So we’ve seen a trend lately that some hype with overblown expectations but that remains a significant development. Specifically, a blurring between the lines of what a CIO does and what a CMO or Chief Marketing Officer does. Old World CMO: Take care of the brand. Enable greater sales through lead generation. Use external tools […]
Posts Tagged ‘Big Data’
The state of social sentiment analysis – Part 1
Sentiment analysis is arguably one of the fastest growing concepts in the analytics space and is poised to become a major source of information to enterprise BI programs in the very near future. The idea of receiving instant feedback from a consumer base, enabling near real-time follow-up or correction holds an incalculable ROI. Unfortunately the […]
Setting up a Recommendation Engine (Mahout) on Windows Azure
A Brief Background In my previous posts I have walked through setting up Hadoop on Windows Azure using HDInsight. Hadoop is an extremely powerful distributed computing platform with the ability to process terabytes of data. Many of the situations when you hear the term “Big Data”, Hadoop is the enabler. One of the complications with […]
How to: Setting up an HDInsight Hadoop cluster in Windows Azure
Edit: Part 3 using Mahout here In my previous post I described the basics of HDInsight on Windows Azure and an example of what a Hadoop cluster can do for you. Without further delay, lets build a cluster! If you don’t already have a Windows Azure account go here and sign up (it’s free!!) Setup […]
What I Learned at Oracle Open World, #OOW13
Oracle OpenWorld 2013 turned out to be one of my best experiences with a trade-show ever! I made new contacts, I learned about product strategy and I learned about awesome customer stories related to innovative healthcare solutions. Perficient’s Lesli Adams @lesliadams provided innovative solution overviews highlighting healthcare business intelligence solutions #OBIEE for Patient Centered Medical […]
Social Meets Clinical Meets Research: Big Data in Medicine
I was intrigued immediately when I read that The Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York hired the former data scientist for Facebook, Jeff Hammerbacher, to develop and refine their predictive analytics capabilities. It seems like a collision of the planets! Is it possible that this social media data scientist could break the code of […]
Top 5 Technology Trends in Healthcare – September 2013
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 […]
A Low Cost Big Data Integration Option?
With all of the interest in big data in healthcare, it’s easy to get drawn in by the excitement and not realize that it’s not a silver bullet that’s going to address all your data and infrastructure problems. Unless you are able to understand and integrate your data, throwing all the data onto a platform […]
“Future of Payments” Panelist – Deva Annamalai of Zions Bank
Perficient is excited to have Deva Annamalai (@bornonjuly4), Vice President, Marketing Technology and Insights Group Manager for Zions Bancorporation, join our upcoming “Future of Payments” Hangout. From his amusing Tweets to his leadership at Zions, Deva’s insights on data analytics and customer segmentation strategies will provide a viewers with a great perspective on marketing campaign execution and […]
The Coming “Big Data” Storm
As a technologist raised in Kansas as a child, I am used to examining the horizon for changes in the weather. We could watch the large thunderstorms build up during the heat of the day into 40,000 foot monsters full of hail and tornadoes. I was reading an Ars Technica article on how pervasive computing […]
Mobile-Big Data-Predictive Analytics-Social Media & the US Open
So what do all of these technology solutions have to do with the US Open? Behind the scenes, IBM has helped run the show since 1990. A recent online article shows how IBM is using these tools to flow information far beyond match scores. Handheld devices used courtside feed multiple data points such as ball […]
Top 5 Technology Trends in Healthcare – August 2013
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 […]