Data is the lifeblood of modern businesses, and we’re generating more of it than ever. But amassing mountains of digital information isn’t much use unless organizations are able to make sense of it. That’s where business intelligence software comes in. Microsoft Power BI is data and analytics reporting tool that helps organizations bring together disparate data sets […]
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Clarifying Excel’s lookup functions
I’ve decided to write some of my own documentation for common use cases of the Excel functions LOOKUP, VLOOKUP, HLOOKUP and XLOOKUP because the official documentation is pretty confusing. It uses “lookup value” as a synonym for “key”, when one would conventionally expect a “lookup value” to be a synonym for “value”! (After all, in […]
Coveo MVP Program Honors Our Search Experts
Coveo announced its 2022 inductees for the Coveo MPV (Most Valuable Professionals) Program. 31 MVPs from across 22 companies were selected including four of Perficient’s search and content experts. The MVP program is a celebration of the success-drivers around Coveo’s ecosystem and recognizes individuals for their expertise and invaluable contribution to that ecosystem. So, What […]
7 Takeaways: “How GM Financial Elevates the Customer Experience With Journey Science”
Perficient’s Kevin Colletti recently joined forces with Srini Alagarsamy and Patrick Daly from GM Financial, as well as Adobe’s Chris Young to present the webinar, “How GM Financial Elevates the Customer Experience with Journey Science.” In the webinar, the panelists discussed how having a firm grasp on journey science can help personalize the customer experience. […]
Beyond Encryption: Implementing anonymity algorithms
Businesses and organizations now hold more personal information than ever before. Storing a lot of data may be useful in a variety of ways, such as reporting and analytics, which might expose PII that is linked to the data being analyzed. When data is being transmitted or stored, encryption is useful for protecting it, whereas […]
Beyond Encryption: Protect sensitive data using t-closeness
Businesses and organizations now hold more personal information than ever before. Storing a lot of data may be useful in a variety of ways, such as reporting and analytics, which might expose PII that is linked to the data being analyzed. When data is being transmitted or stored, encryption is useful for protecting it, whereas […]
We Can All Learn From Crypto.com’s Hack and Response
We shouldn’t be that surprised. A couple of weeks ago, Crypto.com, one of the fastest-growing cryptocurrency platforms, was hacked on January 17, 2022. One area mentioned by the company as an issue was a gap in its multi-factor authentication (MFA) system. A statement issued by Crypto.com on January 20th said, “transactions were being approved without […]
Beyond Encryption: Protect sensitive data using l-diversity
Businesses and organizations now hold more personal information than ever before. Storing a lot of data may be useful in a variety of ways, such as reporting and analytics, which might expose PII that is linked to the data being analyzed. When data is being transmitted or stored, encryption is useful for protecting it, whereas […]
Hide and Show Slicer Pane in Microsoft Power BI Desktop Application.
Power BI Desktop is a free Analytics and Business Intelligence application you install on your local computer that lets you connect to, transform, and visualize your data. With Power BI Desktop, you can connect to multiple different sources of data. Power BI transforms your Data into appealing and insightful visuals. Firstly You can absorb in […]
There is No Secret Sauce: Put Financial Services Customers First and You Will Grow
TD Bank Group recently announced its Q4 2021 earnings were up 31% from Q4 2020, despite the challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. On its earnings call, the company elaborated that this in part was due to its dedicated, people-oriented approach to business. TD emphasized that this elevated focus on the customer experience has […]
The Power of Data: Levels of Analytics
According to Worldwide Big Data and Analytics Spending Guide, organizations will have spent $215.7 billion on big data and business analytics (BDA) solutions in 2021, an increase of 10.1% over 2020. Statista’s data suggests big data market volume is set to top $100 billion over the next five years. Companies are willing to invest their […]
Incremental Refresh in Tableau Prep Builder and its Benefits:
In Tableau Prep, usually, there are two approaches to refresh a data flow namely full refresh and incremental refresh. Refreshing the data set means either the original data would append new rows or alter the data. Full refresh will replace the existing data with new data. However, Incremental Refresh uses only the additional records to […]