Milliman, Microsoft Team to Offer Life Insurers More Computer Capacity

Milliman Inc., an international consulting and actuarial firm, has teamed with Microsoft Corp. to provide a scalable, cost-effective cluster computing solution to clients in the life insurance and financial services industries. Advances in financial modeling and risk analysis within these industries are creating a demand for additional computing capacity. Milliman has enhanced its MG-ALFA application to integrate with Windows Compute Cluster Server (WCCS) 2003, delivering a new option for high-performance computing (HPC) for financial modeling to help insurance and financial firms.