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Now that October is here, I thought it would be neat to look back at what our readers found most interesting last month. Below are the top five blog posts Perficient’s life sciences practice wrote in September – they’re ranked in order of popularity, with number one being the most viewed piece. An Insider’s Look At If And When […]

As we all know P2T (production to test) copies happen frequently within a project timeline and after Go Live. Some files tend to ‘disappear’ or lose important data after a P2T. There are some simple fixes to this issue, with the first being that you need to start saving these files locally. If they are […]

As I have discussed before, FBDI is the best tool for loading mass amounts of data. When you’ve got a client that has thousands of suppliers – which let’s be honest, they all do – then FBDI is your best friend. Instead of manually entering the data into the system one click at a time, […]

Yes, it’s only September.  If you are in the financial industry – you know that tax season is looming just around the corner.  In Oracle Cloud ERP Payables, generating 1099-MISC forms is a great feature that makes one part of tax reporting an easy task!  In this blog are steps you can do now to […]

I have been working with IBM BPM for the past 10 years and recently started looking at Pega and Appian. In this blog, I’ll share my impression, and comparison, of IBM BPM, Pega 7, and the Appian platform. My Impression of IBM BPM I have been working with IBM BPM for past 10 years – […]

Robo-advising will likely never take over wealth management, but there are certain elements it could replace. For example, tax-loss harvesting and digital account opening can be streamlined through technology and automation. Any tasks that serve as barriers to receiving services should be accomplished by machine. Financial advisors should instead do more of what they do […]

Integrated Cloud is the new buzz word at Oracle Open World 2016.  Integrated Cloud was all you heard on the streets.  The beauty of the suite of products Oracle has available in the Cloud in many cases integration is not needed.  The Cloud (or sometimes referred to as Fusion) architecture share the same database.  It […]

Several months ago, I mentioned how Bank of America Chairman and CEO Brian Moynihan believes that the need to be omni-channel is one of the keys to success for a bank that operates today. He said, “Despite people saying ‘I never go into a branch,’ they all do.” While there’s a lot of talk about […]

Docker Swarm helps you create and manage Docker Clusters. Docker Swarm automatically handle scaling up and down depending on number of task you want to run. Docker swarm can handle load balancing internally among containers. Docker Swarm Components Docker Swarm contains following key components. Node – Special Container that run on each Swarm host. Node […]

Many robo-advisors are thriving with growing customer bases. Not only are they flourishing, they’re partnering with – and in some cases being acquired by – traditional institutions that offer wealth management services. Take UBS, for example. The company’s wealth management division recently formed a strategic alliance with SigFig, a robo-advisor that will help develop solutions […]

The Manage Administrator Profile Values task in Setup and Maintenance is an excellent tool for troubleshooting issues throughout any of the Fusion applications. There have been several scenarios where access levels have been removed or a simple configuration may have been missing. For a majority of these scenarios, the answer was found in this task […]

I love headlines like this: J.P. Morgan Creates Executive Role to Lead Cloud Services. It helps me understand what’s important to a company and tells me that a company’s focus area is real. As financial services companies continue their efforts to become more efficient in a time in which regulatory demands and low interest rates […]