Perficient is proud to once again sponsor the IBM Vision conference, the premier business analytics and performance management conference for finance, risk management and sales compensation professionals. Visit us during the event from May 9-12 at booth #2 in the EXPO Hall, where you can learn how we’ve leveraged our expertise to deliver award-winning solutions […]
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The Rise of the Cloud in Healthcare
The healthcare industry is inundated with data and with the adoption of EHRs, the acceleration of wearables, harnessing of Big Data and the rise of genomics and personalized medicine the industry will continue to see a deluge of data. Efficient and effective management of this data requires organizations to be able to generate timely and […]
Oracle Hyperion Installation and Configuration Class
In spite of the push by vendors to move to cloud based applications, many organizations are still installing software in their own data centers. Oracle University offers a couple great classes on the Oracle Hyperion infrastructure, specifically for installation and configuration of Oracle Hyperion Financial Management and Oracle Hyperion Planning. Both of these classes provide […]
IBM Tools Achieve Automation and Scalability in Telecom
A leader in global telecommunications services, providing IP and networking solutions to businesses and enterprises, uses a complex algorithm to score potential building candidates for their communication services. The scoring parameter values and calculation rules, which had to be built into their algorithm, change quarterly, which caused very complicated and time-consuming IT code changes. While this […]
Healthcare EPM: Creating Visibility & Accountability
HEALTHCARE PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT: A POWERFUL TOOL TO CREATE VISIBILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY THROUGHOUT THE ORGANIZATION Healthcare enterprise performance management (EPM) is a technology-enabled business strategy that is helping to tackle the challenges of the transforming healthcare industry. EPM involves consolidating large amounts of data from various sources, querying and analyzing the data, and putting the results […]
Telecom Implements Splunk to Help with Network Optimization
It’s no secret that data is accelerating at a dramatic pace in terms of volume, velocity, variety, and variability. According to International Data Corporation (IDC), unstructured data accounts for more than 90% of the information in today’s organizations and its use is accelerating. Of the many different types of Big Data and unstructured data, machine data […]
How IBM Cloud Transforms How We Eat
Food brings friends, families, and colleagues together. With warmer weather and days that stretch deeper into the evenings ahead of us, there will be many opportunities for us to cook and entertain for guests. On many of these upcoming occasions, we’ll want to be conscious in what we are preparing and provide a variety of […]
Healthcare Delivery: A Need for Change
It is no secret that the healthcare industry is in a state of transformation and for good reason. In a recent international study that compared 11 nations on healthcare quality, access, efficiency, and equity, the United States was ranked last among wealthy countries. In other words, in the United States healthcare outcomes do not align […]
What You Should Know About Data Quality: 4 Keys to Improvement
How well do you really understand your data? What are your data sources? Does your organization take an active approach to cleaning your data regularly? Take a moment to think about the marketing dollars spent by your organization and how many of those dollars are used efficiently. For your organization to have a successful marketing strategy, your […]
4 Challenges Inherent in Digital Transformation
A core set of digital technologies — mobile, social, the cloud and data, among others — are transforming companies at both an operational and a strategic level. Upon committing to digital transformation, the first concern becomes obvious: What are the challenges inherent in digital transformation? There are four trends driving real change across industries today […]
Win the Game with Watson Analytics
If you’ve spent any time around a sports fan over the past two months, you’ll know that two things have been on their mind: NCAA March Madness and the Super Bowl. Both are premiere sporting events in the United States, offering advertisers a world stage and athletes the opportunity for their “one shining moment”. With […]
Panel Discussions: Do This, Not That
About a month ago I attended a local infosec panel discussion (Detect and Defend, hosted by the St. Louis Business Journal). I’ve seen a lot of panel discussions, and I’ve even been a panelist from time to time, but none of those events were as particularly engaging as this one. All of the panelists seemed […]