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Before I get into the semantics of data governance and which model is correct for your business, hopefully you had the chance to read the prior data governance blog postings from Chris Grenz and Deepak Ramanathan.  I highly recommend these posts as they give you a great explanation on the importance of data governance and […]

Just returning from IBM’s Information On-Demand 2012 conference in Vegas last week, where there were just as many new questions created as ones that were answered. Among the usual Vegas question like; What happened to my money and Where am I, were some new ones. Most common was; What is Big Data? So it appears […]

Author: Jim Miller, Senior Project Leader, Perficient In this post by Jim Miller, he highlights the business benefits from the forecasting and reporting systems implemented to Cognos TM1. Jim also goes into detail about how IBM SPSS can be leveraged to create a “continually learning time based predictive forecasting model.” View Jim’s full post here

Information management (IM) is the collection and management of information from one or more sources and the distribution of that information to one or more audiences. This may involve the key stakeholders owning and using that information. Management means the organization of and control over the planning, structure and organization, controlling, processing, evaluating and reporting […]

Perficient proudly announces another series of awards from our valued partner IBM. We were recognized for our work done with Premier healthcare alliance and IBM in developing and delivering PremierConnect, a technology platform that houses the largest virtual healthcare community in the country. Additionally Perficient was recognized for our achievements with the IBM Business Analytics […]

IBM’s IOD conference has become one of those annual traditions that marks a milestone in the year for our IBM partnership. Maybe it’s because of the time of year or just the amount of effort that goes into the conference by both Perficient and IBM, but each year we’re reminded introspectively of just how much […]

I have been doing Enterprise Application Integration my whole career, and while there is certainly a great collection of tools and resources available to us, there’s something missing.  Regardless of language and technology stack, there’s a need to answer certain questions before beginning any integration project.  This simple, obvious and crucial process has been overlooked […]

Gartner has recently published the 2012 version of their Magic Quadrant for Horizontal Portals.  So far, I haven’t found the Gartner report on their reprint site and none of the vendors have provided links to it yet.  Here is the link to the report on Gartner’s site, but you’ll have to be a Gartner subscriber […]

            Thursday, October 18, 2012 – 1:00 – 2:00PM CT REGISTER Join Perficient and Premier Healthcare and hear how Premier is integrating business processes with social and analytical tools from IBM to create a competitive advantage and pioneer a better way of providing care. Learn how to leverage IBM Social […]

Social Collaboration and the Market Place Engaging with customers, partners, and employees drive greater productivity, efficiency, and innovation. In today’s time-driven world, companies can no longer be content with extended timelines and drawn out schedules. Employees, customers, and partners demand not only quick turnaround but want to be part of the process. Add to this […]

IBM has released a new version of IBM Cognos Insight(V10.2), its personal analytics solution that empowers business users and analysts to explore, analyze, visualize and share insights from their own desktops without IT assistance. The brand new Personal Edition is designed for organizations that are concerned they cannot provide the analytic capabilities (or resources) that […]

This is an ongoing series. Here are the predecssors: UI Backend Integration Search Multi-site support Content Management It used to be that the most common question regarding portal was about Single Sign On (SSO).  Lately, Personalization (PZN) seems to have overtaken it.  Almost every client I talk to these days ranks personalization very high in […]