Just returning from IBM’s Information On-Demand 2012 conference in Vegas last week, where there were just as many new questions created as ones that were answered. Among the usual Vegas question like; What happened to my money and Where am I, were some new ones. Most common was; What is Big Data? So it appears […]
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IBM Information Management – faster than the Information Superhighway
Information management (IM) is the collection and management of information from one or more sources and the distribution of that information to one or more audiences. This may involve the key stakeholders owning and using that information. Management means the organization of and control over the planning, structure and organization, controlling, processing, evaluating and reporting […]
BI Implementation Challenges in Financial Services
We’re hearing a lot about the benefits of Business Intelligence and Analytics in the financial services space. BI helps organizations gather real-time customer insight that can be used to better understand customers’ transaction patterns and preferences. BI also supports governance, risk and compliance processes for financial services firms. In summary, BI delivers smarter outcomes for banks across […]
Perficient Gold Sponsor of IBM Information On-Demand Conference 2012
IBM’s IOD conference has become one of those annual traditions that marks a milestone in the year for our IBM partnership. Maybe it’s because of the time of year or just the amount of effort that goes into the conference by both Perficient and IBM, but each year we’re reminded introspectively of just how much […]
How Premier healthcare alliance is building social business, transforming healthcare
Thursday, October 18, 2012 – 1:00 – 2:00PM CT REGISTER Join Perficient and Premier Healthcare and hear how Premier is integrating business processes with social and analytical tools from IBM to create a competitive advantage and pioneer a better way of providing care. Learn how to leverage IBM Social […]
Customer Segmentation: Digging Out of the “Free” Service Expectation
World Class Service, for Free! Those of us in the banking industry that have been around a little while can remember the days when customers routinely paid for the services they consumed. It seems shocking to the average banking consumer today, but checking wasn’t always free, paying bills meant buying stamps and writing checks(which they […]
IBM and Perficient Partner with the Macaroni Grill to Improve Business Analytics
This webinar is now available for on-demand download here. Perficient will teamed up with Romano’s Macaroni Grill to present a retail analytics case study webinar on Leveraging Analytics for Decision Support and Improved Performance. The Macaroni Grill, a leader in upscale, casual dining with more than 220 locations, is going beyond basic financial reporting and using Perficient’s […]
Is Financial Reporting Automation for Dummies?
Recent studies have shown that a high correlation exists between an organization’s ability to create timely and accurate financial reporting and analysis and the increased performance of that company. But why? If you think about it, it makes sense. Companies that embrace automating finance processes can redirect their finance resources to perform more value-add analysis, […]
Cloud Computing Applications Part 2 of 3
In the previous part we discussed about Cloud Computing definition. In this part let us discuss various applications in Cloud Computing. I am going to discuss these applications under three major categories: Infrastructure as a Service Platform as a Service Software as a Service (SAAS) Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) IT Managers employing IaaS need […]
Big Data, New Roles: Data Scientist
Big data has had its fair share of limelight this year. But with the emergence of this new capability, what changes will be left in its wake? One may be a stronger demand for the role of data scientist. If this is your first time hearing this title, don’t be alarmed. As of March 2012 […]
IBM CEO Study: Leading Through Connections
Every two years for the last decade, IBM has sat down with CEOs and discussed different industry perspectives on emerging trends. This year’s feedback from over 1,700 CEOs was heavily focused on what is becoming an “overflow” of data and information. This has been a byproduct of the great advances in social media, collaboration tools, big data […]
IBM Research Highlights Cognitive Systems
Cognitive systems is an exploratory focus of IBM Research and may help transform the way computers are used in the future. The most well known display of this work was through Watson and his Jeopardy smackdown in 2011 of the best human contestants Jeopardy could find. While traditional systems today provide “if then what” equations, cognitive systems take an adaptive approach […]