01. Richard Wiedenbeck, Ameritas, Visits #theCUBE!. (00:20)
02. Tell Us About Ameritas. (00:32)
03. What's Changing Because Of The Digital Transformation. (01:23)
04. How Are You Dealing With The Big Data Challenge. (03:59)
05. How Did You Take Understanding How To Monetize Data Into The Modern Era. (08:43)
06. Is Your Job To Create The Environment And Then Scale It. (12:13)
07. Is The Technology Trustworthy And The Process Made Up As You Go. (13:51)
08. Are The Integration Points Are The Ones That Matter. (15:05)
09. Does This All Take Place In The Cloud. (16:22)
Track List created with http://www.vinjavideo.com.
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The age of the consumer: How one company implements a hybrid cloud approach | #ibmwow
by Heather Johnson | Oct 25, 2016
In this “Age of the Consumer,” financial services and insurance providers have had to learn to pick up the pace from a shuffle to a sprint. They have to provide the tools that allow customer to make their own decisions — now — rather than rely on salespeople to pitch information. That’s a radical turn in how these companies do business.
Ameritas Life Insurance Corp., a financial services provider that focuses on insurance, faced this and other external pressures as it modernized its infrastructure. “There’s enormous regulatory pressure coming in,” said Richard Wiedenbeck, SVP and CIO of Ameritas Life Insurance. “That’s coupled with continued low interest rates and the fact that we’re in the later stages of coming around to the consumer age.” Wiedenbeck discussed Ameritas’ forward shift with Dave Vellante (@dvellante) and John Furrier (@furrier), co-hosts of theCUBE*, from the SiliconANGLE Media team, during IBM World of Watson 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
To facilitate the shift, Ameritas updated its “disparate set of technologies” so that it could gain insights about its customers. “We took a step back and realized we needed to invest in a strategic platform end to end,” Wiedenbeck explained.
As early adopters of IBM Watson, Ameritas opted for a blend of IBM and its existing services. It also works in both the cloud and on-prem. So far, its hybrid approach works. “We’re taking the philosophy of learning as you go,” Wiedenbeck said.
Watch the complete video interview below, and be sure to check out more of SiliconANGLE and theCUBE’s coverage of IBM World of Watson 2016.
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Richard Wiedenbeck, Ameritas - IBM World of Watson 2016 #ibmwow #theCUBE
01. Richard Wiedenbeck, Ameritas, Visits #theCUBE!. (00:20)
02. Tell Us About Ameritas. (00:32)
03. What's Changing Because Of The Digital Transformation. (01:23)
04. How Are You Dealing With The Big Data Challenge. (03:59)
05. How Did You Take Understanding How To Monetize Data Into The Modern Era. (08:43)
06. Is Your Job To Create The Environment And Then Scale It. (12:13)
07. Is The Technology Trustworthy And The Process Made Up As You Go. (13:51)
08. Are The Integration Points Are The Ones That Matter. (15:05)
09. Does This All Take Place In The Cloud. (16:22)
Track List created with http://www.vinjavideo.com.
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The age of the consumer: How one company implements a hybrid cloud approach | #ibmwow
by Heather Johnson | Oct 25, 2016
In this “Age of the Consumer,” financial services and insurance providers have had to learn to pick up the pace from a shuffle to a sprint. They have to provide the tools that allow customer to make their own decisions — now — rather than rely on salespeople to pitch information. That’s a radical turn in how these companies do business.
Ameritas Life Insurance Corp., a financial services provider that focuses on insurance, faced this and other external pressures as it modernized its infrastructure. “There’s enormous regulatory pressure coming in,” said Richard Wiedenbeck, SVP and CIO of Ameritas Life Insurance. “That’s coupled with continued low interest rates and the fact that we’re in the later stages of coming around to the consumer age.” Wiedenbeck discussed Ameritas’ forward shift with Dave Vellante (@dvellante) and John Furrier (@furrier), co-hosts of theCUBE*, from the SiliconANGLE Media team, during IBM World of Watson 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
To facilitate the shift, Ameritas updated its “disparate set of technologies” so that it could gain insights about its customers. “We took a step back and realized we needed to invest in a strategic platform end to end,” Wiedenbeck explained.
As early adopters of IBM Watson, Ameritas opted for a blend of IBM and its existing services. It also works in both the cloud and on-prem. So far, its hybrid approach works. “We’re taking the philosophy of learning as you go,” Wiedenbeck said.
Watch the complete video interview below, and be sure to check out more of SiliconANGLE and theCUBE’s coverage of IBM World of Watson 2016.
