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JULY 11, 2022

Altering your approach as a CIO is critical in leading digital transformation within healthcare organizations. The goal of healthcare digital transformation is to achieve clinical, financial, and operational strategic goals, but this journey is complex and requires the mobilization of technology, resources, processes, and talent. Every aspect of what healthcare organizations do is affected by digital transformation – from enhancing the patient experience to making data-driven decisions and autom

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JULY 11, 2022

We have talked about the benefits of using big data in the marketing profession in the past. The top marketing strategists of every organization need to understand its benefits and use it effectively. CMOs Are Investing in the Benefits of Big Data. The market for marketing analytics technology is growing nearly 14% a year. The demand for data analytics technology in the marketing will continue to grow as more executives recognize its benefits.

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CIO

JULY 11, 2022

The shift to a digital business environment in financial services began well before the pandemic pushed it and other sectors to more rapidly embrace digital transformation. As customers have become increasingly digitally savvy, they demand that financial services firms be more responsive to their needs. Those organizations that don’t make that change risk losing their customers to those that adopted an agile, customer-centric approach to business.

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Dataversity

JULY 11, 2022

The importance of artificial intelligence (AI) cannot be understated. From a 5% increase in EBIT to the potential to create trillions of dollars in economic value, AI is the technology businesses are rushing to scale – and failing to do so could be catastrophic. But while AI has come a long way, there is one challenge that continues to hold it […].

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Whether your organization is at the start of its sustainability and impact journey or years into it, many brands share a common concern: the uncertainty of whether they are sending stakeholders mixed messages. Creating content that speaks to your audience's “love language” can be a tricky dance. But, worry not! 3BL has put together tips to ensure that your content not only finds its rhythm but also resonates with your target audiences.

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JULY 11, 2022

Cybersecurity is top of mind for everyone. For IT teams, the list of concerns has been magnified by a more dispersed workforce and the need to assess the risks associated with a proliferation of connected devices, the vanishing perimeter and the ever-changing threat landscape. The increased adoption of cloud computing also poses inherent challenges.

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Wink Intel

JULY 11, 2022

An explosion in the growth of proprietary indices and indexed products continues. But regulators are circling. What will the next generation of indexed products look like? Indexed products are popular, offering apparent upside and little downside. But regulators are wary. The growth of proprietary indices has critics claiming consumers are confused and misled by rosy illustrations that rarely come true.

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Dataversity

JULY 11, 2022

Today, one of the most cutting-edge technologies is data fabric. Data fabric and data management can significantly improve business functions by connecting siloed data and making it accessible across divisions and workgroups. Utilizing a specialized architecture, on-premises data can be shared across multi-cloud and deliver unique insights unavailable with other data management techniques.

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CIO

JULY 11, 2022

Electronic components distributor Avnet traces its history back over 100 years to the store on New York’s “Radio Row” where founder Charles Avnet first sold surplus parts to hobbyists. The company soon began supplying manufacturers, opening its own assembly operation and warehouses across the country. To better serve its industrial customers, it began building its first automated warehouses in the mid-1980s, run on homegrown logistics software, and then about 30 years ago put SAP’s ERP system at

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Wink Intel

JULY 11, 2022

New York Life Insurance Co. has picked Todd Taylor to be the head of its retail annuities unit. The unit generated $13 billion in individual annuity sales in 2021, or about 5% of all 2021 U.S. individual annuity sales. Taylor, who will become a senior vice president, has been a vice president at New York Life and head of retail annuities strategy, marketing, service, administration and analytics.

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CIO

JULY 11, 2022

There’s no roadmap. No standard approach. No required certifications. No tried-and-true methods to guarantee success. Executive coaching sounds like a profession at the opposite end of the spectrum from the CIO role. Yet for former CIOs Jim Rinaldi of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab and Jim DiMarzio of Toyo Tires and Mazda North American Operations, their recent career transitions to coaching felt like a natural next step after the mentoring work they’ve done for decades.

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Leaders in competitive intel know that the employees who interact with customers and prospects every day hold valuable competitive insights that could help win sales. But they don’t have a good plan or system to gather, organize, and share these insights with the stakeholders who need them. In this eBook, we outline 7 strategies to make it easier to build and scale an employee sharing program that will drive competitive advantage.

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Wink Intel

JULY 11, 2022

“These outsourced insurance desks are erupting because of the new registered investment advisor distribution that has come into the annuity space since the initial discussions of the best interest standard,” said Sheryl Moore , CEO of Wink , publisher of Wink ’s Sales & Market Report. Moore said just 1.2% of the $59.7 billion first quarter annuity sales were coming through registered investment advisors who charge fees.

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CIO

JULY 11, 2022

Networks are under pressure like never before. For networking security leaders, too many blind spots in their network security operations means too many vulnerabilities. With the shift to hybrid work, data, applications, intellectual property, and personal information is no longer stashed safely behind a corporate firewall. Today, it can be anywhere. .

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Wink Intel

JULY 11, 2022

Separately, Wink reported National Life Group was the product segment’s top seller in the first quarter, with an 11.1% market share. Others among the top five included Pacific Life, Nationwide , Transamerica , and John Hancock. Click HERE to read the full story via Life Annuity Specialist. The post As Indexed Life Sales Jump, Penn Mutual Rolls Out New Product appeared first on Wink.

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CIO

JULY 11, 2022

Emerging cybersecurity initiatives generate lots of buzz but aren’t likely to shift the focus of IT and business leaders away from fundamental issues such as cost and best-of-breed solutions. A recent survey indicates that the top concern of IT leaders is to find solutions and managed services providers that can shore up and automate core threat detection and remediation security capabilities.

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Navigating the waters of sustainability reporting disclosures and regulations can be intimidating, to say the least. With various measures set in motion in 2023 to keep companies accountable, there is a lot in store for brands’ impact communication in the upcoming year. 3BL is kicking off this January with our Navigating ESG Comms Through the Cosmos - Capricorn Edition by highlighting the impact of: The U.S Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Climate disclosure rules The European Commission

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Wink Intel

JULY 11, 2022

WASHINGTON , July 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — As high inflation persists into the second half of the year, most Americans ages 45 to 75 are worried about the dual risks of high inflation reducing spending power in retirement (81%) or a recession driving the economy down and impacting retirement income (79%). That anxiety is manifesting in real-world behavior as six out of 10 consumers (60%) reported reducing their spending because of inflation.

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CIO

JULY 11, 2022

Key Takeaways from this Report. 2021 was another record year for global DDoS attacks. At 9.84 million, the number was lower than the 10.1 million attacks in 2020 but still represented a 14 percent increase over the 2019 numbers. A few factors account for the slight decrease in global attacks from 2020 to 2021. First, 2020 was a full lockdown year where the world operated remotely, giving threat actors a unique landscape against which to launch unprecedented numbers of DDoS attacks.

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Wink Intel

JULY 11, 2022

DES MOINES, Iowa–( BUSINESS WIRE )– Principal Financial Group ® today announced the launch of new buffer fund investment options within its variable annuity business aimed at helping customers balance the need to build and protect savings in retirement with managing risk. The new investment options provide both market growth and limited downside protection – two key factors shifting variable annuities in light of rising inflation and market volatility.

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CIO

JULY 11, 2022

By Tom Thorpe, Vice President International Markets, Broadcom Software. It’s been great to see people returning to face-to-face meetings in recent months – for us at Broadcom Software, a little more than most. Talk about timing: just as we completed the acquisition of Symantec in November 2019, a global pandemic hit. With companies shutting their offices and shifting to remote work, Covid restrictions limited our ability to communicate with customers about the great value the acquisition brings

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Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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JULY 11, 2022

NEW YORK–( BUSINESS WIRE )– Global Atlantic Financial Group , a leading financial services company, today announced that its subsidiary, Forethought Life Insurance Company, has been named a Ward’s 50® top life and health insurance company for the thirteenth consecutive year. Forethought Life Insurance Company is the primary issuer of annuities and preneed life insurance products for Global Atlantic.

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CIO

JULY 11, 2022

Digital transformation goes well beyond reducing physical assets to bits. Digital transformation leverages software to re-invent the entire LBGUPS (Learn, Buy, Get, Use, Pay & Support) business value chain. I suspect almost all reading this post are involved in digital transformations at work and see it in action throughout daily life. For example, over the past two days, I’ve: Designed a customized pair of sneakers online and had them shipped to my house Ordered lunch from a quick service r

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Wink Intel

JULY 11, 2022

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.–( BUSINESS WIRE )– Protective Life Corporation , a wholly owned U.S. subsidiary of Dai?ichi Life Holdings, Inc. (TSE:8750) today announced the launch of its Protective ® Aspirations Variable Annuity product, issued by its principal subsidiary Protective Life Insurance Company (“Protective”). According to a 2022 consumer survey, 1 the most important service consumers of all ages seek from a financial professional is “understand how much [they] can safely spend in

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CIO

JULY 11, 2022

Software-Defined WAN (SD-WAN) is one of the most rapidly adopted technologies of the past decade. According to a recent study published by Dell’Oro Group, the worldwide sales of SD-WAN technologies are forecasted to grow at double-digit rates over each of the next five years to surpass $3.2 billion in 2024. This growth is certainly a testament to some of the more well-known benefits of SD-WAN technology , such as centralized network policy management, network flexibility and application-aware

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Temperatures are rising (and not just metaphorically) as key stakeholders anxiously anticipate the outcomes of COP28. While companies reconsider their 2024 environmental sustainability strategies, there is another aspect of ESG that deserves exploring, the social sector. In the latest edition of "Navigating ESG Comms Through the Cosmos - Sagittarius Edition", 3BL hones in on this sign’s bold quality of asking questions others are burning to know the answers to.

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JULY 11, 2022

OLDWICK, N.J.–( BUSINESS WIRE )– AM Best has affirmed the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of A++ (Superior) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings (Long-Term ICR) of “aa+” (Superior) of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual) (domiciled in Springfield, MA) and its life/health subsidiaries, C.M. Life Insurance Company and MML Bay State Life Insurance Company (both domiciled in Enfield, CT).

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CIO

JULY 11, 2022

Retailers continue to adopt a digital-first approach to customer experience, both in-store and online. According to a recent survey by DemandScience and Comcast Business, over the next 12 months, retail IT executives will prioritize upgrades in digital customer experience (CX), network and cybersecurity solutions, expanded use of analytics-backed decision making, and increased investments in AI.

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Wink Intel

JULY 11, 2022

LANSING, Mich.–( BUSINESS WIRE )– Jackson Financial Inc. 1 (NYSE: JXN) (Jackson®) will announce financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2022 after market close Tuesday, August 9, 2022. Jackson’s press release and supplemental financial materials will be available at investors.jackson.com. Jackson will host a conference call and webcast Wednesday, August 10, 2022 at 10 a.m.

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Better Buys

JULY 11, 2022

Looker and Microsoft Power BI are two popular business intelligence software solutions. Each software has robust features so companies can make better decisions based on their data. Here, we compare Looker and Power BI on several factors. What is the difference between Looker and Power BI? ?While both software solutions are deployed in the cloud, […].

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In times of economic uncertainty, account-based strategies are essential. According to several business analysts and practitioners, ABM is a necessity for creating more predictable revenue. Research shows that nearly three-quarters of marketers (74%) already have the resources needed to build successful ABM programs.

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Wink Intel

JULY 11, 2022

The financial wind howling outside may have knocked some shingles off some life and annuity issuers’ roofs in the second quarter. A Morgan Stanley team led by Nigel Dally sizes up the companies’ storm resistance in a new earnings preview article. The second quarter ended June 30. UnitedHealth Group, a health insurer, will kick off the new round of life, health and annuity issuer earnings releases by posting its results July 15.

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CIO

JULY 11, 2022

As edge computing continues to mature, complemented by the proliferation of powerful, readily available 5G networks in hubs across the country, the appeal of edge processing is becoming harder and harder to ignore for leading enterprises. The next generation of edge computing needs to support a growing and never-ending torrent of traffic and support a raft of ultra-reliable, low-latency apps.

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Wink Intel

JULY 11, 2022

Your clients’ purchases of life insurance policies may now look more like they did before the COVID-19 pandemic started. Consumers filed 6% fewer applications for individual life insurance in June than they filed in June 2021, according to MIB Group’s new U.S. application activity report. But activity was strong earlier in the year, and overall activity for the first half appears to be comparable to what it was in the first half of 2019, when no one had heard of COVID-19.

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JULY 11, 2022

With the introduction of the internet to the business model, brand marketing has dramatically evolved. Coming from the service of simple and localized target markets to complex global arenas, businesses have had to contend with equally complicated exposure to risk––and contend they have. Our sophisticated business model has resulted in a more advanced risk management discipline – and we have 12 key steps to share that will help you master it.

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In our latest edition of Navigating ESG Comms Through the Cosmos - Scorpio Edition, 3BL embraces the perspective of one of the zodiac's most misunderstood signs: Scorpio. While this sign often has a darker view of the world, they do not shy away from shining a light on controversial topics. This month we take a deep dive into corporate pullback of DEI and how companies can utilize astrological advice to reinvent its social impact communication.

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