Platforms and Technology

I attended the Connected Home panel discussion at GSMA Mobility Live in Atlanta today. Panelists: Moderator: Jefferson Wang, Senior Partner, IBB Consulting Ashwin Karuhatty, Business Development, Smart Home, Amazon Alexa Darren Ford, COO, Artificial Solutions Joe Wytanis, Senior Director, Business Development, Flex Bill Keen, VP, Mobile Solutions, Digital Guest Experience & Applied Discovery, Intercontinental Hotels Group (IHG) Joel Evans, Co-Founder and VP Cloud […]

Think back to your childhood, we all had that parent, teacher, aunt, or uncle who’s answer was always NO! Until recently this was the answer of most IT organizations when it came to bringing your own device to the table. Can I get my email on my phone? No! Can I access the intranet from […]

Innovating in healthcare can be a challenge with all the rules, regulations, and laws in place. Thus, finding the right technologies to complement world-class knowledge is one of the most important activities any healthcare firm can do when embarking on digital transformation. This was the story of one leading national institution in specialty benefit management. […]

Oracle announced its most advanced on-prem products to be available on Cloud as PaaS offerings. That’s exciting news for the companies who want to move their products to Cloud to get all the advantages of PaaS. Here is a quick list of some of the many products that are available as PaaS offerings. More modules […]

This Oracle Essbase 11.1.2 Bootcamp teaches you the principal techniques and theories to design Essbase block storage databases. Block storage databases are deployed independently for budgeting, forecasting and planning, and as the underlying data storage and analytic engine for Hyperion Planning applications. Learn To: Create block storage databases. Build rules files. Analyze data with Smart […]

Halloween brings out a lot of scary things, from a gas light in the middle of nowhere to the smell of expired milk. For CIOs who are still waiting, that fear is the potential spook of cloud computing. In my industry reading and conversations with the occasional industry colleague, I will run across someone who […]

For companies that are happy with their on-premise data warehouse there is a fear of having to create a new data warehouse when migrating to the cloud.  Luckily for Oracle BI Cloud Service customers there are two excellent ways to avoid having to redo your warehouse.  The first method is using Oracle BICS Data Sync to do […]

Vertex Exchange, the premier conference for tax professionals looking to learn from and network with Vertex subject matter experts and other information technology professionals, is being held October 30 – November 2 in San Antonio. Perficient is excited to be a conference sponsor and we look forward to engaging conversations with show participants. During Vertex […]

ING is really flexing its digital muscle. Last week, the company announced that it launched Yolt, a free mobile app that allows UK consumers to manage their money across various banking institutions. According to the app’s website, Yolt aggregates a user’s bank and credit card accounts, and provides a dashboard that: Instantly shows you how […]

Today’s businesses move at the speed of agility, stopping for nobody. In particular, what happens in the greater economy is unstoppable, whether it’s a socioeconomic shift or the unexpected launch of a competitor’s product. Internally, however, things are far different. Organizations with technology commitments have a small window for error. Gone are the days where customers […]

Oracle has announced an upgrade to FMW 12c, numbered 12.2.1.2. For reference, see this link. The main change for this release is the addition of Oracle Real-Time Integration Business Insight. Oracle Real-Time Integration Business Insight gives business owners the ability to monitor key metrics of their enterprise in real time using pre-configured dashboards. A differentiating feature […]

This post touches on some lessons learned and what I consider best practices when developing ICS integration flows. All Integration Style/Patterns Map Actions and Complex Transformations If you’re using SQL with a Database adapter, always pass a binding variable. If you can’t use an Assign action, set the value in the Map instead of the […]