Quite frequently in this blogsite, I've talked about most shared-service implementations being more JBOWS (Just a Bunch of Web Services) than truly functioning SOAs. Now, a new study out of Saugatuck ...

Insurance companies generally prefer that annuity contract holders do not surrender their contracts. While a surrender charge penalty would apply, and some of those who surrender an annuity are doing ...

Although SOA efforts are still early-stage at most organizations, systems integrators who work for government agencies are concerned that SOA efforts might put them out of a job. So says the Input ...

A recent study from market watcher Gartner Inc. suggests that in some cases SOA adopters might be service-enabling chiefly for the sake of service-enabling. A recent study from market watcher Gartner ...

Participation by carriers in a long-term care insurance feasibility study is “not what we hoped for,” said Kate Eubank of the Society of Actuaries Research Institute. Eubank, the SOA’s senior ...