Richard Davies wrote: The UK has a good crop of technology pioneers in cloud computing - for example ElasticHosts, FlexiScale, Flexiant, OnApp - and also some strong government initiatives such as G-Cloud.
We will have to see whether this kind of technical leadership converts into swift mass-market adoption or not.
Sword Insurance (a Sword Group division), the provider of leading
solutions in distribution, policy administration, customer service and
business intelligence for the property and casualty insurance industry,
has relocated its North American headquarters to 51 Sleeper Street in
Boston, Mass. as of August 30, 2010. All Sword AgencyPort staff in
Boston has been relocated to the new office location. Sword AgencyPort,
which was acquired by Sword Group in November 2009 is part of the
recently formed Sword Insurance division.
“With the formal launch of Sword Insurance and the associated growth
strategy, we have outgrown our current headquarters. In an effort to
maintain our commitment to customer service, delivery, execution and
innovation we needed a more efficient location to handle our expansion.”
said Steve Hauck, CEO of Sword Insurance. “In the new space we can
accommodate more client meetings and also have all of our Boston staff
on one floor to enhance collaboration between client delivery, research
& development, account management, marketing and sales.”
Hauck continued, “Together with the expansion of our client delivery and
customer support organization in Portsmouth, NH we are able to quickly
deploy more staff than ever to meet client demands.”
Sword Insurance also operates out of branch offices in New York,
Farmington, Conn., San Francisco, Calif. and Chicago, Ill. and has
European headquarters in London.
About Sword Insurance
Sword Insurance (www.sword-insurance.com),
a Sword Group division, delivers software solutions that help companies
around the world sell their products and service their clients
throughout the customer lifecycle.We are the first to offer the
unique combination of policy administration, CRM and distribution
technologies along with robust business intelligence tools—a powerful
mix that makes the complex business of insurance easier and smarter, and
helps our customers seize opportunities and gain a competitive edge
quickly.
About Sword Group
Sword Group delivers high value business applications to the world’s
largest companies globally. With operations in 55 countries, Sword today
employs over 1700 people and in fiscal year ending December 2009
generated more than $260m in consolidated revenue. An international
leader in the delivery of Business Process Improvement solutions,
Sword’s skills, infrastructure and experience help our customers across
regulated industries optimize performance, increase efficiencies and
maximize return on investment. With flexible delivery options, including
On Demand and On Premises, combined with our extensive industry
expertise, Sword provides comprehensive support to customers across
insurance & healthcare, energy, banking & finance, telecoms, utilities,
engineering & construction & government. For more information, please
visit www.sword-group.com.