Platforms and Technology

A Hyperion Financial Management (HFM) application is always tailored to the client’s needs, business environment, and available data. It is almost impossible to lift an existing application and implement it in a different business environment. For this reason, documentation is extremely important. A design document ensures that the client and the consultant are on the […]

The definition of a lead isn’t that hard to find. By most standards, it is someone who has raised their hand. They are wanting to consume the information that is being generated by your company. They may view your company as a thought leader, have an interest in a webinar that you are giving, a […]

While most technologies continue to evolve, one thing that CIOs can always rely on is the trusty Enterprise Resource Planning system. Made famous through companies like Oracle and SAP, these systems are the glue that bind enterprise planning, purchasing, sales, finance, and human resources operations. For enterprise IT, much of their workload is concentrated here. […]

Is your organization challenged by cloud migration? With millions of records to move and not nearly enough time to make it work, the process can be overwhelming. Perficient has partnered up with Amazon Web Services to help make the process easier. Watch the video below and let us know how we can be of service […]

Coworking is a style of work where an employee shares a working environment with others who are typically not employed by the same organization. This style of work is attractive to independent contractors, work-at-home professionals, and others who often work in relative isolation. I expect to see a rise in rural coworking as more companies […]

The popularization of DevOps in 2017 opened a completely new world for technology companies looking to innovate. The wide availability of microservices, APIs, and cloud automation technologies not only accelerates the path to innovation but also creates numerous opportunities to capitalize on industries that have long stayed stagnant. Though many of our customers reside in […]

In part one and part two of this series I addressed two of the three methods I identified that can be used on PBCS to extract data from the command line and scheduled to run without user interaction. In this third and final post of the series, I will explain how to extract data using […]

The first blog post in this series, How to Extract Data from Planning Budget Cloud Service (PBCS), covered data extraction using the native data export PBCS functionality. Continuing with this series, I’ll describe the second method to extract data from an Oracle PBCS instance. Each method has its advantages and disadvantages. This post will focus on […]

For years, I have used either Oracle Virtual Box or VMWare Workstation for creating test servers so I could spend quality time with new versions of the Oracle EPM software.  This has required me to maintain a rather expensive and bulky workstation class laptop.  A high-end laptop capable of running a virtual machine with 4 […]

Here are the blogs that I have posted previously as part of my blog series on Oracle DataSync (BICS). Best Practice to ETL with Data Sync (BICS) In this blog, I am going to talk about three different ways to integrate Oracle ERP Cloud data with Data Sync (BICS) through OTBI.         […]

Among the industries few think about when it comes to cloud is that of oil and gas. Basic in its nature, many don’t even think about it until the weather gets cold or their car is on the last bits of mileage. That said, the way the industry thinks about the cloud may be looking […]

As you ramp up your development activities for the year, you may notice that there are numerous platforms to choose from as far as development capabilities are concerned. Though each may tout the cloud as their value proposition, there are also other considerations to have in mind including uptime, storage, and security. One of the […]