Tag: Insurance

Feed: Featured Blog Posts - Data Science Central. Author: Don Philip Faithful. Something I learned during my graduate studies is that jails – like the old Don Jail as it once existed in Toronto (photographed by me above) – has special significance among those that study the history of people with disabilities.  For one thing, there are many people with disabilities in jail – sometimes placed there because there isn’t a more suitable facility.  A person can receive care treatment in jail that is not available outside the correctional system.  On the other side of the coin, people are literally ... Read More

Feed: Big Data Made Simple. Author: Aarti Ramakrisnan. There’s a new era of banking and financial services on the horizon. With the emergence of digital banking and fintech, the sector is facing a massive shift in the way people bank. Advancements in technology, including artificial intelligence and blockchain, has enabled banks and financial institutions to redefine what banking means to consumers today. Opening up new channels of conversation The biggest change in the industry is how banks interact with their customers. The face to face form of interaction – with live personnel sitting behind a counter, is quickly becoming obsolete ... Read More

Feed: SAS Blogs. Author: Paul Ridge. Insurers are required to move beyond the analytical experimentation and data silos that typically exist within their business today. So how high will the leading insurers set the bar? Enterprisewide analytics and AI have the power to prepare insurers for a customer-centric future and transform the relationship with policyholders. But will only a handful realise that their current approach to analytics leaves them poorly prepared for the challenge? As I noted in my previous post, success in the new era of insurance will demand that insurers transform to become customer-centric and better understand the ... Read More

Feed: Microsoft Azure Blog. Author: David Houlding. Healthcare is drowning in data. Every patient brings a record that could span decades, with x-rays, MRIs, and other data that can affect every decision. Providers and payers bring their own collateral to the table. Skills, policies, and certifications are just the start. Complying with regulations such as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) present additional burdens on any process. But there is a remedy: AI (Artificial Intelligence) and ML (machine learning) are powerful tools that can change the way healthcare organizations deal with the tsunami of healthcare data. Use cases ... Read More

Feed: Microsoft Azure Blog. Author: Maxim Lukiyanov. Today, we are pleased to reveal the preview of HDInsight IO Cache, a new transparent data caching feature of Azure HDInsight that provides customers with up to a 9x performance improvement for Apache Spark jobs. We know from our customers that when it comes to analytics cost efficiency of managed cloud-based Apache Hadoop and Spark services is one of their major attractors. HDInsight IO Cache allows us to improve this key value proposition even further by improving performance without a corresponding increase in costs. Architecture Azure HDInsight is a cloud platform service for ... Read More

Feed: IBM Big Data & Analytics Hub - All Content; Author: jennifer-clemente; James Wade, director of application hosting at Guidewell and IBM Analytics Director of Platform Offerings Hemanth Manda spoke with Dave Vellante in New York City on the eve of the 13 September taping of the Win with AI digital broadcast about the challenge of the velocity of change to enter the new era of AI and machine learning.For insurance company Guidewell, managing sensitive data on its members behind the firewall is no easy feat. With IBM Cloud Private for Data, IBM is looking to help organizations get ready for AI ... Read More

Feed: Featured Blog Posts - Data Science Central. Author: Paul Black. Harvard Business Review has regareded data scientist as the sexiest job of the 21st century. In this article, with the assistance of Octoparse V7, we aggregated the resources and tools that you may need to become a data scientist.1. Learning resources: Courses, Degrees/Certificates, Books; 2. Tools: Data Extractors, Data Analytics, Reporting. 3. Data Science Competitions/Programs 20 Online Courses about Data Science 1. Data Science Specialization Creator: John Hopkins University This Specialization covers the concepts and tools you'll need throughout the entire data science pipeline, from asking the right kinds ... Read More

Feed: Featured Blog Posts - Data Science Central. Author: Rafael Knuth. Microsoft Excel has been around for over 30 years now, and chances are it's not going to change in the foreseeable future. In fact, Excel is facing immense competition from challengers such as Google Spreadsheets and well-funded start-ups like Airtable, which are both going after Excel's massive user base of approximately 500 million worldwide. However, making a dent in the enterprise space is huge challenge. It's nearly impossible to rip and replace Excel along with Office 365 and the massive underlying infrastructure, which is serving ever-growing workloads. Not that ... Read More

Feed: Liquid Web. Author: Jerry Vasquez; In my last post, I started with a conversation about the general business impact of IP addresses, their purpose within internet business, and introduced shared IP vs dedicated IP addressing.In this article, we’ll continue these concepts while remaining focused on the business side of the operation. The conversation will center around the three core facets of internet business required to stay relevant: stability, resource utilization, and reputation.Let’s get started!Relating Shared IP vs Dedicated IP to Resource AllocationIPs can host many domains, so we can conclude that IPs are the closest point at which we ... Read More

Feed: Cloudwards. Author: Jacob Roach; Password managers are an essential tool for the internet. They make signing in to accounts, getting through checkouts and remembering bank account information much easier while increasing your security. While there are no shortage of paid options, getting a decent free password manager can be a challenge. In this guide to the best free password manager, we’re going to list our top five picks for password managers that won’t cost you a dime. We’ll give you reasons to use a password manager, set out our criteria and explain our choices. We’ll spoil it now and ... Read More