Identity Resolution Daily Links 2010-03-16
By the Infoglide Team
McClatchy: Recession is fueling a boom in insurance fraud
“Whether it’s worthless health plans peddled by fax, staged auto accidents, arson or slip-and-fall accidents at the local mall, insurance fraud of all kinds is booming in the recession and consumers are paying the price in higher premiums.”
SC Magazine: Technology solutions can be the resolution to terrorist threats
“Poulter said that when it comes to areas such as fraud detection and anti-money laundering (AML), identity resolution technology can assist financial institutions in combating identity fraud and leverage name matching of hidden patterns and correlations to prevent attempts to disguise identity. A single view of this information plays its part in the fight against terror, giving authorities a greater ability to prevent money laundering, which may lead to the funding of terrorist campaigns.”
Computerworld: Cloud Computing Will Cause Three IT Revolutions
“Over the next two to five years, expect to see enormous conflict about the technical pros and cons of cloud computing that will, at bottom, be motivated by the perception on the part of the participants as to whether cloud computing represents a benefit to be embraced or a threat to be resisted. In particular, cloud computing’s three characteristics — the illusion of infinite scalability, lack of a long-term commitment, and pay-by-the-use — will result in three revolutions in the way IT is performed, and each of the revolutions will have its adherents and detractors.”
Initiate blog: An Economic Business Case for Entity Resolution
“Restated, intelligence information sharing, analysis and proactive action (such as that performed by Interpol) are the most efficient way to economically battle terrorism. Interpol’s mission is to coordinate information and operations among nations, to allow countries to track criminals across borders and share information of common interest. This also happens to be a very good way to describe the business function of entity resolution technology.”
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