Data + Intelligence

Integrating data from non-Oracle source systems with an Oracle prepackage solution is a common practice that requires source to Target integration. While implementing BI Apps/Oracle EHA (Enterprise Healthcare Analytics) with a new source, I used several best practices, which can be leveraged while integrating a new source in an Oracle Warehouse using ODI. As a […]

Governance in healthcare organizations is undergoing somewhat of a resurgence or rebirth as the industry begins to recognize not only the value of governance, but that it is a critical component of the organization. Forrester Research has labeled this evolution “DG 2.0.” But regardless of the label or the current support (or lack thereof) that […]

At the recent World Economic Forum (WEF) and Gartner Data & Analytics Summit, a few themes were resounding and common between the two large conferences. These themes all centered on driving innovation across the world with new data and analytics solutions, enabling “responsive and responsible leadership”. WEF was clear that over the coming years, jobs […]

At Adobe Summit 2017, personalized customer experience was on display in the general sessions, sneaks and many other areas. However, in talking with individuals, I kept hearing that personalization is what they want to do, but they are finding it difficult to replicate what they see at conferences. Some stats to support why personalization is […]

For the past six years at Adobe Summit one of the highlight sessions is called Adobe Sneaks. In this session, Adobe employees display their ideas on future projects and innovations for Adobe customers, potential customers and partners. Not all of the innovations displayed at Sneaks make it into actual products, but in the past, most sneaks have […]

Salesforce and IBM recently announced a partnership in which Salesforce will embed Watson deep into their cloud. During a joint IBM Interconnect and IBM Amplify keynote, Ginni Rometty, Chairman and CEO of IBM, chatted with Marc Benioff, Chairman and CEO of Salesforce, on what it means for both companies moving forward. Ginni: Together, IBM and Salesforce share […]

IBM Content Navigator (ICN) is a massive leap forward for the OOTB Enterprise Content Management user experience. One of the most important features is the plugin interface. It allows organizations to extend or alter functionality in a maintainable way that persists nicely through upgrades and fix packs*. I’ve been working on a talk for a […]

Adobe’s Irina Guseva and Cedric Huesler presented this session at Adobe Summit 2017.  These innovations are coming out in version 6.3, which is due sometime in April 2017. Without further ado, here are the top 10: All you need is a plan – there are so many parts to AEM and the number of people […]

Ray Wang of Constellation Research and Tamara Gaffney with Adobe Digital Insights made predictions about digital video, social media, advertising, mobile and commerce today. Tamara has access to lots of anonymous data in the Adobe cloud. Tamara started by reviewing last year predictions. They were right about flexible screens, voice, connected TVs and VR impact […]

We had an inspiring start to Adobe Summit today. Our team at Perficient was honored to take part in the Women in Tech Breakfast. A round of introductions kicked off the event and highlighted the many powerful women leaders joined together at one table. Attendees included representatives of Cardinal Health, Cedars-Sinai, Finning, GM Financial, Kaiser […]

I recently implemented an Informatica Lifecycle Management (ILM) project at a national auto financing company and I would like to share some details about what I learned about ILM and the benefits my client received.  ILM is a mature and robust data archiving tool used by many organizations to manage and archive large sets of […]

Adobe kicked off Adobe Summit 2017 with a Business Partner Day. Several Adobe executives spoke about Adobe’s growth over the past few years, the strategies they have in place and recent performance numbers. Adobe embarked on their cloud strategy back in 2011 and in 2016 Adobe had 20% YoY increase in revenue. In their Marketing […]