SOA in the Western European Insurance Sector: A Financial Insights Survey: Industry

SOA in the Western European Insurance Sector: A Financial Insights Survey

Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: IDC
Published: November 2006
Product Code: R104-28575

Description

This Financial Insights study reports the results of a Financial Insights/IDC survey carried out among European insurance executives in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom on SOA adoption.

This report answers key questions such as:

What is the level of familiarity of insurance company executives with SOA? What are the drivers of SOA adoption? What is the current level of adoption of SOA and what are the future adoption plans?

In particular, according to Angela Vacca, senior research analyst, Financial Insights EMEA, "Insurance companies need to become faster in the development of new business solutions and understand that SOA can be an enabler to achieve this objective. For this reason short-term plans for the adoption of an SOA approach are extremely good."

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Table of Contents
Financial Insights Opinion
In This Report
Methodology
Conceptual Framework
Sample Design
Sampling Unit: IDC's Economic Entity
Sample Quotas
Table: Vertical Market Quotas
Table: Company Size Quotas
Sample Frame and Sampling Method
Table: Number of Completes by Country
Respondents
Interviews
Questionnaires
Interview Schedule
Confidence Intervals
Weighting
Analysis of the Data
Definitions
Service-Oriented Architecture
Composite Application
Situation Overview
Business Need
Figure: SOA and Western European Insurance Companies: Reasons for Adopting It
Management Challenges
Figure: SOA: Importance for the IT Organization and IT Suppliers
The Approach
Best-of-Breed Strategies
Differentiating the Adopters
Composite Application
Figure: Composite Applications: Adoption Rate Status in Western European Insurance Companies
XML
Figure: XML in Banking, Insurance, and Capital Markets
Middleware Platforms
Figure: NetWeaver: Adoption Rate Status in Western European Insurance Companies
Figure: .NET: Adoption Rate Status in Western European Insurance Companies
Figure: WebSphere: Adoption Rate Status in Western European Insurance Companies
Future Outlook
Figure: SOA and Western European Insurance Companies: Adoption Level
SOA Challenges
Essential Guidance
Actions for Financial Institutions
Actions for Vendors
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