Data + Intelligence

After much back and forth, it seems like the end-of-life for the Google Search Appliance (GSA) will be the end of 2018. Most GSA users have adopted a “plug, play and walk-away” approach for far too long. The GSA will not continue functioning as an unsupported appliance. It will turn off like a light switch […]

This isn’t about running but rather maintaining a well-running Maximo system. Two sessions – one that’s already concluded and another that’s upcoming – contain valuable information regarding how your IT / support staff can keep the system running and then how to troubleshoot if something does go wrong. Here’s the recording for the first part […]

Toys“R”Us filed for bankruptcy recently in the wake of big online stores like Amazon stealing their business. It is not just Toys“R”Us. Many other brick-and-mortar stores are closing because of mega-online stores. This trend can also be found in the in the CRM software market. Per Gartner, statistics show one leader emerging above all: Salesforce. […]

If you missed our webinar, A Customer’s Take on Moving from Discoverer to Oracle Business Analytics, the on-demand recording is now available for immediate viewing. If you are currently using Discoverer, hear directly from a Perficient customer, Gary Aragon with Group Voyagers, who made the move from Discoverer to Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OBIEE) in […]

Business intelligence (BI) technologies enable wealth management firms to analyze raw data, with the goal of improving decision making, enhancing client relationships, increasing operational efficiency, and adhering to legal and regulatory compliance mandates. A properly designed BI framework can provide financial services companies with a rich, intuitive user interface that enables business users to run […]

Yesterday, at the Pierre Hotel in New York City, the 2017 Delivering Alpha Conference gathered the most important players in asset management. At 3:00 Eastern Time, Jamie Dimon, CEO of J.P. Morgan Chase took the microphone…and Wall Street reacted quickly. By 3:01 ET, bitcoin was down 2 percent. So, what exactly did he say about […]

As the temperatures begin to dip in the midwest, your Facebook feed may convince you that pumpkin spice latte’s are at the forefront of everyone’s mind. But are they really? Let’s take a look at Google Search Trends to see who wins the search battle: hot drinks for cool weather or being under the weather. […]

In my previous post, How to Set Up Your Own VPN Server Using Amazon Web Services, we set up and configured an OpenVPN server using Amazon Web Services, and then we configured Windows and Linux machines to use the new VPN server.  In this post, I’ll show you how to setup your Android phone to […]

This weekend I was performing work on one of my vehicles, which involved removing many layers of interior parts to clean and then returning the parts to their original locations and specifications. As my wife helped, and we worked on the project I said to her, “You know honey, if you ever needed a gift […]

There are many considerations when it comes to the development and operation of a business intelligence (BI) program, especially when it is specific to certain sectors of the financial industry like wealth management. Nonetheless, there are several fundamental beliefs wealth management firms should embrace as they pursue their BI efforts: BI is a powerful tool […]

One of the many exciting things about our Maximo practice is being part of so much more (Watson, IoT, Analyitcs, etc).  As we live in an age of constant change and new technologies, I can’t help but think how something like this use case for IBM Watson could come into play with customers; maintenance staff […]

Are you looking for another option to use with IBM Maximo and missed the presentation at Maximo World this year? Click here for the presentation, which might have some overlap to an upcoming webinar, Field Service Management using Maximo. Field Service Management (FSM) gives organizations the ability to optimally plan and dispatch field resources and their […]