Description: This article explains the importance of centralizing modeling departments. It goes further and explains the importance of making all aspects of modeling reusable. It explains the consequences of decentralization.

Description: Read about The Bulletin Board Updates on important events related to the Technology Section.

Description: Discusses useful resources for actuaries available on the Web.

Description: Opinion piece about when, how, and why actuaries need approximations.

Description: This article covers many activites of the Technology Section and personnel changes in that section. The explosion of 'Apps' for various techno-toys is mentioned. Also the Competency Framework tool of the SOA is explained.

Description: This note presents a review of calculator financial functions for the Texas Instruments BA-35 calculator. A number of the examples used as illustrations are from the 3rd edition of the book Mathematics of Investment and Credit, by S. Broverman.

Description: Describes Web 2.0 and discusses its benefits.

Description: Column from the Technology Section chair discussing technological advances since the early ‘90s.

Description: MG-ALFA software receives award for The Technical and High Performance Computing Innovation Partner of the Year Award. Microsoft wanted to recognize a partner that innovated by enabling simulation and modeling in the cloud, using windows HPC Server burst capability.

Description: This article discusses the positive aspects of E-prescribing, a transaction in which a physician transmits a prescription directly to a pharmacy through an electronic device. Issue No. 60