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We continue to emphasize that connectors need to be as variable as search use cases, that the biggest benefit to handshake is its flexibility. But what are those use cases? And how does Handshake achieve those goals more quickly and completely? In this series of posts, we’ll describe the most common search use cases we’ve […]

Blockchain is an example of distributed ledger systems and as such shares the same performance concerns as any other distributed system. In order to measure the performance of a distributed system with an acceptable degree of accuracy, it’s best to simplify as many of the variables under our control as possible. The size of the […]

Windows can perform calculations across a certain time frame around the current record in your Spark data science pipeline. Windows are SQL functions that allow you to access data before and after the current record to perform calculations. They can be broken down into ranking and analytic functions and, like aggregate functions. Spark provides the […]

Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services (IICS) now offers a free command line utility that can be used to integrate your ETL jobs into most enterprise release management pipelines. It’s called the Asset Management command line interface (CLI). Version two now allows you to extract an IICS job into a single compressed file. Moving a single standalone […]

The storage of unstructured data is on the rise in modern data warehouses due to the increasing collection of text data and metadata in an unstructured format. Like most data warehousing solutions, Snowflake offers support to load and manipulate semi-structured files and data. This is essential, as, modern data warehousing systems need to store large […]

Our worldwide pandemic has hit everyone differently. Even within the same circles, people are handling and responding to these changes in different ways. I have found such strength and inspiration from the IT industry and our clients. Everyone has approached this challenge head-on. My professional community has provided such a grounding force by facing this […]

What is Databricks? Databricks is a unified cloud-based data platform that is powered by Apache Spark. It specializes in collaboration and analytics for big data. Databricks is a data science workspace, with Collaborative Notebooks, Machine Learning Runtime, and Managed ML flow. Collaborative Notebooks support multiple data analytics languages, such as SQL, Scala, R, Python, and […]

Due to COVID-19, it is critical for healthcare providers to have real-time, unified access to data. With the pandemic pushing this industry to its limits, the need for data interoperability is higher than ever. In order to adapt to these conditions, healthcare organizations need easy-to-use technology to support the exchange of healthcare information. To fill […]

In our first post, we discussed the need to move away from standalone application solution approach to search connectors. In this post, we will describe the Handshake architecture at a high level. We elected to move towards a microservice architecture for a few reasons: Less resource intensive Scheduling, component reuse, and maintenance Newer and growing […]

Introducing Handshake This post is the first in a series on Perficient’s newest product: Handshake, the Extensible Search Connector. Perficient’s Data Solution group has built more than 30 custom search connectors. FileNet P8, Documentum, JIRA/Confluence, Salesforce, and Adobe Experience Manager to name a few. As more customers recognize the benefits of search, the demand for […]

Health insurance providers are moving swiftly as part of the COVID-19 solution From the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, health insurance providers have made decisive steps to help patients, support healthcare providers, and curb the spread of the virus. The need is significant, particularly as healthcare providers lose important revenue streams in order to prioritize […]

Perficient’s Managing Director and Chief AI Strategist Christine Livingston recently joined IBM’s Big Data and Analytics team on its Making Data Simple podcast series. In this episode, AI adoption practices for the enterprise, Christine talks about her approach to AI within the consulting and enterprise industries, along with how she and her team have been […]