Many of our clients are not aware of the fact that SPSS not only provides predictive modeling capabilities but it can also be used to build a highly accurate time trend forecast. These time trend forecasts are useful as an augmentation to TM1 cubed trendlines for revenue and expenses. The key is that SPSS uses […]
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Near Real Time Integration Pattern for Salesforce and SAP
Systems Used: DataPower – XML Gateway Appliance to Authenticate and Validate the requests. MQ – Queuing Mechanism used for Guaranteed Delivery. Cast Iron – To develop integration’s using the In-built connectors available for Salesforce and SAP. 1. Salesforce places transaction on Outbound Message Queue. This transaction contains only the following: The ID of the […]
Supporting the TOGAF-ADM using a SharePoint EA Portal
After years of architectural engagements and having worked at a variety of companies there are a few things that I have found somewhat consistent when it comes to the practice of architecture. First architecture happens, regardless the maturity level of the organization. Secondly, at some point in the development life-cycle someone will produce some kind […]
Perficient at IBM Vision 2015
Perficient is proud to be a sponsor of IBM Vision 2015, held May 17-20 in Orlando, FL. Vision is the premier business analytics and performance management conference for finance, risk management and sales compensation professionals. The conference is only 2 months away, so if you haven’t already registered, click through the following link: http://www-01.ibm.com/software/analytics/vision/registration.html If […]
How does Currency Volatility Affect Your Business?
In a blog post earlier this year, I discussed the precipitous drop in energy prices. From roughly mid 2014 through early 2015, the price of crude oil was cut in half, and the related dominoes started to fall. Companies were affected directly or indirectly by the new price level of oil. Public and private entities […]
IBM Aims High at Investor Day Meeting
Last week, during IBM’s Investor Day, CEO Ginni Rometty announced that IBM’s investment strategy would mirror and support its evolving go-to-market strategy, by funneling $4 billion into cloud, analytics/big data, mobile, social and security (CAMSS). Through this investment, IBM is looking to expand the footprint of its CAMSS offerings from $25 billion in revenue to […]
Wooing the Connected consumer ….@IBMInterConnect 2015
It was a great week at IBM Interconnect with so many great sessions to choose from, activities to participate in, and networking to be had. I want to share my thoughts on one session in particular that was of interest – Carter’s “Creating a Smarter Shopping Experience”. During the session I was reflecting on all […]
Coming soon to a BPM Near You
On Wednesday at IBM InterConnect, Paul Pacholski and Dennis Parrott from IBM, spoke to us about some of the features and functionality that will be part of Business Process Manager v8.5.6 & Business Monitor being released on March 13, 2015. Increasingly towards a unified desktop and mobile experience, BPM 8.5.6 will further lessen the gap […]
Hearing from the UrbanCode Deploy adopters @IBMInterconnect
This was a Q&A with a panel of customer experts who deliver continuously, one of which was Perficient’s own JP Morgenthal! There were over a hundred folks in this session grilling the panel about implementation details including use cases, skill development, process improvements, reporting and governance, business benefits and more. JP explained among a lot of other […]
How-To: Using AD groups to manage Rational ClearCase VOB access
At the client I’m currently with, we use a very simple and straightforward mechanism to manage access to the various ClearCase VOB repositories. It only takes a minimal amount of work to implement for a particular VOB. I haven’t seen it documented anywhere, and I’m sure it would be useful at other shops that have the same setup. […]
IBM Offers 3 Flavors of PaaS
In the session “Hybrid Cloud: Getting Started with a Dedicated, Private BlueMix of Your Very Own”. Turns out that in addition to offering local BlueMix they now offer a dedicated single-tenant BlueMix option. PaaS is such a great way for businesses to start delivering new applications. It manages scale, availability and performance without having to […]
InterConnect – 3 Steps to Reinvent Your Business Process
We live in a world today of instant gratification. The now is too late and those who can’t adapt quickly to these changes in their markets suffer. Businesses need to adopt methodologies and technology that can help get their product to market effectively and is flexible enough to withstand the changes within the industry. Reinventing […]