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IBM' Storwize' V7000 is a virtualized storage system designed to consolidate block and file workloads into a single storage system for simplicity of management, reduced cost, highly scalable capacity, performance and high availability. IBM Storwize V7000 also offers improved efficiency and flexibility through built-in solid state drive (SSD) optimization, thin provisioning and non-disruptive migration of data from existing storage. The system can virtualize and reuse existing disk systems offering a greater potential return on investment.

What's the Opportunity for Mobile Imaging in Insurance? Mobile Deposit, using the camera on smartphone to deposit a check, has changed the way consumer’s bank and banks compete. It helped the banking industry acquire new customers and dramatically reduce the cost of processing paper checks. Insurers have the opportunity to realize a similar benefit by incorporating mobile document imaging technology into their sales, distribution and claims processes.

Capacity management may not be quite dead, but the days of making periodic decisions using trending models are. Financial services organizations are radically changing how they plan and manage infrastructure to cope with the complexity of large-scale virtual and cloud environments and prevent the over-provisioning that results from old school planning models. The focus has shifted toward approaches that model demand "pipelines" and forecast based on capacity bookings, which more resembles a hotel reservation system than traditional capacity management. This is creating a whole new operational model that enables infrastructure planners, application owners and capacity teams to measure, control and plan for the constant flow of workloads in and out of an environment (on-boarding and de-commissioning), as well as organic growth (trending), all while optimizing workload placements and resource allocations to ensure optimal use of available capacity.

The Future of the Financial Industry: Banking on Customer Engagement Small corner banks and large multinational institutions alike are facing a rapidly changing environment. Recent regulations are requiring more carefully managed risk, and banks are under increasing pressure to find new sources of revenue. And customers are more empowered—they're demanding a more personalized experience. Watch this webcast with experts from IBM and Frost & Sullivan to find out how banks can put the customer at the center of their business in order to enhance collaboration, improve efficiency, and most importantly, grow the value of each customer relationship.

The combination of pending regulations, including Basel III and Dodd-Frank, with an increasingly uncertain business environment has led to the realization within the financial services industry that the disciplines of enterprise risk management, liquidity risk management, performance management and compliance are interrelated business obligations. Despite the market challenges, financial institutions must now devise a sustainable return to growth and at the same time be better protected against new or emerging risks.

It's safe to say that mobility is 'table stakes' for insurers. But attached to each nifty new application or tablet experience are two major questions: How effective is this, and how can we be sure? Establishing a library of major mobile benchmarks and metrics is important in making the business case for further mobile investment. Additionally, senior insurance executives will be looking for sophisticated strategies to develop and maintain newly implemented mobile initiatives.

The mobile market is changing rapidly - driven by increased consumer demands and the continual introduction of new and innovative technologies. In order to keep up with this rapidly changing market space and technology pace, integrated tools are required to help quickly plan, design, build and test mobile applications.

Financial services organizations still have time to implement a successful and sustainable Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) solution given the timing:

The need for the right messaging middleware is more important than ever, as more buy-side firms and broker/dealers seek robust electronic trading strategies with unfailing system reliability and pre-trade analytics to make better trading decisions. But this need comes at a time when technology spending is declining across the capital markets, as firms try to cut costs but still fund strategic new projects. The right messaging middleware can meet all of these challenges.

For software development teams in regulated industries, the ability to demonstrate compliance with a complex and dynamic set of regulations, including internal control of software development processes, is costly and challenging. IBM has given you process definition and enactment with lifecycle traceability through CLM. View this webcast to learn exactly how we take that further to support segregation of duties, work authorization, and audit report generation. We'll show you out of the box functionality as well as extensions, report templates, and tips and tricks. View this webcast if you care about reducing costs and risks of software development compliance.

As databases continue to expand at an exponential rate, financial organizations are challenged to find ways to efficiently analyze the data in a timely manner. With no end in the proliferation of data, how can firms use all of the data in their data warehouses? Just storing the data doesn't provide any value. Analyzing the data for better customer service, new products or to respond to regulatory queries is how firms can get more value from their data. But given all of the business challenges, how can IT organizations respond to the data analytics needs from various business units without adding massive amounts of CPU processing power?

The consumerization of business has pointed the way to a relationship-oriented future for commerce, including insurance-related transactions. The rapidity and pervasiveness of public adoption of anytime-anywhere computing has also shown that insurers must take a holistic, architectural approach to customer-orientation and that piece-meal, point solution-oriented efforts will not result in competitive positioning in the marketplace. With the right design philosophy and the right technology, insurers can recast their processes to create a rewarding relationship between insurers and their customers, finding the right balance of automation and high-touch service, and creating an atmosphere of mutual benefit for all participants — while significantly increasing efficiency and productivity.

Mobile banking has evolved so much and become such a prominent channel in its brief lifespan that it is hard to define it as “emerging” anymore. With various reports indicating anywhere from 15-20 percent of the banking population engaging in mobile, it is becoming an ever-larger segment of the customer base. Yet many banks still haven’t mastered the mobile customer experience.

Gaining control and quick access to paper documents, e-mails, electronic forms and more can help you make better policy and claims decisions, speed up customer service and streamline. But how do you choose the right content management system?

Every new hire is a new opportunity to grow your retail store sales. Smart retailers, however, know that there’s more to staffing than just adding names to the work schedule. Stores that find the best talent, bring them onboard quickly, and make a significant investment in brand training, are those who are winning the battle for shoppers’ hearts and wallets.

Financial services firms are reshaping how their finance, risk, compliance and treasury department processes, information and infrastructures are aligned. External mandates have established the requirements, and business pressures have forced reaction. Does your firm understand the impacts of its financial and treasury decisions related to customers, transactions, or asset investments? Are conventional accounting (ledger), financing (capital), and treasury (cash/liquidity) practices yielding the desired outcomes while minimizing your firm's risk exposure? These decisions are determining the course and success of strategies. Be it banking, capital markets or insurance, all financial firms will need to rely on their best information to make the best decision.

Transform your computer labs with Virtual Labs Cloud Client Computing. With Virtual Labs you can free your students with anywhere, any device learning environments. IT management can change from a focus on device management to digital identity management and as a result, you can reduce the number of hours spent on lab maintenance. Join this webinar to learn from expert Jeff McNaught, Executive Marketing Director & Chief Strategy Officer for Dell Cloud Client Computing as he explores this true end-to-end IT solution.

Cloud Client Computing transforms computer based learning in K12 education. With Virtual Labs you can unleash student learning opportunities while keeping control of the technology. IT management can change from a focus on device management to digital identity management and as a result, students gain wider access to device neutral content. Join this webinar to learn from expert Jeff McNaught, Executive Marketing Director & Chief Strategy Officer for Dell Cloud Client Computing as he explores this true end-to-end IT solution.

It’s no secret that banks and other financial services organizations continue to struggle to provide customers with an integrated banking experience across channels. Now, with more users accessing financial services applications over smart phones and tablets, in addition to traditional methods including in a bank branch, over the phone and, yes, a "traditional" website, firms are challenged to meet customers’ increasing demands for synchronized real-time updates. In addition, customers expect a similar "look and feel" no matter the channel or method of delivery. Although banks are still challenged to match the pace of technological change, newer technologies can make it easier to connect with customers through whatever channel they prefer.

Today's tough new regulatory environment is driving firms to boost their risk management procedures and improve their operational efficiency. As such, firms are focusing on reference data management, particularly in light of new regulations, rapidly growing data volumes, and the high cost of manual reconciliation due to bad or incomplete data.

Like many industries, Financial Services organizations (including Banks, Financial Markets and Insurance companies) face many challenges and conflicting priorities including reducing operating costs and risks while driving new sources of revenue, building capital and enhancing customer satisfaction. But often the cost and complexity of rigid infrastructures, silos of systems, and significant investments in legacy applications and resource skills hinder an organization’s ability to effectively tackle the initiatives critical to the business.

Barclays, a multinational banking and financial services provider, realized they huge file transfer problem—one that was making their internal teams and partners (not to mention their customers and auditors) very unhappy. Every project the managed file transfer team delivered was custom-built to exacting requirements. Sending data outside the bank was a costly proposition involving hours of red tape and taking up to 12 weeks. The solution was to fundamentally shift the way their organization worked. The goal? To make file transfer as easy as sending a letter (but much more secure.)

Proliferating channels have made it more challenging than ever for insurance organizations to provide a consistent experience for all customer and agent touch points. Furthermore, legacy systems can hamper insurers from providing multi-channel communications that meet customer expectations. Modern services-oriented technologies that address data, content, and business logic can go a long way in enabling insurers to meet customer communications challenges – while also increasing competitive advantage through operational efficiencies, faster speed to market and a better customer experience.

Insurance companies—needing to deal with compliance issues, risk management, complexity of product offerings, precise and timely customer communications and complexity of internal systems—are inherently dependent on document-intensive processes. From quotes and policies to billing statements and claims, it is crucial for insurers to have the most reliable and efficient document automation solutions to streamline these processes along with the best technology to deliver communications to customers.