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Zurich Insurance Group Takes Its IT Infrastructure to the Agile Cloud - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM DXC TECHNOLOGY

Harvard Business

Building on a relationship that dates back to 2004, Zurich Insurance Group is working with DXC to move from traditional data center outsourcing to a Platform as a Service model, taking advantage of next-generation cloud management technologies to lower operating costs and accelerate development.

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Can AI Address Health Care’s Red-Tape Problem?

Harvard Business

Administrative and operational inefficiencies account for nearly one third of the U.S. Labor is the industry’s single largest operating expense, with six out of every 10 people who work in health care never interacting with patients. In most cases, these are experiments launched by individual hospitals or insurers.

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Oliver Wyman interview preparation: the inside story

Management Consulted

Now a subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan, Oliver Wyman is known to give MMC its strong reputation as experts over other insurance providers because of the firm’s focus on strategy. Burrows, Marsh & McLennan began in Chicago in 1905 and became the world’s largest insurance agency. Oliver Wyman became own firm again.

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What Could Amazon’s Approach to Health Care Look Like?

Harvard Business

While Amazon’s collaboration with Berkshire Hathaway and JP Morgan Chase would obviously leverage the purchasing power of three massive employers and could lead to innovative insurance models, it seems that the bigger opportunity would be in improving how care is delivered to patients. So where is the link to health care?

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IBM Consulting Interviews: Navigating the IBM GBS Maze

Management Consulted

It should be no surprise since they have been the birthplace of many technological advances, were one of the founders of the entire personal computer industrial revolution, and now are leaders in new software platforms, hardware infrastructure and workplace equality. These services focused on business management and information technology.

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How Machine Learning Is Helping Us Predict Heart Disease and Diabetes

Harvard Business

In response, hospitals are increasingly making analytics and new technologies an integral part of hospital operations. Business analytics widely used in the transportation industry by airlines and shipping companies are beginning to be employed to schedule operating rooms and staffing.

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Companies Are Turning Drones into a Competitive Advantage

Harvard Business

For example, savings are to be had in analysis of inventory stockpiles, thermal imaging of pipelines and rail lines, three-dimensional modeling of insurance claims, and non-destructive terahertz imaging for buildings. Factors such as investment horizon, need for data security, and desired development speed will influence this choice.

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