Data + Intelligence

The realization of competitive advantage has changed significantly over time. In the early days of IT automation, custom-built systems that handled the transactions of accounting or sales were a tremendous competitive advantage. Over time, building custom systems that handled all the transactions of a business provided competitive advantages to the leading companies who were able […]

While poking around the infoverse early this AM, I came across several little gems of information for Oracle EPM folks that you may be interested in. The Oracle Learning Library is pretty vast. One recent addition is a video titled, “Exporting Financial Management Data into Essbase Using Data Management.” Here’s a URL that “shortcuts” to […]

We’re excited to announce the acquisition of Market Street Solutions, a firm specializing in the development, implementation, integration and support of big data, analytics and financial performance management solutions. Market Street is a fantastic addition to the Perficient team, with a great reputation, customer-centric mentality, and solid client roster, positioning Perficient for continued growth in […]

To remain a leader in healthcare, Northwestern Medicine is looking for new ways to collaborate across the health system enterprise to enhance the quality of care and improve efficiencies. With this in mind, Northwestern Medicine established Northwestern Medicine Physician Partners (NMPP), a population health management program. NMPP is built on the foundation of a shared […]

Summer is almost behind us and fall is starting to turn the leaves brown and the air crisp and if you are anything like me, this means one thing – Fantasy Football time is here!! With the season starting this week, all fantasy players have their rosters set and leagues ready to go. Can you […]

Data visualization and prediction tools are becoming more and more consumable, so that we’re seeing use cases that reach beyond complex business scenarios into the arena of sports. As fans gear up for fantasy football season, there’s a new array of data analysis and visualization tools to help optimize draft picks or lineups. Tools were […]

Writeprint or forensic linguistics analytics as it is often termed is used to analyze unstructured text data to determine authorship.  Different variations of writeprint analysis has been used for hundreds of years analyzing the different books of the Bible to determine their authorship.  The works of Shakespeare have also been extensively studied to determine if […]

Want to fuel analytics and insights? Drive smarter business decisions? And leverage information for marketing automation? The Sitecore Experience Database (xDB) is an add-on to the Sitecore CMS that allows you to capture data from your site visitors – and do all of the above. 5 Key Capabilities of xDB Some of its core capabilities include: […]

Earlier this summer we looked at how retail organizations were leveraging vast quantities of customer data and advanced analytics to personalize customer experiences, meeting the increasing demands of the marketplace, and ultimately preventing churn. The story of an ever-expanding landscape of customer data is well known, but extracting value from that data continues to be […]

Digital is reshaping industries and healthcare is not immune to digital transformation. The rise of consumerism has created an environment where patients expect to be involved in their treatment and treatment options throughout their entire journey. The most efficient and cost-effective way to connect with patients is through digital technology. Healthcare consumers are becoming advocates […]

A data governance plan begins with the acknowledgement that your organization needs a strategy to own and be responsible for data in order to make better decisions internally and externally. Without this in place, data can be misunderstood and misused, or worse, not used at all. As an Elite Informatica Partner, Perficient and Informatica work […]

Hopefully many of you have enjoyed my many Cognos TM1 blog posts. Now some of you may be new to TM1 or a novice or an expert at the product. Regardless of your skill level, training is always important to stay up to date with new product changes. With that said, Perficient’s IBM Business Analytics group will be […]