Posts Tagged ‘Business Intelligence’

  The speed in which we receive information from multiple devices and the ever-changing customer interactions providing new ways of customer experience, creates DATA! Any company that knows how to harness the data and produce actionable information is going to make a big difference to their bottom line. So Why Virtualization? The simple answer is […]

Cloud BI comes in different forms and shapes, ranging from just visualization to full-blown EDW combined with visualization and Predictive Analytics. The truth of the matter is every niche product vendor offers some unique feature which other product suite does not offer. In most case you almost always need more than one suite of BI […]

As the connected consumer evolves, demands and expectations continue to rise, and trends rapidly change.  Connected Consumers use the power of information to drive prices down, yet still demand a high level of service.  Retailers must utilize and analyze complex data to understand insights, customer service expectations and responses that will supersede the expectations of […]

I came across a great article in 1-to-1 Media regarding 3 critical elements of the customer experience that enable retail organizations to position themselves ahead of the competition. We remember the days of talking about the 3 must-haves in retail as: Buy Move Sell But in the article titled “The Three-Legged Stool of Retail,” Timothy Hood presents three […]

In a recent issue of PC Today (www.pctoday.com), there was a quote by Cindi Howson of BI Scorecard that really stuck in my mind: “There are far too many cases of companies having good data, good tools, but a culture that’s a barrier to using that data for action.” Frequently, outside consultants are brought into […]

Myths & Realities of Self-Service BI The popularity of Data Visualization tools and the Cloud BI offerings are new forces to reckon with. I find it interesting to see how the perception Vs usage of these tools in reality. Traditionally IT likes the control and centralized management for obvious reasons of accountability and quality of […]

Over the months we have released a lot of information on building analytic platforms in healthcare. Several members of my team have played key architectural roles in not only implementing the Cogito platform and performing readmission analysis with it, but also expanding the platform to include customer satisfaction data from Press Ganey. These functions were […]

For anyone that is thinking about selecting the Data Warehouse edition of SQL Server 2014, I just want to highlight a few things required to install this product and get it up and running. First off though, what is SQL 2014 DataWarehousing Edition? In short, it is a version of SQL server that  is available […]

On a recent project, I was faced with a requirement to scan the contents of a folder and load all the files into their respective staging tables. There were multiple file types – Customer file, Store file, Products file, Sales file, etc. Every day, we received zero to many files for each type of file. […]

The personal computer, internet, digital music players (think ipods), smart phones, tablets are just a few of the disruptive technologies that have become common place in our lifetime.   What is consistent about these technology disruptions is that they all have changed the way we work, live, and play.  Whole industries have grown up around these technologies.   […]

Glenn Kline, Sales Director with IBM PCS at Perficient, recently wrote a blog post about the importance of social needs integrating with Portals at the IBM Digital Experience Conference.  Social Interactions have become a pertinent part of business as a whole but are very important in regards to consumer engagement. Patterns represent modernized processes with […]

In my last blog post, I introduced the fundamentals and importance of healthcare benchmarking. I highlighted the benefits of benchmarking as well as the advantages and disadvantages of various types of benchmarking. The main point I hope you took away was that regardless of the type of benchmarking, the purpose is the same – to […]