As part of an effort to improve companies' disaster preparedness, the Financial Services Technology Consortium (FSTC) has completed a framework for measuring businesses' operational resiliency. The Resilient Enterprise: Benchmarking for Maturity initiative is a collaborative effort begun in 2005 between
In spite of writedowns of nearly $150 billion in the last three quarters, brokerage IT spending will grow a modest 1.3% from 2008 to 2011, according to analysts at Oliver Wyman/Celent. They expect North American brokerages to spend $30 billion
In a deal that will make the Boston, Mass.-based insurer the fifth largest P&C carrier in the United States, Liberty Mutual announced today that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Seattle-based Safeco for an estimated $6.2 billion. Following
Turner Broadcasting's TBS .com has begun streaming four episodes of Seinfeld , thereby making the popular TV series legally available online for the first time. The episodes are titled, "The Yada Yada," "The Truth," "The Muffin Tops," and "The Millennium."
The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences announced on Tuesday that it has added a new category to its Emmy awards presentations: Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Show. Since the Academy already hands out Emmys for Outstanding Game
The newly remodeled and reopened Newseum in Washington announced Tuesday that it will hold a special discussion about "the life and legend of Edward R. Murrow " on Saturday, April 26, the day after what would have been Murrow's 100th
Not-yet-healed wounds incurred during the writers' strike when several writers of soap operas went fi-core (that is, chose to leave the WGA permanently but continue to pay dues) were reopened Tuesday when the WGA East made the names of those
Ratings for Fox 's American Idol rose Tuesday night from last week, as the show posted a 14.5 rating and a 23 share in the 8:00 p.m. hour. Once again, CBS 's NCIS also provided strong competition as it drew
