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OCTOBER 31, 2023

It’s no secret that banks and fintech companies must meet compliance and regulatory standards that are much stricter than what traditional tech companies are forced to comply with. The question becomes: How do you meet strict regulatory and compliance standards while keeping up with the rapid pace of innovation in technology? As the vice president of enterprise architecture and technology strategy at Discover Financial Services, I think about this question often as we work to design our tech sta

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Dataversity

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Within the digital marketplace, it is impossible for businesses and organizations to thrive without staying current with the latest technologies. As digitization grows, so does the tech-centric reliance from global enterprises in automating and adapting their workflows to expand their businesses more efficiently. One of the fastest-growing solutions for ensuring enterprise-wide efficiency across multiple systems […] The post Navigating Growth Challenges with Microservices appeared first on

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CIO

OCTOBER 31, 2023

In the ever-evolving landscape of cloud computing, today’s leading enterprises are seeking ways to optimize their operations and enhance their security measures. Cloud costs and security are two critical aspects that every organization must carefully manage, and they are more closely intertwined than you might think. Recent VMware research reveals that 95% of organizations believe multi-cloud architectures are critical for business success.

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Alpha Sense BI

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Recent M&A deals within the E&I space are setting the stage for robust competition in upcoming QoQs. ExxonMobil (XOM) revealed plans at the beginning of this month to acquire Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD)—a stock-only merger assessed at $59.5 billion, or $253 per share. Meanwhile, Chevron (CVX) announced last week that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Hess (HES) to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Hess in an all-stock transaction valued at $53 billion, or $171

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OCTOBER 31, 2023

The edge is where the action happens, where your employees and equipment do their work, and where customers and clients interact with your brand. It is where data is created, collected, and acted on to create a better customer experience and constituents generate immediate, essential value for your business. Edge computing can be used to power a digital city, the electrical grid, an airport, or even a hospital.

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CIO

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Without revenue from sales of products or services, a business becomes little more than a hobby or a charitable organization. Building sales requires a well-equipped sales team, and in today’s digital world, that means IT must become a strong support partner. But aligning with sales leaders on transformative technology initiatives takes more than just rolling out their tech of choice.

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Wink Intel

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Lisa Gomez, assistant secretary of Labor for the Employee Benefits Security Administration, said Tuesday that Labor changed the name of its upcoming new fiduciary rule to the Retirement Security rule to reflect a move forward from the 2016 Conflict of Interest rule. “It’s the retirement security rule with respect to the definition of an investment advice fiduciary,” Gomez told ThinkAdvisor on the sidelines of the American Society of Pension Professionals & Actuaries’ annual conference in Nat

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CIO

OCTOBER 31, 2023

This year’s spotlight on generative AI has been one of several factors increasingly placing corporate ethics in the crosshairs. Important today, ethics will soon become foundational and existential for business. Five years from now an organization’s ability to recruit and retain top talent and design and sell profitable goods and services will depend on how it is perceived ethically.

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Wink Intel

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The Internal Revenue Service has issued two new private letter rulings that could help life insurers create a new generation of life insurance policies aimed at fee-based and fee-only advisors. The IRS sent the letters to Protective Life. The letters would affect a variable universal life insurance policy that’s registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission as a security, as well as being registered with state insurance regulators as a life insurance policy.

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OCTOBER 31, 2023

When an application is finally ready for deployment, the last thing the development team wants to hear is: “Stop! There’s a security issue.” And then, after months of painstaking work, their application launch is delayed even further. That’s why Discover® Financial Service’s product security and application development teams worked together to shift security left by integrating security by design and conducting early security testing often to identify vulnerabilities prior to hitting deployment.

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Wink Intel

OCTOBER 31, 2023

LIMRA was once the Life Insurance Marketing and Research Association, and speakers at its latest annual conference want to find ways to heal the world with life insurance, marketing and research. LIMRA started the three-day event Sunday in National Harbor, Maryland. The speakers on the podium talked about the conflicts facing the United States and the world.

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TDAN BI

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Today’s digital realm increasingly emphasizes the value of self-service data access. Firms are recognizing its potential to empower users and accelerate decision-making processes. However, with this rapid shift towards democratized data access come challenges that organizations need to address.

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Wink Intel

OCTOBER 31, 2023

This is the first in a new series of columns about annuities and retirement planning. The rain keeps coming, the international news headlines look grim, and life and annuity market trackers say we’ll get through this. Holding fast to a bright vision of the future is important, because optimism is as critical to retirement planning as calcium is to bones.

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Wink Intel

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Need support in a flash, and don’t have time to email or call? Find Wink support online through our chat function. Check it out the next time you need our help! You can get started in the bottom right-hand corner of the site. The post Chat with us! appeared first on Wink, Inc.

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Wink Intel

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The very first week that I began working in the life insurance industry, my trainer gave me the best piece of advice, ever. Keep in mind that I live in Des Moines, Iowa- the life insurance capital of the United States. (Not to mention that our population is only a couple hundred thousand strong…I mean, I run into the insurance commissioner at the grocery store.

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Wink Intel

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The Labor Department’s new fiduciary rule is expected to be released for public comment Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. at an event at the White House. President Joe Biden will attend the event, according to the National Association of Plan Advisors. Labor changed the name of its upcoming new fiduciary rule to the Retirement Security rule to reflect a move forward from the 2016 Conflict of Interest rule, according to Lisa Gomez, assistant secretary of Labor for the Employee Benefits Security Administration

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