Legacy systems transformation, SOA and outsourcing were just a few of the major IT challenges discussed in a session titled “Technology Evolution and Revolution: IT In Changing Times–A CIO Panel,” part of the recent 2006 ACORD LOMA Insurance Systems Forum here.
Panel moderator Greg Maciag, president and CEO of Pearl River, N.Y.-based ACORD, asked session participants to address the primary challenges to CIOs in today's insurance organizations.
According to panelist John Kellington, senior vice president and chief technology officer for Ohio Casualty Group, based in Fairfield, Ohio, legacy transformation is a process that will be aided by the recent advent (in insurance companies) of service-oriented architecture, or SOA. (See related text box for definition.)
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