Why are retailers moving to Google Cloud?
With the advent of disruptive technologies such as the internet of things, artificial intelligence and machine learning, the complexity and proliferation of data are on a sharp rise. As a result, terms like big data and cloud computing are now mainstream jargons in the...
EMERGENCE OF CITIZEN DATA SCIENTISTS AND AUGMENTED ANALYTICS
I came across the phrase “Citizen Data Scientists” during my research and was intrigued by it. Once I read more about it, I realized that it is nothing but a name for an advanced business user who is comfortable with the new-age...
Service Discovery in Microservices System I Zensar Blog
Microservices is an architectural approach towards software development that accelerates software delivery cycles and improves maintainability and scalability of the software. In microservices architecture, software products consist of multiple independent modules or services that can be made to interact via API. One...
How Augmented Analytics Is Redefining Decision-Making
Jim, the Sales Head of one of the leading pharmaceutical firms receives the monthly sales dashboard from his Business Intelligence team. He has to explain to the board why the sale of their top-selling drug has been at an all-time low for...
From ‘Good to Great’- How Insurance Carriers can use CX to build customer loyalty
A book I read, a while back was called, “Good to Great”. How do you go from being a good company to excelling at everything you do? One of the key differences is customer service: it’s easy to spot a company with...
Guidewire PolicyCenter – Testing Rating
One of the most critical components in a Guidewire PolicyCenter (PC) implementation is to integrate with a rating engine; this is typically either the Guidewire (GW) Rate Engine or an external rate engine like Oracle Insbridge, SoftRater etc. While testing this key component, validation...
Guidewire InsuranceSuite Implementations – To ESB or not to ESB, that is the question
Guidewire projects start with an inception phase, one of the activities during inception is where the integration team comes together to discuss and agree upon the integration architecture that will be used to make Guidewire’s products communicate with the our client’s existing systems landscape. Many...
Bridging the Business Gap – Compelling Requirement Gathering lessons
Projects can struggle for a variety of reasons, one of which is poor requirements. You can overcome many obstacles such as poor planning or poor system performance, but poor requirements is not an option. While everything cannot be addressed in this short...
Ten steps to secure success with your Data Migration to Guidewire PolicyCenter
For many carriers starting a new Policy Administration System implementation, the data migration of their policy portfolio is the most risky and difficult part of the project. Regardless of how well the application is configured to meet the functional requirements of the organization,...
Tips to Jump-Start Guidewire Test Automation
There are several benefits to having an automation solution that can be gained – from expanding test coverage, increasing frequency of execution, reducing manual testing resources etc. In our experience, 100% of Guidewire customers want to implement automation in their testing practice and...