Progressing from the ways and days of the UNIVAC: before groaning about how slow the insurance industry is when it comes to technological adoption, think of how far it's come.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Summary * Insurance carriers were among the first companies to adopt mainframe computers, buying the UNIVAC 1 in the early 1950s. * Early on, IBM made inroads with carriers seeking stable and secure platforms to process their loss data. Big Blue...

The tortoise and the hare: property/casualty carriers were the first companies to adopt mainframes, but have since lagged in adopting other technologies, proving once more that the industry insists on moving at its own pace.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Summary * Carders hit a home run end were ahead of many industries by adopting mainframes as their primary hardware platforms. * On the software side, enalytics have developed at warp speed in the past decade, helping companies to mine their...

Big Iron's back: after flirting with newer, distributed technology systems, insurers are taking a fresh look at the ones they originally brought to the dance. They're seeing new promise, and serious savings, in an old familiar technology--their mainframes.
Even in laid-back Hawaii, agents don't want to wait until tomorrow for a reply from an insurer. They want it today. So when Hawaii's largest property/casualty insurer sought to meet the demand for a response time measured in minutes instead of days, it looked to its technology. ...

Perspectives on applications of technology in the field of learning disabilities.
This article describes how concepts related to the use of technology in education have evolved with particular emphasis on their implications for people with learning disabilities (LD). The article reflects my personal perceptions as a "participant observer" in a variety of activities related to technology applications in special education...

The evolution of educational computer software.
The Historical context The third great revolution - computers and high technology (the first being agriculture and the second the industrial revolution) - has already fundamentally altered life for the better, at least for people in the post-industrialized world. This dramatic shift, as complex and challenging as it is,...

1996 election night winner will be known before polls close.
Next year, on the Nov. 5 election night, a network anchor could say the following: "With one percent of the vote in, the winner is . . ." And he would be right. Hard as it is to believe, thanks to new computers and old-fashioned mathematical formulas,...

Computer literacy in accreditation: putting students in the driver's seat.
Computers are no longer the strict domain of engineers and rocket scientists. They are used every day in stores, offices, classrooms, and even park and recreation facilities. Mat is why NRPA/American Association for Leisure & Recreation (AALR) standards, revised in 1990 and 1992, mandate that undergraduate programs include computer...

Egypt: going high tech.
Simon Brindle reports on the state of the computer industry in Egypt, on recent legislative developments and the potential to develop indigenous high tech export oriented industries. COMPUTERISATION HAS come piecemeal to Egypt as it has to other developing countries. Today, Egypt's computer market is estimated at around $200...

Reform your governance from within.
A financial management system guided by 'Economic Value Added' responds to the needs for improved governance and empowerment in the information age. CEO resignations, proxy battles, contested board seats, and compensation carping fuel the fires of corporate governance. They put heat on top management. They arouse the indignation of...

Still waiting.
It's nice to be included. In Canada we usually sit on the sidelines and observe American angst about large issues such as Vietnam, drugs, and urban decay. It's not that we don't have problems of our own, it's just that (in the absence of intensive media hype) our problems never...