There’s really nothing quite like being part of a top national systems integrator. I’ve found that one of the coolest, most rewarding aspects of this job is working with so many bright, talented people from all across the country. The sheer breadth and scope of the expertise brought to bear by the ladies and gentlemen […]
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Webinar: Using Yammer & SharePoint to Drive Employee Engagement
With the recent acquisition of Yammer, Microsoft is is now able to truly support social collaboration within the enterprise. Are you ready to take advantage of this? As mentioned in our webinar with Forrester last week, just because you’ve built it, doesn’t necessarily mean that they will come (Field of Dreams, anyone?). A successful social […]
Webinar Replay: Forrester & Perficient on CIO & CMO Convergence
On Wednesday, we hosted a webinar on the CIO & CMO Convergence: Microsoft for Cloud, Social & Mobile Enterprise Social Networks. Guest speaker Rob Koplowitz from Forrester, and Perficient’s own Director of Web & Social Collaboration, Rich Wood, discussed what defines an enterprise social network and where the true value lies. Rob kicked off the […]
What are the HFM services and which ones should be running?
I am often asked which HFM services should be running in a given Oracle EPM environment. Below are descriptions taken from the Oracle installation documentation for each of the four HFM services. The last column depicts when these services should be running. Service Name Service Display Name Description Requirement Hyperion S9 Financial Management Service Hyperion […]
Who doesn’t love a cool m-commerce and payments infographic?
As a digital marketer on a quest to continually create meaningful content for the financial services and retail industry, I have an appreciation for visual content that brings clarity to topics and paints a picture for viewers to better digest content in new ways. PYMNTS.com’s Innovation Project 2014 created a mobile commerce ecosystem infographic designed […]
Hyperion Financial Management Learning Path
As promised, here is the breakdown of the first learning path. It is good to know that with each product offered, there is a specific curriculum specified for the Business User, the Administrator and IT Support personnel. Business User Business users perform value-added analysis, report on new sources of profitability and cash flow at all […]
Ready for the Next Wave of Data-Driven Marketing in Banking?
I recently came across a book for bank and financial marketers written by Jay Kassing, one of the world’s most respected data analytics experts in the industry. The Financial Brand actually featured his book on its site last week along with some excerpts from the book (reinterpreted for the web). One of those excerpts stood […]
Liferay 6.2 Features Announced
About one year ago I blogged about what Liferay was planning for it’s next portal version 6.2. At the Liferay Symposium in October, Liferay announced that 6.2 would be available later this year. I missed the symposium this year, but Brian Ruby provided the following info on CMSWire. Liferay has implemented Bootstrap for its theme, […]
Taking Payments under ‘Siege’
Paying the babysitter. Buying clothes at a retailer. Sending a family member money for a birthday. Innovation in doing these single transactions seems easy, right? An email, a text, a custom application, an NFC bump, or a personal card reader all work well and ‘feel’ like the future. As SME’s, we’re getting pretty good at making […]
5 Spooktacular Fintech Trends for October
Trying to stay ahead of the curve when it comes to IT issues is a challenging task. Emerging technology forces in the financial services industry are already impacting business. The convergence of these forces does present challenges; however, it also provides a window of opportunity for financial institutions to elevate business performance and gain a […]
Office 365; Beyond email, Innovating for the Future (infographic)
This interesting Office 365 infograpic was recently shared with me. It contains some pretty impressive numbers 1 billion people on the planet are using Microsoft Word 2 out of 3 information workers are using SharePoint 90 out of 100 Fortune 100 companies are using Lync One in four of Microsoft’s Enterprise customers – Microsoft’s largest […]
Content by Search Now Available in Office 365 SharePoint Online!
Intranets in SharePoint Online just got a lot more powerful. Hot off the presses from the SharePoint Blog, the Content (by) Search Web Part is now available in Office 365 SharePoint Online. This is a major announcement for those looking to do intranets on SP Online, because this web part allows you to easily deliver […]