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Jakespicks: Mtg w/ P&C customers along with CSC. Good interest in more modern policy admin. Unified communications & Excel Services also hot topics.
Jakespicks: Accenture posted Millennial survey, which adds to our survey 2 years ago. Should be rallying cry for HR & IT on tech to attract agents.
Jakespicks: Good I&T video & CIO survey from Novarica on policy admin & IT spend. Modern, configurable PAS - on SQL Server (I added that last part).
Jakespicks: Aviva uses Web 2.0 to build corporate culture with global reach - 02/02/2010 - Computer Weekly: http://bit.ly/bsNEwd via @addthis
Jakespicks: Low-cost policy admin discussion carrying over from ACORD. Discussing a few DB2 migrations.
Jakespicks: Good article here that adds more to Cloud topic. http://bit.ly/Uwv5y
Jakespicks: Conference over. Now to focus on analyst call on CRM on insurance, DB migration for policy admin.
Jakespicks: Show floor is closing. Good conference for meeting partners, analysts and some customers. Good discussions on Cloud, portals, workflow.
Jakespicks: Good to see Business Insurance magazine still doing well in this climate of reduced ad lineage. Like their content.
Jakespicks: We've received a lot of requests from partners to be part of Azure early adoption program. The Cloud is of high interest, and more than BPO.
Jakespicks: Just received great briefing on component architecture & insurance exchange from SFS Corp.
Jakespicks: Last day of ACORD LOMA conference. Schedule is lighter, so plan to attend a few sessions.
Jakespicks: Awards ceremony just ended. Liberty/SAFECO, MetLife, and Zurich recognized as innovators.
Jakespicks: ISVs interested in downloading IVC software factory code for UW and Web 2.0 direct portal from codeplex.com.
Jakespicks: Surface demo best comment came from mutual company; they see it as potential key to product upsell in tough environment.
Jakespicks: Booth reopens in 30.
MSFTinsurance: standing room only 12-2 at MSFT #1401 cloud computing is getting lots of attention
Jakespicks: George is very busy showing annuity sales demo on Surface. Barclays & BoA are using it. Who will be first here & will it be bancassurance?
Jakespicks: Foot traffic has picked up.
Jakespicks: Lots of nodding heads to advice "become an architect" to get hired to solve disconnect between biz-driven BPM & IT-driven SOA efforts.
MSFTinsurance: Interesting Q&A on #cloudcomputing and #insurance here: http://tinyurl.com/qy7xcq
Jakespicks: Waiting for standards to mature. Perfect as the enemy of good. Focus more on near-term biz value. An actual debate.
MSFTinsurance: #insurance is actually a very innovative industry, look at #esurance as a key example
MSFTinsurance: #microsoft had lots of interesting customers today looking for innovative solutions
MSFTinsurance: interesting observation, lots of vendor badges without exhibitor tags
MSFTinsurance: where are the customers...lots of red and purple badges
MSFTinsurance: bring on the customers
MSFTinsurance: who are those demo dollies-have they ever worked in insurance?
MSFTinsurance: nothing like a mcdonalds - burger king bake off, come see, come see
MSFTinsurance: last call for the MSFT IVC partners!

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