Posts Tagged ‘BI’

This article was pointed out to me by a colleague, and I found it a pretty compelling read:  How Microsoft helped this bar figure out that vodka was costing it a fortune. Of particular interest to me is the Natural Q&A feature, which is mentioned prominently. Now, my time in the data warehousing trenches tempers my […]

As with “All Things Cloud” for the last year or so, Cloud BI is a subject of much buzz. But if you look around, aside from a few niche vendors that have developed Software as a Service (SaaS)  and Platform as a Service (PaaS) BI packages, there’s not a lot of clear information or even thinking. Something close […]

Last time, we discussed arriving at a BI/DW solution for the problem of source application “Custom Fields.” This time, I want to look at the OLAP design, and the mechanisms that make it work in Analysis Services.  As you may recall, we were working on designing a multi-tenant SaaS analytics application. Our greatest problem was in […]

So, have you heard about Power BI yet?  The whiz-bang new cloud-centric BI front end tool from Microsoft?  Well, this video from the 2013 WPC breaks down the story — in a very entertaining manner…  So, having watched, let’s assume we all remember Mariah’s chart-toppers and instead review the greatest hits of the Power BI […]

In the age of ACOs and value based payments, there is a constant pressure on the healthcare industry to reduce costs without damaging the quality of care provided. While there are many factors in this balancing act, hospital readmissions and lack of medication adherence are two issues driving up costs that can be addressed and […]

Healthcare organizations face a constant pressure to reduce costs and improve performance, all while meeting changing regulatory regulations. Fortunately, with constant developments in technology, health IT can help organizations gain a competitive advantage. Healthcare analytics can provide organizations the ability to use their data to improve the quality of care, increase financial efficiency and operational […]

A source system that contains dynamic or customer-defined data fields is both an old problem and a sticky one in the  DW/BI environment.  A standard approach of flattening the dynamic data into name/value pairs is recommended for a relational-type database.   But what about multidimensional modeling or OLAP storage?  Name/value pairs are just the beginning.  To […]

Perficient Oracle EPM team is in NOLA for the annual ODTUG Kscope13 conference, June 23-27.  The conference is tailored to developers, technical architects and business users to gain insights on Oracle technologies and applications including business intelligence, Oracle EPM, Fusion Middleware and Application Express.  The conference format and activities provide a vehicle for extensive networking and sharing content around Oracle tools and […]

My colleague, Lesli Adams, is a regular blogger on Perficient’s Oracle technologies blog. As the Director of Oracle Healthcare Business Intelligence, she often posts about topics that are also relevant in the healthcare world. She recently posted a blog about data reporting standards that would be a good read for those interested in healthcare analytics, […]

In the healthcare technology space, we are all working toward the same general end goals of improving patient care while lowering costs. Healthcare organizations are all looking for ways to more broadly use technology that not only focuses on each encounter, but looks beyond that toward the continuum of care for the individual and the […]

My colleague, Lesli Adams, is a regular blogger on Perficient’s Oracle technologies blog. As the Director of Oracle Healthcare Business Intelligence, she often posts about topics that are also relevant in the healthcare world. She recently posted a blog about Clinical Measurement that would be a good read for those interested in healthcare analytics, below: […]

The healthcare IT field is rapidly developing and changing. Emerging technology and updated regulations put pressure on healthcare providers and health plans to stay ahead of the curve. Perficient creates a monthly list that explores some of the current topics and issues in health IT. This list examines the most talked about issues and technologies […]