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EditLive Now in Beta for IBM Connections
Mark Polly, director at Perficient, recently published a blog featuring a video that showcases the benefits and features of Ephox’s EditLive. EditLive is a web-based text editor included in IBM WebSphere Portal and IBM Web Content Manager. It’s also now in Beta for IBM Connections. EditLive brings lots of great features to people who create […]
Using Pub/Sub for EAI
If anyone has been around MB as long as I have we can remember the Event Broker which was the pub/sub engine. I’ve been hard-pressed to ever use it for EAI – there have been some specific use-cases but they usually involved large number of clients who were able to self-register. I guess that’s what […]
Step by Step Instruction on How to Install IBM’s Infosphere Suite
Hopefully you all had the chance to read my last posts on the “Basics of Infosphere DataStage” This post will go through the install of IBM’s Infosphere Suite with tools such as DataStage, QualityStage, Infomation Analyzer, Business Glossary, FastTrack, Information Services Director, and MetaBrokers and Bridges. In addition, to installing the Infosphere suite applications this […]
Attending IBM Connect? Get Bold!
Join Perficient at IBM Connect this year. You can download the eBook “Get Bold”, and learn how the enterprise is responding to consumer expectations for engagement via social channels. Whether you are planning on attending IBM Connect or not, Perficient would like to offer you this valuable eBook. “Get Bold” explores innovative ways businesses are using social […]
Making Big Data Architecture Decisions
As with any IT initiative, it is very important for an organization to align business and technology needs when choosing to invest in data analytics and big data processing. We are seeing an increase in big data use cases in financial services around customer data to explore new markets, enable product development, enhance cross-sell capabilities, […]
Social Listening Helps Banks Find Value in Information
Bank Marketing Buzzword of the Year – Big Data One of the hottest terms in IT circles during the past 2 years has been “big data”. While many pundits will tell you that big data is all about processing data that has a combination of Volume, Velocity and Variety for everything from log file management […]
The Joy of End-of-Year Financial Reporting & A Merry New Year
Social Commentator, Will Rogers famously stated, “Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.” The once predictable & stable world of business has transformed into an unpredictable jungle that’s no place for the complacent finance organization. Our new normal environment requires finance to maneuver obstacles on an […]
Big Data Adoption Resources for Financial Institutions
Competition continues in the industry creating the need for transformational business strategies and technology to improve profitability for banks and financial institutions. As mentioned in our top technology trends post, Big data is widely talked about in banking as a catalyst for change. However, banks have only scratched the surface of using smarter analytics. As a technology service provider […]
Turning Customer Data into a Banking Goldmine with Big Data
Yesterday I sat in on a Big Thinkers in Big Data tweet chat hosted by Intel and Forrester’s Mike Gualtieri. With our Big Data in Financial Services webinar just around the corner I wanted to catch the latest on what others were saying about the topic and its relevancy in banking. As a marketer it is imperative I stay […]
Virtual Cube: What to Consider with Your Next TM1 Implementation
Author: Jim Miller “For a long time relational models have supported the ability to create virtual tables known as “views” to provide a mechanism that allows developers to customize how their users can logically view data stored in base tables. There is a similar concept in Cognos TM1 known as “virtual cubes”. A virtual cube […]
Free-Hadoop for Dummies An IBM Platform Computing guide
Hadoop for Dummies is now available! This free eBook is packed with everything you need to know about Hadoop analytics, this handy guide provides you with a solid understanding of the critical big data concepts and trends, and suggests ways for you to revolutionize your business operations through the implementation of cost-effective, high performance Hadoop […]