journalism should be thought of as a product that people use, not as collection of stories or other pieces.
In particular, he argues:
The value of journalism can only be assessed in connection with how people use it …
… and their lack of enthusiasm about New Media news [...]
Updated: 2010-09-27 20:04:20
It is very difficult to convey utterly tedious frustration without — well, without thoroughly boring one’s audience. And hence I will not try to explain the full awfulness of modern medical records and information compartmentalization. But I was personally present 5 times in one recent week while Linda gave detailed information about her contact information, [...]
Updated: 2010-09-27 16:10:04
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Updated: 2010-09-27 14:56:22
FirstBest Announces New Agency Upload Solution for InsurersInsurance News Net (press release)FirstBest is a registered trademark of FirstBest Systems, Inc. FirstBest UMS, Underwriting Management System, FirstBest Agent, and Agent-Carrier Connection ...and more »
Updated: 2010-09-27 05:28:50
One thing I love about DBMS 2 is the really smart comments a number of readers — that would be you guys — make. However, not all the smart comments are made in the first 5 minutes a post is up, so some readers (unless you circle back) might miss great points other readers make. [...]
Updated: 2010-09-24 23:59:41
FirstBest Systems Hosts Rapid-Fire Business and IT Discussion at PCI IT 2010BenzingaFirstBest's CEO, John Belizaire, and VP of Marketing, Meira Primes, will host the discussion and be available to meet during the conference. ...
Updated: 2010-09-24 17:38:17
Jaikumar Vijayan of Computerworld did a story based on my reporting on the JP Morgan Chase Oracle outage. He did a good job, getting me to simplify some of what I said before. He also added a quote from Chase to the effect:
the “long recovery process” was caused by a corruption of systems [...]
Updated: 2010-09-23 05:35:26
It would be an exaggeration to say that my family health issues are “under control.” My father still isn’t fully alert. He also has tubes surgically implanted in his throat and belly, and will not be able to speak during a months-long rehab. (He will HATE that; he’s the kind of guy who always charms [...]
Updated: 2010-09-22 13:31:57
FirstBest Systems Hosts Rapid-Fire Business and IT Discussion at PCI IT 2010Business Wire (press release)FirstBest's CEO, John Belizaire, and VP of Marketing, Meira Primes, will host the discussion and be available to meet during the conference. ...and more »
Updated: 2010-09-22 08:26:05
In this issue: Maryland whips workers' comp costs; engineers warn against safety cutbacks; don't cough before you crash; getting the claims dope to workers; injured workers' pressing at the barriers; Teddy Awards; and more. WorkersComp Forum Update To read this on the Web, click on http://www.riskandinsurance.com/story.jsp?storyId= 477688336 Sponsor: myMatrixx Good medicine for business Introducing 1 Click Ancillary? - only from myMatrixx. A better way to order Ancillary products. 1 click, 1 lis
Updated: 2010-09-21 15:59:54
IT Innovation in Banking — Not Easy to FindBanktech (blog)Since the list included tech companies as well, it was clear to me why FIS and Fiserv made it. What wasn't clear is why Jack Henry did not make it. ...
Updated: 2010-09-20 22:30:00
In a post about the recent JPMorgan Chase database outage, I suggested that JPMorgan Chase’s user profile database was over-engineered, in that various web surfing data was stored in a fully ACID-compliant manner when it didn’t really need to be. I’ve since gotten private communication expressing vehement agreement, and telling of the opposite choice being [...]
Updated: 2010-09-20 16:15:33
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Updated: 2010-09-20 15:27:10
Since its inception just a few years ago, social networking has provided both hype and hope for businesspeople.
Social networking practitioners in the insurance industry have demonstrated over the ...
Updated: 2010-09-17 05:39:26
After posting my speculation about the JPMorgan Chase database outage, I was contacted by – well, by somebody who wants to be referred to as “a credible source close to the situation.” We chatted for a long time; I think it is very likely that this person is indeed what s/he claims to be; and [...]
Updated: 2010-09-16 01:47:10
Edit: Subsequent to making this post, I obtained more detail about the JPMorgan Chase database outage.
I was just contacted for comment about the Chase database outage, about which they’ve released remarkably little information (they’ve even apologized for their terseness). About all Chase has said is:
A third-party database company’s software caused a corruption of [...]
Updated: 2010-09-15 05:09:46
U.S. businesses are sitting on a virtual mountain of electronic documents, unsure of what to keep and what to throw away.
Updated: 2010-09-15 01:09:27
The main thing in Aster Data nCluster Version 4.6 is Aster’s version of hybrid row-column store technology. Technical highlights include:
Aster Data is simply taking the number of storage options in nCluster up from 1 to 2 – you now can store a table either in the Aster Data nCluster row store or column store.
In fact, [...]
Updated: 2010-09-15 01:00:00
Celent Insurance Newsletter, September 2010
Updated: 2010-09-14 21:54:00
Benchmarking has long been used as a metric for insurers as they conduct strategic planning. In fact, notes New York-based Novarica , external benchmarking data is an important tool for insurer CIOs in ...
Updated: 2010-09-11 07:11:30
The last segment of tonight’s Marketplace made me laugh out loud. (Good thing my officemate left for the weekend already!) While the radio show’s staff breezed through story ideas, one of them mentioned The New York Times publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr’s announcement they’ll stop printing on paper. One of these days. The reporter said the [...]
Updated: 2010-09-09 04:45:34
OCLC is holding a two-day WorldCat Mashathon on September 23-24, 2010 at the Microsoft New England Research and Development Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Cost is $30. “Join fellow coders for a two-day WorldCat Mashathon at the Microsoft New England Research & Development Center (NERD). Sponsored by the OCLC Developer Network and Brandeis University, the WorldCat [...]
Updated: 2010-09-09 04:45:34
So, uh, for the longest time, I’ve been trying to decide how to write about my cool summer job, especially without it sounding like a sales pitch. I still haven’t really figured out how to do that, but lots of other folks have been writing quite a bit lately, so I’m just going to point [...]
Updated: 2010-09-09 04:45:33
Michael Sauers of the Travelin’ Librarian blog had a posting on using Readability software to make reading web articles easier: http://lab.arc90.com/experiments/readability/ He also created an online Readability tutorial using ScreenToaster, an online screen recorder: http://tinyurl.com/2eqxbdx For more info on ScreenToaster: http://www.screentoaster.com/ Posted by Rich
Updated: 2010-09-09 04:45:32
I’m late in posting this, but there’s a funny BYU library video called New Spice: Study like a scholar, scholar: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ArIj236UHs Also there’s another funny library video called How to Print a Document at the COD Library While Avoiding the Zombie Horde: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w68doU1SxbY Posted by Rich
Updated: 2010-09-09 04:45:31
While a small corner store and Wal-Mart may both be retail businesses, the knowledge and skill set required to operate them successfully are vastly different. The operation of Wal-Mart is not simply a "supersized" version of the small business practices used by the corner store. Unlike the corner store, Wal-Mart ...
Updated: 2010-09-09 04:45:31
The July 19 Patriot Ledger had an interview of the Quincy Library Director Ann McLaughlin who is approaching her 40th anniversary at the library this coming January: QUINCY — Ann McLaughlin has been working in Quincy libraries since she graduated from college in 1971, spending the last 17 years as library director. As her 40th [...]
Updated: 2010-09-09 04:45:30
Who is that handsome man? How can I get a job like that? Chris Hardesty has done some pretty nifty things in his career, including this interview. A news librarian for many years, he presently wrangles electronic information for The Wall Street Journal. Go, Chris! (Those of you who know me well know I might [...]
Updated: 2010-09-09 04:45:29
Boston Fox 25/MyFoxBoston.com had a mini debate on Monday, June 28, 2010 on whether Massachusetts cities and towns should get rid of libraries: http://tinyurl.com/3yctd99 Brandon Abbs of the People of Boston Branches and Boston Globe columnist Alex Beam were the debaters. There were no librarians involved to give their side of the story. Anchors Maria [...]
Updated: 2010-09-09 04:45:29
I admit Mary Matalin and James Carville are not people with whom I am familiar, but James said a few things worth noting here: Some problems with information overload are really problems with having too little information. Some problems with a lack of information happen in an abundance of information. News is expensive. Opinion is [...]
