Oracle’s Health Sciences Global Business Unit has chosen Perficient, a Platinum-level Oracle partner, as the winner of its 2015 Partner Excellence Award. This honor recognizes partners who deliver innovative uses for Oracle technology and deploy successful, groundbreaking solutions using best practices for the life sciences and healthcare industries. Perficient has driven digital transformation initiatives for […]
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Configuring Amazon EC2 for WebCenter
This post is the second in a series of three related to the implementation of Oracle WebCenter in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud. In the first post, I covered the steps for configuring the Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC). In this post, I’ll cover the Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2).
BI Cloud Service: How to Automate Delete Jobs with DataSync
If you have used ETL tools like Informatica or ODI, you probably know that it is possible to perform delete operations on a target database, like a data warehouse. But if you are using Oracle BI Cloud Service with the Schema Database as a data warehouse for BICS, you won’t be able to connect to […]
Configuring the Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) for WebCenter
In a post last year, I provided an overview of an approach for implementing Oracle WebCenter in Amazon Web Services. I’ve decided to provide a bit more detail in the form of a three-part series covering the configuration of the Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), the Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), and Route 53. In this […]
Leveraging Trip Reports For Risk-Based Monitoring In Siebel CTMS
With the continuous improvement of electronic trip report functionality offered by certain clinical trial management systems (CTMS), companies can do a lot more in a shorter amount of time. And, with an increased focus on risk-based monitoring (RBM) techniques, designed to identify, resolve, and prevent issues relating to the execution of trials, trip reports […]
Integrating OBIEE with Essbase for an Executive Mobile Dashboard
Client Headquartered in Denton, TX, Sally Beauty is an international specialty retailer and distributor of professional beauty supplies with revenues of more than U.S. $2.6 billion annually. Through the Sally Beauty Supply and Beauty Systems Group businesses, the company sells and distributes to more than 4,000 stores, including approximately 200 franchised units, throughout the United States, […]
Implementing Oracle Sales Cloud – Key Considerations Part 2
Making the Most of Oracle Sales Cloud When Oracle developed Sales Cloud, they focused on making the system fast and easy to use, reducing incidences of user frustration. Oracle has built a modern selling environment that is collaborative, insight-driven, and mobile, meaning it can be accessed anywhere. In a mobile-driven world this can improve productivity […]
Shifting Forces: Competitive Strategy in the Digital Age
Digital transformation isn’t just driving the way we run our businesses, but also influencing how we handle milestones in our lives. When J.J. Watt signed an NFL contract worth $100 million, he wasn’t sure what to do next. So he googled the phrase “What do rich people buy?” Unimpressed with the search results, his first […]
Care, Consumerization, and the Cloud
The phrase “Consumerization of Healthcare” has been around for several years, but only recently has it begun to fulfill its promise by meeting the needs of a wider audience. While consumers have demanded and received more detailed information about health plans online for over a decade, the latest shifts have allowed patients greater access to […]
Improved Financial Management Reporting: CFO’s Vision Needed
The management reporting processes at various companies have significant limitations in meeting key expectations. Typical shortcomings are across three areas: * Impactful and timely reporting that forms the basis for proper decision making * Advanced analysis of the latest business metrics and future trends * Accurate business forecast to allow for effective planning This is […]
Corporate Allocations: Allocating Your Way to Value and Profit
In today’s corporate America few executives and finance leaders fully grasp the benefits of developing an effective and streamlined corporate cost allocation process. Corporate allocations, when implemented correctly, can provide tremendous insights into the profitability of business segments, customers, and products. This knowledge can then help business unit leaders realign resources within the company, thereby […]
Consumer-focused Technology is Driving New Options for Care
Q: Can you overstate the value of customer satisfaction and retention? A: It isn’t necessary, the numbers speak for themselves. • 64% say customer experience is more important than price when deciding who gets their business. * • 12 – the number of positive experiences it takes to make up for one poor one. * […]