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Events


Microsoft Insurance Value Chain (IVC) Partners Bellevue, WA -- February 19 & 20

CONVERGENCE - Microsoft Dynamics Orlando, FL -- March 11-14

Microsoft Financial Services Developers Conference New York City - March 12

Microsoft Innovation Process Management New York City, NY - Microsoft Offices -- April 21

Microsoft Enterpirse Developer and Industry Solution Conference New York City, NY -- May 5 & 6

ACORD-LOMA Forum Walt Disney World - Dolphin Resort / Orlando, FL -- May 17-19

Microsoft Tech-Ed U.S. Orlando, FL -- June 3-13

Notable Sites


Microsoft Insurance Value Chain Partners Listing with brief description and site link.

Microsoft Microsoft's Insurance Industry site.

Avanade Avanade is a global IT consultancy dedicated to using the Microsoft platform to help enterprises achieve profitable growth.

Micro Focus Provides innovative software that helps companies to dramatically improve the business value of their enterprise applications.

MSDN Industry Center - Insurance This site is designed to provide both Developers and Architects in the Insurance industry with technical content focused on Microsoft’s Insurance Value Chain industry initiative.

Mainframe Migration Alliance The Mainframe Migration Alliance (MMA) is a group of companies that are working together to help customers migrate workloads off of the mainframe and onto the Microsoft platform.

ACORD - Insurance Data Standards ACORD (Association for Cooperative Operations Research and Development) is a global, nonprofit insurance association; mission is to facilitate the development and use of standards for the insurance, reinsurance and related financial services industries.

Microsoft Financial Services - Developer Connection At Microsoft®, we're committed to serving the needs of developers in the financial services industry.

Office Zealot Our goal is simple: To provide a reference to the best sources on the web for the Office user, developer and IT support specialist.

Office Business Applications Central OBA Central is intended as a vibrant and active community that brings together Microsoft, Microsoft OBA ISV, services partners and customers, and makes it easy to connect, and find solutions and services that address their business and technical needs.

INETA - International .NET Association The International .NET Association (INETA) provides structured, peer-based organizational, educational, and promotional support to the growing worldwide community of Microsoft® .NET user groups.

Mike Walker - MSDN Blog - Financial Services Mike J. Walker Architecture Strategist, Financial Services, Architecture Strategy Team Microsoft Corp.

David S. Platt - Rolling Thunder Computing .NET Professor.

Tom Groenfeldt - Technology & Finance Techandfinance focuses on Microsoft initiatives in financial services – capital markets, retail and wholesale banking, and insurance. It is edited by Tom Groenfeldt, an industry expert who founded Windows in Financial Services magazine.

SPI - Solution Selling Sales Performance International (SPI) is a global sales training and performance improvement firm.

Steve Anderson - The Anderson Agency Report Steve Anderson, insurance agency automation consultant.

UltimateInsuranceLinks Insurance Industry Search and Link Engine by G. Barry Klein.

The Insurance Tech Guru Ara Trembly.

Blog - Michael Blake

Microsoft, Intel Set CRM Scalability Benchmark

50,000 simultaneous/concurrent users... over 2.9 million daily transactions... ONE database... on $35k hardware... WOW!!

http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Enterprise-Applications/Microsoft-Intel-Set-New-CRM-Scalability-Benchmark-405375/?kc=rss

June 04 8:09 PM | Add a comment | Permalink | Blog it

Coming Back--> Look for Re-launch during ACORD-LOMA Forum

www.acordlomaforum.org

Looking forward to seeing friends... AND getting the latest info on where Microsoft and its IVC Partners are going in insurance business.

Please comment or send email < michaelblake@insurancelabs.com > with suggestions on what you'd like too see blogged about... THANKS!

May 07 3:22 PM | Add a comment | Permalink | Blog it

Microsoft Unified Communications (UC) in Insurance

Interesting video with some workflow examples:

YouTube embed is BROKE... try below link:

http://www.microsoft.com/australia/wvx/business/uc/UC_Insurance_2500k.wvx

January 24 9:11 AM | Add a comment | Permalink | Blog it

Under Construction

How can I know what I think till I see what I say? -- E.M. Forster

January 20 10:59 AM | Add a comment | Permalink | Blog it

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Thinking... thinking... thinking...

January 11 3:40 PM | Add a comment | Permalink | Blog it


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Microsoft Team

Insurance


Don Canning Director - Industry Manager Solutions

Bill Hartnett Insurance Solutions Director

Bolt LaMotte

Alice Nichols

Mike Silva

Mike Walker

Reading


Windows in Financial Services magazine

Insurance & Technology magazine

Tech Decisions magazine

Insurance Networking News magazine

Insurance Journal magazine

Partnering with Microsoft: How to Make Money in Trusted Partnership with the Global Software Powerhouse by Ted Dinsmore, Edward O'Connor

Introducing Microsoft .Net, Third Edition by David S. Platt

The Microsoft Platform Ahead (Pro - Developer) by David S. Platt

Why Software Sucks...and What You Can Do About It by David S. Platt

The Solution-Centric Organization by Keith M. Eades

The New Solution Selling: The Revolutionary Sales Process That is Changing the Way People Sell by Keith M. Eades

The Solution Selling Fieldbook by Keith M. Eades

InformationWeek magazine

InfoWorld magazine

eWeek magazine