LAS VEGAS–Improvement of insurers' outmoded legacy computer systems will be helped by the arrival of the new Web-enabled processing strategy SOA, a technology expert advised here yesterday.

That assessment of service-oriented architecture's impact was provided by John Kellington during a session titled “Technology Evolution and Revolution: IT in Changing Times–A CIO Panel,” at the 2006 ACORD LOMA Systems Forum.

In addition to SOA, which allows re-use and sharing of different services and processes across platforms and information silos, the discussion touched on a variety of topics including outsourcing and other challenges to chief information officers.

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