Integration + IT Modernization

A recent report in TDWI found that bad data costs U.S. businesses $600 billion a year. Oftentimes, data analysts are accountable for the data quality for consumers and providers of data. However, profiling data and writing rules against the data to improve the quality of extracted data takes time and effort from a data SME which […]

I heard Jorge Ferrer, VP of Engineering, Liferay, discuss Liferay’s approach to microservices in “Liferay 7: Embracing Modularity”.  This is a topic I’ve discussed at OSCON earlier this year. OSCON is the open source conference. Jorge discussed the evolution from the 1990s with monolithic applications, into the 2000s with SOA and now microservices have allowed applications to […]

This morning is the keynote for the Liferay Symposium. As you may have seen in the Gartner Magic quadrant, Liferay competes with very large software vendors in the horizontal portal market. The host of the event compared Liferay against the five closest competitors in the Gartner MQ. Those competitors have a market capitalization of over $700 […]

One of the great aspects of working in Perficient’s Strategic Advisory Team is the the chance to look at broad technology (Portals, Content, Social) vs. single vendor (I’m the Oracle Portal person, or IBM Portal, etc.). That also means that I, and my peers, divide up the portal vendors and spend time at their conferences […]

With the shift towards hybrid cloud architecture and the exponential growth of mobile applications it is essential to establish an integration strategy that supports new computing models that include on-premises, cloud and mobility. Legacy middleware has a monolithic architecture, proprietary components, complex operating environments and expensive licensing. A dated integration style greatly slows mobile development […]

Join Perficients’ Dave Reiber for a webcast, sponsored by Plant Engineering Magazine, to talk about the fast-changing landscape of Asset Management. The title for the talk is “Predictive Maintenance Strategy Without CMMS.” He will discuss an altered view of what is going on, in the age of “Internet of Things.” Traditional methods become ineffective or […]

Is Data Scientist a Data Analyst OR vice-versa? I googled this and got more than a 1000 websites that provides this differentiation. So my thought was to consolidate everything I learnt for people who choose their career path in one or the other. If you check Gartner’s Hype Cycle of Emerging Technology, the peak of […]

Join us at the 2015 IMUG … The Indianapolis Maximo User Group provides a forum for Maximo users/experts to collaborate on their experiences and uses of IBM Maximo through workshops, member presentations, and networking. Join us for IMUG 2015 where you will hear presentations and updates from IBM and Maximo users regarding Maximo 7.6, the future roadmap, recommendations […]

Rather silly question, perhaps: Who’s using Asset Management software to track the amount of candy they hand out tomorrow as Inventory Usage? Can’t really consider it an inventory transfer between storerooms now can we? While most people probably won’t use inventory or asset management software for simple household transactions, businesses are turning to more complex […]

“Retailers are light years ahead of Wall Street in analyzing their data to find out what their customers want,” said to Peter Giordano, managing director at Oppenheimer & Co. “Instead of analyzing customer data, the industry still relies on salespeople, relationships and actual trades to tell us what clients want.” Big data might be a […]

As information becomes a contributor of organizational strategy, data analysts became critical skillset of an organization knowing the core asset of the company that generates decision making; DATA. New leadership roles such as Chief Data Officer (CDO) evolve creating strategies and governance around data assets building business competencies, maximizing the value of information. As a […]

There are a lot of API management vendors in the marketplace. How do you know which one is right for you? If you’re considering IBM’s API management platform, here are a few indicators that it might be a good fit for your organization.