ebizQ.net (www.ebizq.net) has announced it is partnering withSmallwood Maike & Associates, a strategic advisory firm, tomanage the new vertical insurance community on ebizQ.net.Thisrelationship creates a virtual community exclusively for insurancethat links the business to emerging technologies and creating aplatform to guide business agility. The insurance community willprovide a single insurance view of research, insights, andperspectives that facilitates linkage between business strategies,process, and technology. The site includes Smallwood Maike researchand aggregates research, white papers, and thought-leadershippieces from the leading analyst firms, vendor community, consultingfirms, insurers, and other third-party services."Throughout theyears, ebizQ's goal has been to provide our members with all theleading information around emerging technologies to enable thebusiness success," says ebizQ CEO Les Yeamans. "Right now, theinsurance industry is demanding a business view, businessconnectivity to the technology decisions that will guide thetransformation required to compete in today's marketplace. Ourpartnership with Smallwood Maike & Associates leverages itsindustry experience, knowledge, and relationships to help us expandour ability to meet the needs and demands of our growing insurancecommunity.""We are excited about our partnership with ebizQ," saysDeb Smallwood, cofounder of Smallwood Maike. "Together, by creatinga virtual insurance community, we are helping drive industrytransformation through business-driven advice, insights, andresearch. This aligns directly to our overall firm's mission andebizQ's goals, as well."