Still on Salesforce Classic? It’s OK. We understand. According to Salesforce, Lightning is “a quantum leap forward in functionality, usability, and speed for every user including admins, developers, and executives.” Making the move to Lightning isn’t as easy as the flip of a switch, but it’s becoming more and more necessary with each Salesforce release. Sales Path, […]
Digital Transformation
5 Ways to Identify User Trends with Surveys
Why Guess at User Trends? With advancements in technology paired with our everyday consumer experiences, today’s user trends are in constant flux. When the technology that’s supposed to help us doesn’t, it’s frustrating, and even with the most successful projects, your users are going to have questions. Identifying the reasons behinds user trends can sometimes […]
Hype Cycle for 3 Phases of an Agile Backlog Groom
I was reading about the Gartner Hype Cycle and realized the same curve could be applied to Agile Backlog Groom (or simply Grooming). Grooming is the process for an agile scrum team to absorb new work and add details. Every piece of work, no matter the size, follows this generic evolution. That is, the following […]
Key Takeaways About Compliant IT Systems In The Cloud
This is the final post in our series on maintaining regulatory-compliant IT systems in the cloud. In this post, we’ll go over the key takeaways from the series and then we’ll send you on your way! Regardless of how much control you have over your IT systems, if you are using them for regulatory purposes, […]
XML Transformation in Informatica
Introduction In this document we will see how to process the XML data in Informatica Mapping. Before that we should know what is transformation in Informatica. Informatica Transformations are repository objects which can read, modify or pass data to the defined target structures like tables, files, or any other targets required. A Transformation is basically […]
Organizational DevOps – an Enterprise Contradiction
Does your business structure help or hurt your DevOps move? “Organizational DevOps” is the enterprise level action for a DevOps strategy and tactics. There is a natural struggle when moving towards DevOps, but therein is the value. First some context … Process or Project Operations management is the attempt to run things better – in the current […]
Three Patterns to Avoid When Selecting Cloud Native Platforms
Patterns resonate with me. As a developer and software architect stepping back and viewing a population of things to find the common thread woven throughout seems natural. Exploiting that thread in other areas if it’s valuable or adding it to my “Refactor someday” list if it’s harmful has always seemed to be a logical next […]
The Houston Astros and Winning Through Advanced Analytics
How can using analytics can make a difference? Baseball has winners and losers. Teams do not get to share a title or a win. If they are tied at the end of the 9th inning, the teams are forced into extra innings until one of the teams score. In a way, that’s more brutal than […]
Making the Case for RPA
Starting your RPA journey In today’s digital process automation landscape, Robotic Process Automation (RPA) has become a hotly sought-after tool to help solve all that plagues your business process shortcomings. While RPA does have its advantages, its true performance and productivity advantages will come to light when tied to specific use cases. In this blog […]
DevOps/OpsDev: The Name Debate is Over
DevOps was first introduced in 2008 as an extension of proper development, but shortly thereafter, “OpsDev” was on many of our minds. I believe the earliest mention of OpsDev was 2012 [Randy Clark in UK Business Computing World, “DevOps or OpsDev?”]. Please forgive me if you made an earlier mention! Why the Name Debate? There […]
Tips And Best Practices For Compliance In The Cloud
As we’ve learned in the previous posts in this series, having a thoughtful, thorough cloud vendor qualification process and intelligent SLAs in your cloud vendor contracts will help you maximize the value of the cloud while maintaining regulatory compliance. In addition, here are some tips and best practices to help you knock it out of […]
9 Stats Showing the Reality of Sales and Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence is becoming an increasingly present technology in our personal and professional lives and is a term sales teams are hearing and saying a lot more of lately. The days of laughing off “that Terminator-technology” are long gone as businesses and consumers alike are adopting it for the value it brings. How sales teams […]