Data & Intelligence

🚀 Python Optimization: Improve Code Performance 🎯 Introduction Python is an incredibly powerful and easy-to-use programming language. However, it can be slow if not optimized properly! 😱 This guide will teach you how to turbocharge your code, making it faster, leaner, and more efficient. Buckle up, and let’s dive into some epic optimization hacks! 💡🔥 […]

In today’s rapidly evolving healthcare landscape, artificial intelligence (AI) and generative AI are no longer just buzzwords – they’re transformative technologies reshaping how we deliver care, manage operations, and drive innovation. As healthcare organizations navigate this complex technological frontier, establishing an Analytics Center of Excellence (ACoE) focused on AI and generative AI has become crucial […]

SAP Databricks is important because convenient access to governed data to support business initiatives is important. Breaking down silos has been a drumbeat of data professionals since Hadoop, but this SAP <-> Databricks initiative may help to solve one of the more intractable data engineering problems out there. SAP has a large, critical data footprint […]

The rapidly evolving payments industry is driving industry leaders to adapt their strategies in response to emerging trends. As technology advances and consumer expectations shift, staying ahead of these trends is crucial for success. Payments Trend #1: AI-Driven Payment Innovations The landscape of payments and financial services in 2025 will be marked by groundbreaking innovations […]

Application programming interfaces, or APIs, are crucial to the ever-changing digital transformation landscape because they enable businesses to interact with their data and services promptly and effectively. Effective administration is therefore necessary to guarantee that these APIs operate as intended, remain secure, and offer the intended advantages. This is where Apigee, Google Cloud’s premier API […]

AI is no longer a futuristic concept—it’s here, transforming the way we work in real time. Organizations worldwide making AI a strategic priority, harnessing its power to enhance efficiency, accelerate decision-making, and drive growth. In fact, generative AI adoption has skyrocketed from 55% in 2023 to 75% in 2024, contributing to an estimated global economic impact of $19.9 trillion. […]

Introduction Visual Studio Code (VS Code) has become a ubiquitous tool in the software development world, prized for its speed, versatility, and extensive customization options. At its heart, VS Code is a lightweight, open-source code editor that supports a vast ecosystem of extensions. These extensions are the key to unlocking the true potential of VS […]

One of the powers of Data Cloud is the way that it can unlock ‘trapped’ data.  Let’s say that you had a large set of data like VIN (Vehicle Identification Number) numbers that you did not want to put in your Sales Cloud because of row storage limits, but you really wanted to use that […]

As a Databricks Champion working for Perficient’s Data Solutions team, I spend most of my time installing and managing Databricks on Azure and AWS. The decision on which cloud provider to use is typically outside my scope since the organization has already made it. However, there are occasions when the client uses both hyperscalers or […]

Generative AI. The phrase itself conjures images of intricate artwork, realistic text, and even code springing forth from the digital ether. It’s not just hype; generative AI is rapidly transforming industries, offering unprecedented potential for innovation and efficiency. Unlike traditional AI models that primarily classify or predict, generative AI creates new content, from images and […]

So, DeepSeek just dropped their latest AI models, and while it’s exciting, there are some cautions to consider. Because of the US export controls around advanced hardware, DeepSeek has been operating under a set of unique constraints that have forced them to get creative in their approach. This creativity seems to have yielded real progress […]

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has exploded into the mainstream, largely through chatbots and agents powered by Large Language Models (LLMs). Users can now have real-time conversations with multimodal AI tools that understand your text, voice, and images – even documents! The progress has been mind blowing, and tech companies are racing to integrate AI features into […]