Operations

Vegas is bustling this week as IBM InterConnect 2017 officially kicked off Monday. Per the norm, IBM is making several announcements this week to showcase new innovation, strategic partnerships, and commercial offerings. For me, the most exciting announcement thus far is the beta release of Kubernetes on IBM Containers. Kubernetes is rapidly gaining ground as […]

I recently implemented an Informatica Lifecycle Management (ILM) project at a national auto financing company and I would like to share some details about what I learned about ILM and the benefits my client received.  ILM is a mature and robust data archiving tool used by many organizations to manage and archive large sets of […]

The stardom and emphasis of DevOps results in industry experts focusing on continuous innovation, which includes automation, deployment, integration, and planning. After all, these key pieces help the business grow and scale in crowded and competitive markets. Nevertheless, with that said, what happens post-deployment? DevOps and Facilitating Connected Experiences The most important part of the […]

Cisco recently released their Annual Cybersecurity report for 2017, which revealed several statistics I thought were real eye openers. You can pick up a copy here: http://b2me.cisco.com/en-us-annual-cybersecurity-report-2017. Of the major findings in this document, I consider a few quite concerning, in particular: “Spam accounts for nearly two-thirds (65 percent) of total email volume… about 8 percent […]

The idea of companies moving their businesses to other parts of the world to benefit from lower taxes is not new. Allergan, the maker of Botox® and other drugs, transferred its global headquarters from New Jersey to Ireland in 2013. Medtronic moved its headquarters to Ireland in 2015, once it completed the acquisition of Covidien, […]

During WSJ’s CFO Network conference, Bank of America chairman and CEO Brian Moynihan was asked the following: “If you were building a bank today from scratch, what would be the three attributes of this new bank?” One of the key attributes of today’s bank, Moynihan noted, was the need to focus on omni-channel. “You have […]

If your organization is running on SharePoint Server 2010, you may be operating at risk. With mainstream support of SharePoint Server 2010 unavailable and extended support from Microsoft only available through October of 2020, it is a perfect time to begin planning to migrate to SharePoint Online. The SharePoint Migration assessment tool (SMAT) is a tool […]

The purpose of this blog post is to share how to setup/customize the Oracle Drop Ship process to automatically create Purchase Orders originating from the Drop Ship Sales order lines. Standard Process: Oracle’s out-of-the-box functionality involves creation of a sales order in Oracle Order Management with sales order lines set to source type as External. Once […]

In the middle of 2016, J.P. Morgan chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon observed that we are experiencing “uncertainty and turbulence in the markets.” In early 2017, he updated that view and said things are looking better “if you take a walk around the world.” Either way, to say that we are experiencing a period of […]

Last week, nine executives from small and community banks met with President Donald Trump and members of his administration to discuss the hurdles smaller financial institutions face day in and day out. The president expressed his deep appreciation for small banks and stressed the critical role they play when it comes to job creation, one […]

We’re excited to announce that our client Acuity Brands was awarded honorable mention for their recent intranet redesign! Ragan Communications presented Acuity Brands with an honorable mention in the “Intranet Usability” category of their annual Intranet Awards. Check out the story below for how we helped Acuity create a modern intranet with Rise. Background When […]

Fortune just released their list of the 100 best companies to work for in America. The survey, which was compiled by Great Places to Work, generated feedback from over 230,000 individuals. The data collected and analyzed took into consideration a variety of aspects that have the potential to influence people’s feelings towards their workplace, including […]