Operations

In part 1 of this series, we discussed some of the most common assumptions associated with Big Data Proof of Concept (POC) projects. Today, we’re going to begin exploring the next stage in Big Data POC definition – “The What.” The ‘What’ for Big Data has gotten much more complicated in recent years; and now […]

How many comprehensive IT solutions, and more specifically those that relate to the clinical trials space, have the ability to be implemented on-premises or hosted in the cloud, in just a matter of weeks? Not many. When it comes to clinical trial management systems (CTMS), there are even fewer. ASCEND, an Oracle Siebel CTMS accelerator, […]

What do our pharmaceutical product advertisements indicate about our national ideals, given the myriad of advertisements seen on the Internet, TV, in magazines, or heard on the radio here in the United States? Interestingly, the United States and New Zealand are the only developed nations that allow direct -to-consumer (DTC) advertising (Liang & Mackey, 2011). […]

Oracle recently announced a new version of Oracle Clinical, Remote Data Capture (RDC), and Thesaurus Management System (TMS). Some of the enhancements in version 5.1 include: Support for Partial Source Data Verification (SDV): Oracle Clinical and RDC Onsite now support creating a risk-based SDV plan that identifies only a subset of data requiring verification in […]

It seems as though every large organization these days is either conducting a Big Data Proof of Concept (POC) or considering doing one. Now, there are serious questions as to whether this is even the correct path towards adoption of Big Data technologies, but of course for some potential adopters it may very well be the […]

Anyone evaluating clinical trial, clinical data, and safety management systems today will also need to decide whether to implement on-site or in the cloud. As each year passes, more and more companies are choosing the cloud for a whole host (pun intended!) of reasons. Over the next few weeks, my colleagues and I will examine […]

Problem Description: Several days ago when I ran a PowerCenter session, I encountered an issue of populating column value of money data type from one Microsoft SQL Server table to another. For example, the original source value is 1234.1250, but after I loaded it to another table, it became 1234.1136. In Informatica, the column data […]

Many of Monday’s sessions at Money20/20 focused on the retail and commerce space. From demos of new payment platforms and systems, the use of BLE and beacon technology, the future of gift cards and prepaid to research on consumer shopping behaviors, its evident that the emerging trends and innovations in these areas are spilling over into the financial services and […]

This week I’m attending Customer Engagement World in New York. “The Customer is the New Boss” is Lawrence Dvorchik’s theme for Customer Engagement World. But hasn’t the customer always been the boss? We always say customer is the boss, but our engagements methods rarely reflect this. Too often companies are trying to engage in a one-way […]

Ever have requests to furnish old emails, messages, documents to your HR or legal teams? In this digital era, we experience an overflow of electronic information in forms of email, documents, IM conversations, etc. It can be chaotic when you are expected to look for content from several years in the past. Have you ever […]

Tomorrow I will be giving a webinar on creating business cases for Big Data. One of the reasons for the webinar was that there is very little information available on creating a Big Data business cases. Most of what is available boils down to a “trust me, Big Data will be of value.” Most information […]

To drive a car, you need to have a driver. Well, unless you’re Google. Or Tesla, for that matter. The same goes for clinical trials: you can’t conduct clinical trials without investigators. While the comparison may be a stretch, it’s fairly easy to understand the key role investigators play in clinical trials. So, why are […]