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Traditional SQL databases and data warehouses have been around for decades and have been doing really well. However, Big Data NoSQL changed the game with big returns for big investments. Concepts like Edge Analytics have been game changers “uberizing” foundational changes in business models. I recently attended a conference hosted by Snowflake, a data warehouse […]

Maybe soon, your doctor will be a supercomputer, not a person. The possibility was center stage in San Diego at the inaugural Fortune Brainstorm HEALTH conference, where executives with IBM Watson Health and Athenahealth, a provider of cloud-based healthcare services, debated how far cognitive computing will reach into doctors’ offices. Brainstorm HEALTH, sponsored by Fortune […]

With traditional rules engines and event processing solutions, there is still a significant reliance on IT to implement changes, as the underlying rules engines are often static. Companies are now looking beyond legacy business rules management systems, to options that automatically detect and adjust to business events in data streams. The following include a few […]

Have you ever heard the (sarcastic) phrase: “hello, we are from the government and we are here to help”? The underlying intent obviously is to imply that government, or governance, is really not that helpful. I agree that governance performed poorly can be a detriment, but it doesn’t have to be. There are some practices […]

Personalization is key for a number of reasons — one of the biggest is that it quickly connects your customers or audience to your brand. With the ocean of content available today, directly engaging prospects with personalized content and experiences give brands a competitive edge. However, many companies are struggling with how to deliver. For […]

So here we are. From my last entry you know we just crafted the perfect set of benefit statements for why the enterprise should put an Information Governance Program in place. But alas, you find yourself still getting pushback and objections. Can’t people see how good this is? Well, frankly, yes and no. This is […]

For companies that are happy with their on-premise data warehouse there is a fear of having to create a new data warehouse when migrating to the cloud.  Luckily for Oracle BI Cloud Service customers there are two excellent ways to avoid having to redo your warehouse.  The first method is using Oracle BICS Data Sync to do […]

ING is really flexing its digital muscle. Last week, the company announced that it launched Yolt, a free mobile app that allows UK consumers to manage their money across various banking institutions. According to the app’s website, Yolt aggregates a user’s bank and credit card accounts, and provides a dashboard that: Instantly shows you how […]

An important capability of a services provider such as Perficient is to bring best practices and lessons learned to our customers and our projects. We at Perficient have been very proud of our Big Data capabilities and the transformational journey that we have helped our clients achieve. To better help our clients quickly achieve that […]

IDA Model Change Report is helpful when analyzing the differences between industry models and customized content. It can give attribute, entity, relationship level different between two models. You can find change reports at folder “{install folder}\IBM\Industry Models\IBM Unified Data Model for Healthcare\v9.1.0.0\Data_Models \Change Reports” after install Industry Models. You will see six BIRT reports in […]

Today kicks off World of Watson 2016, the latest evolution of IBM’s premier data and analytics conference. During the opening session for the partner summit, Perficient was asked to share our experiences with the Watson portfolio, since we were one of the first participants in the partner ecosystem for Watson. Christine Livingston, Perficient’s Watson Practice […]

Aginity Workbench is a GUI-based tool that enhances your performance when you are working with your Netezza data warehouse. Data import in the Aginity workbench has a fairly easy method to get data into Netezza system. Aginity workbench provides a couple of options to import data from Excel, CSV, Fixed width and external databases. Best Option: […]