Gartner predicts a whopping 70% growth in artificial intelligence (AI), while niche vendors such as KenSci and viz.ai are shaking industries with their industry specific intelligence. In addition, software vendors such as Informatica and Microsoft are heavily investing in putting pervasive AI in their own technologies to efficiently use their software for better augmented intelligence […]
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Moving from Narrow AI to Artificial General Intelligence
Microsoft’s investment of $1 billion in OpenAI to build Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) shows a market trend moving towards the next phase of AI. While this has economic benefits of scale, AGI is only possible if software and hardware work together in perfect harmony. In the last decade, the general AI community has been very […]
How to Compare Machine Learning Models in Oracle Analytics Cloud
By now you probably already know that Oracle Analytics Cloud (OAC) provides several machine learning (ML) algorithms to support predictive analytics with no coding required. With multiple ML models to choose from in OAC, it is important to know how to compare models. In this blog post we will discuss how to evaluate and compare […]
The Truth is Out There, Let Domo Certify It
What is the Truth? As a decision-maker, how do you handle the data you are given throughout the day? You may get it in spreadsheets from multiple people in the company, sent at multiple times, telling you different stories. You may, like a lot of people, just take the data as it comes and then […]
Components of a Data Governance Strategy in Financial Services
Previously, I analyzed the types of data in a governance program for financial services companies. In this post, I discuss the components needed to design a data governance strategy. A comprehensive program to manage data consists of a number of components: Data Strategy & Architecture A firm-wide repository (data dictionary) should be constructed to catalog […]
Fragmented Data, 1 Source of Truth: Why to Use Datorama [Webinar]
Want to connect all of your marketing data in one place in real-time? Attribute revenue directly to campaigns? Or simply make more data-driven decisions? Come learn more about Datorama, the AI-powered marketing intelligence platform serving some of the world’s biggest brands like IBM, Trivago and many more. Eric Dukart, practice director at Perficient, will explain […]
User Adoption – There is a Domo App for that
We Don’t Like Change For me, and for a lot of people, when you have to make a change in your daily routine it isn’t welcomed with open arms. I think it is human nature to find an excuse to get out of making a change, even if that change will help you. I mean, […]
5 Ways Your Data Warehouse Is Better In the Cloud
According to RightScale’s eighth annual survey, “Cloud Computing Trends: 2019 State of the Cloud Survey”, “A significant number of public cloud users are now leveraging services beyond just the basic compute, storage, and network services.” The survey says relational database services is the most popular extended cloud service and “data warehouse moved up significantly to […]
Loading Data into Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse using OAC
In this blog post I will show you some exciting functionality that is available in Oracle Analytics Cloud (OAC). It is the kind of functionality that you rarely see in front end reporting and visualizations platforms – either before the Cloud or even after the advent of the Cloud. It greatly empowers end users to […]
Perficient Digital Wins Gold dotCOMM Award for Cyber Security Site
Perficient Digital prides itself on producing exceptional work that transforms clients’ digital platforms. Together with a leading cybersecurity company, Symantec, we worked on the design and development of Support.Symantec.com which earned a gold dotCOMM award. Our submission included in-depth content and design strategy, along with consultation from our artificial intelligence (AI) team. As Symantec’s award-winning […]
EDW in the Cloud TCO
In 2016, when I did my first in-depth comparison, the resulting TCOs were usually very close. Usually, the OpEx was slightly higher for the cloud TCO versus the on-prem TCO required substantial capital investment. However, our most recent estimate was eye-opening to our client. We were assessing a green-field implementation for a Data Warehouse at […]
[Guide] Designing a Data Governance Program in Financial Services
Data is the lifeblood of any company. It is the basis of management decision-making, regulatory supervision, taxation, and investor and market behavior. In recent years, firms have recognized data as an independent asset that should be managed and leveraged to fully reap its benefits. As firms began to recognize the power of data for its […]