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Legacy Transformation: Attacking the Problem With New Competitive Weapons

Overview The challenges being faced by mid-market insurers nowadays are no secrets. Companies have to introduce new products quickly, improve their flexibility to make system changes faster, battle to retain existing customers, acquire new business, and overcome operational and organizational inefficiencies. Perhaps the most pressing challenge is getting out from under the weight of legacy systems and applications.

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Publisher	IBM	File Format	PDF
Date Published	December 2005
Format	White Papers
Topics	Service-Oriented Architecture, Application Development

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