I recently finished another productive mentoring session exploring Data Transformations using SPSS Syntax. We had so much fun using some basic SPSS, I just had to share, so: Getting back to my Predictive startup example, we now have a new version of the quarterly hours file. This one includes a few new columns (“variables” to […]
Archive for May, 2013
Perficient Receives Accolades for Partner Achievements
While at EMC World earlier this month, EMC announced the winners of its Partner Innovation Awards. These awards recognize partners for excellence and innovation in solution development, design integration, and best practices for implementation and deployment of a solution that serves our mutual customers. TriTek Solutions, now Perficient, was the proud recipient of EMC’s Outstanding […]
Informatica: Target Update Override
Target update override is also like source qualifier override. It is useful to update the target without using the update strategy transformation. You can find the Target Update Override option in the target definition properties tab. The syntax of update statement to be specified in Target Update Override is UDATE TARGET_TABLE_NAME SET TARGET_COLUMN1 = :TU.TARGET_PORT1, […]
Mobile Security Reference Architecture
Just recently, the Federal Government handed out a gift (how often can you say that?) to the mobile community. As part of the new open digital government initiative, the Federal CIO Council and Department of Homeland Security have published the Mobile Security Reference Architecture. It is a comprehensive picture of the minimal security controls necessary […]
IBM SPSS Syntax for File Operations
Jim Miller, a senior solutions architect here at Perficient provides some interesting tips and tricks on IBM’s predictive analytics application SPSS. Jim writes: Working your way through the SPSS Statistic menus gets old fast. This (very) simple tip is an example of the efficiency and control that Syntax provides. LEARN MORE
IBM SPSS Statistics Syntax – Restructuring Your Files
Continuing my discussion on the use of SPSS Syntax scripting to perform file operations, today I’ve investigated how to use SPSS to perform some very general physical file restructuring. Why is this important? It’s important because it again shows how SPSS can be used to arrange the data pool into the most effective format based […]
Webinar: What to Know Before Upgrading to SharePoint 2013
Are you looking to learn the steps to a successful SharePoint 2013 migration? Ready to join the SharePoint 2013 revolution but not sure how to prepare and plan for it? Or, in the middle of a migration that is falling behind schedule? With the arrival of SharePoint 2013, many organizations are preparing to make the […]
Top Technology Trends in Healthcare – May 2013
The healthcare IT field is rapidly developing and changing. Emerging technology and updated regulations put pressure on healthcare providers and health plans to stay ahead of the curve. Perficient creates a monthly list that explores some of the current topics and issues in health IT. This list examines the most talked about issues and technologies […]
Two thumbs up for IBM Vision 2013
Jim Miller, a senior solutions architect here at Perficient, attended IBM’s conference Vision 2013 last week. Jim highlighted the sessions he attended during his three days at the conference, and as you can read, he enjoyed every minute of it! To read Jim’s full blog post, including overviews and take-aways of the sessions he attended, click […]
Infusing Enterprise Architecture Into Your Bank’s Strategy
It’s not unheard of, that a CTO might have to grill some staff at audit-time, and that line of questioning to take some oddly specific turns. “Why is our hosting provider billing us for this server ORCL-001A? What’s it doing here? Weren’t all our backend systems moved to SQL Server? Weren’t all these virtualized?” Whether […]
Securing Oracle WebLogic Server – The Hack Patch
Before I start, it is important to understand Oracle’s license terms. It is not uncommon to download Oracle products from the Oracle Technology Network (OTN). Here’s an extract from the Oracle Technology Network Free Developer License Terms “You may not cause or permit reverse engineering (unless required by law for interoperability), disassembly or decompilation of […]
Automating Math Captcha using Selenium IDE
What is Captcha? Sounds like a core technical jargon, which in reality isn’t. “Captcha is a type of challenge-response test used in computing as an attempt to ensure that the response is generated by a human being.” You might have noticed in some registration pages, at the end of it there is an image which has some letters displayed on […]