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Archive for December, 2012

Android Tools for the New Year

The holidays and the downtime allowed me the opportunity to work on some side projects.  In this case, I wanted to update the user interface of some Android mobile applications I had published a year ago.  With the advent of the Android 4.x series of releases, one of the major user interface recommendations is the […]

User Experience For Content Management Systems (CMS)

I’ve seen a lot of bad CMSs. Systems that take multiple steps and six different screens to publish and categorize a page. In-page editing that looks completely different once it’s published. And my favorite was a previous client (I led a project redesigning the intranet for a state’s judiciary department) who had an employee that […]

(Visual) Data Discovery ( Beauty or a Beast ? )

Search technology has been around for more than a decade now, but they have been used to index web files and to help users find what they are looking for. The search technology when used in the enterprise BI context brings two new capabilities to BI. First, search analyses data behind the scene that traditional […]

Enterprise Performance Management – Oracle Style

Mr. Loman was achieving tremendous success with the Oracle CXM products he had selected to drive his sales efforts, products which included Oracle Knowledge, RightNow, FatWire and ATG, all underpinned by Siebel CRM. Willy wanted to understand the impact his efforts were having upon his employer, Widget, Inc. While perusing his favorite sales trade journal […]

SwapAliasWithPrincipalName – Using Alias as Dimension Element

In TM environments that have models to plan employee-based salaries, dummy names are used as placeholders. As positions are filled, the intention is to replace the place holders with the actual employee code or names. This is only an isolated example. Similar needs would exist in multiple ways within an implementation. To support this, TM1 has […]

Business Requirements – Quality Sources

In any project venture, large or small, a list of requirements is must be obtained from a targeted area. People are the main resources for information regarding a project. Requirement details are only as good as the sources information is obtained from, thus the SME. SME, Subject Matter Expert, is a title normally associated with […]

IBM WebSphere Portal V8 – Enhancing your Web Experience

Enterprise portal solutions allow businesses to increase employee productivity by allowing users access to key applications and content from one location.  Many companies are turning to portal solutions to serve as a front end to backend processing systems and presenting one standard face to its employees and customers.  Portal solutions continue to evolve to fit […]

Unwrap a new Planning, Budgeting, and Forecasting Application?

On Christmas morning, I sat with my family excitedly unwrapping presents. I must admit that I got everything I wanted and more. My son gave me a handlebar/ski-pole mount for my Drift HD video camera. Getting it made me start thinking about doing more with the camera than the typical user does – here is […]

Banking Innovation Lessons Learned in 2012

Yesterday I sat down with Mike Panzarella, our director of financial services, on the subject of “lessons learned” in financial services technology innovation.  2012 was definitely a year for strategic transformation for both financial institutions and non-banking service providers. We saw traditional banks and non-banks that provide financial services bring new technologies to market in […]

My experience with an Enterprise BI strategy change

I recently had the opportunity to work with a client who were facing some trouble with their overall  BI vision, because the data warehouse solution was not mature in the organization and the company’s new 3rd party applications for Call Center and CRM software brings an integrated BI stack with them. The Problem Because of […]

Top 5 Technology Trends in Financial Services – December 2012

Trying to stay ahead of the curve when it comes to IT issues is a challenging task. Emerging technology forces in the financial services industry are already impacting business. The convergence of these forces does present challenges; however, it also provides a window of opportunity for financial institutions to elevate business performance and gain a […]

Security testing with SoapUI pro

Security Testing Using a complement of tests and scans, protect your services on websites against the most common security vulnerabilities. Our web security testing covers a complete set of tests and scans. Test Generator With the SoapUI Pro Security Test Generator you can create a complete set of vulnerability scans. With just a few mouse clicks […]

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