Operations

Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OBIEE) supports many types of file sources as the data source. Some of the compatible file sources with OBIEE are: 1. Microsoft Excel workbooks. 2. Microsoft Access databases. 3. Delimited text files (.csv and .txt). 4. XML data sources. We will be discussing Excel data source in more detail in […]

The post is the 2nd in the series which covers capabilities, use cases and product offerings for change data capture technology. The critical capabilities which are expected in a CDC tool Selective data replication and synchronization is a capability to synchronize data between multiple databases. It usually supports high volume and mission critical scenarios. An […]

This coming Monday I’ll be at Bank Innovation as a panelist talking about best practices and new product strategies for banking leaders and technologists as advocates for  innovation at the product management level.  As a technology solution and service provider focused on the financial services industry, we work hand-in-hand with many banks, emerging payment providers, and […]

Want to see just how beautiful a SharePoint 2013 website can look? Want to see such a beautiful website that’s functional too? If you’re like me, your answers are “yes” and “yes”, so I’d strongly suggest you surf on over to http://www.marshfieldclinic.org on your PC, Mac, phone or tablet.  For a real kick, try it […]

I have always felt that SharePoint is loaded with numerous hidden gems, features or functions available out-of-the-box but simply waiting for the right use case to unlock their value.  This is one of the real value adds that working with knowledgeable consultants can bring—the good ones know those hidden gems, match them to a business […]

IBM recently released a Redbook on “Building and Implementing a Social Portal”  As you know, Redbooks are basically technical guides on a variety of subjects. This one was written by eight different IBM’ers and IBM Business Partners. Why is this of interest you might ask?  When IBM released version 8 of Websphere Portal, they solved […]

We’re just five days away from Bank Innovation 2013 in San Francisco. As we all begin to prepare for the event, I’d like to invite everyone to visit our Bank Innovation page and check out the Bank Transformation Toolkit we’re providing for attendees.  Perficient’s toolkit for bank executives, technologists and marketers, provides everything from how to get more out […]

The main factors of evaluation in the sustainability, efficiency, and quality of healthcare delivery systems are clinical management of the patient population in parallel to financial balance and modeling. In more intricate detail, the healthcare industry can examine clinical management in segmentation of acute and chronic care, accuracy in diagnosis, and appropriate time administration of […]

A few weeks ago, I got a gmail chat message from a friend telling me that my favorite sports team was having a great match and that i should definitely watch the match.  So I went to the sports portal to get the latest score and see what the team was doing. I found that […]

Yesterday I was reminded of the potential for Big Data in financial services as I came across an article from Data Enthusiast highlighting three industries using this high-powered data processing technology. Retailers lead the charge with data analytics to target their consumers with laser-like precision and are seeing success from their recommendation engines. Following in […]

One of the premier topics when discussing healthcare costs is the enormous burden of cost and the related percentage of GDP consumed by the management and treatment of patients. Unfortunately, the complexities of an underlying solution are not limited to a pre-defined methodology that will improve outcomes while diminishing inefficiencies. Rather, the underlying solution is […]

Perficient recently worked with a state government to move its existing public website to SharePoint 2010. Upgrading to a newer technology would enable the state to save financially and make technical improvements while keeping pace with its evolving business demands. The migration would also provide for the standardization of state agency websites on a single […]