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I was recently asked by a client, “What is a litmus test when identifying components for Decision Management?” This was a great question that unfortunately is all too often not considered during Decision Management projects. Using criteria to determine suitable decisions is needed in order to effectively implement Decision Management. This post will provide the […]

What are some of the considerations that need to be taken into account when deciding to implement contracts management? This is a question time and time again posed to me and my group from consumer product companies, information technology groups, and particularly health care companies alike. More and more companies are coming to market looking […]

    Introduction: Business Process Execution Language (BPEL) is a XML-based language used to define enterprise business processes within Web services. BPEL extends the Web services interaction model and enables it to support business transactions. Processes written in BPEL can orchestrate interactions between Web services using XML documents. In order to accomplish this, maps such as […]

IBM Commerce Management Center gives complete control of your catalog. You could add/delete/modify any product description and control pricing of the product. Here i would like to show how to add a product in Aurora Store. Let us add a product under “Boys Pants” Category and see how easy to publish a product. 1. Open […]

From our previous blog post we have seen how easy it is to setup a seamless integration between the XI 52 and XC 10. In this blog post, we dive into a little more detail of the seamless integration by understanding how datapower encodes and decodes the cache key. Datapower XI 52 uses the URL […]

What is Omni-Channel? Have you heard of Multi-Channel and Omni-Channel? Why e-Commerce retailers are moving towards Omni-Channel implementation? Let’s understand what it is and why it is important. Today’s tech savvy and smart shoppers expect the same price, the same merchandise, same promotions and discounts across every channel, regardless of how they come into contact […]

IBM Operational Decision Manager enables flexibility within organizations to quickly respond and adapt to changing business conditions. The release themes of V8.6 are Instant, Seamless, and Insightful. ODM is Instant, providing automated governance and operational decision-making at internet speed responsiveness. ODM is Seamless, it provides consistency through integrated operations decisions across lines of business and IT, and […]

  Well I know I’m a little late on this but I figured if you haven’t heard already this would be a great blog post to inform you of the latest update to IBM’s InfoSphere Information Server Version 11.3. For those that don’t know IBM’s InfoSphere Information Server Version 11.3, the following platform is made […]

IBM states, “The InfoSphere Platform provides all the foundational building blocks of trusted information, including data integration, data warehousing, master data management, big data and information governance.[1]”  They cannot be anymore right!  Managing data has been more complex through the years as companies are trying to bring in more data (Big Data) for their business […]

A tea-leaf fortune reader uses the symbols and the patterns formed by the residue of tea in a fine light-colored china cup to predict one’s fortune or future. The art of tea-leaf reading is an intuitive and creative form of divination. In today’s world, we have a much more sophisticated approach and no longer have […]

Overview: MDX (Multi-Dimensional query Expression Language) is the data manipulation language for Essbase which is used to convert the BSO outline Calculation scripts to ASO outline calculation. Aggregate outline performs calculations dynamically and  can be compared with the BSO dynamic formulas. MDX language is supported by ASO and BSO but the Calc language is specific […]

Mark Polly, Director at Perficient, is packing his bags to head out to the renamed Digital Experience Conference next week. In the past this conference has been called “Exceptional Web Experience” and “Portal” conference and the new name reflects not only the market changes taking place, but also IBM’s approach to the market.  The market […]