Last week while at the annual Microsoft Dynamics Convergence in New Orleans (with 10,000 other people- partners, clients and MS employees) there was a great session on Advanced Analytics for Microsoft Dynamics CRM. Many of these options have been available for the last few years since the release of CRM 2011 (both online and on-premises) […]
Posts Tagged ‘Business Intelligence’
Perficient Helps Paint a Clear Picture with Big Data for Banks
On the heels of some great discussions at Bank Innovation 2013, Perficient was published in the Financial Brand today on the topic of Big Data. During the “Product Strategies and Possibilities” session we participated in, panelists reinforced the need for Big Data as a top tactic to explore new product and service possibilities, as well […]
Perficient & Oracle Talking PCM Strategy for Healthcare Providers
We’re gearing up for our upcoming webinar “A Profitability and Cost Management Strategy for Healthcare Providers” co-hosted by our own Tony Coffman, Director Oracle EPM and William Bercik, Director of Healthcare at Oracle for the Provider industry, on Wednesday, March 27, at 11 a.m. CDT. The webinar will highlight and discuss how leveraging advanced analytics to manage population health, develop risk […]
Microsoft Dynamics Convergence 2013 Recap
As another Convergence comes to an end I wanted to share some of the key items from the anual conference. It is impressive to see how far Microsoft Dynamics CRM has come. Just five years ago CRM was barely mentioned and all the attention was focused on the Dynamics ERP packages. Though the conference covers […]
Highlights from Org Innovation Session at Bank Innovation
The “Best Practices in Organizational Innovation” session was loaded with great quotes, content and covered a lot of ground. Led by Matt Wilcox, Harry Bandicourt and Sam Maule, conversation moved from Sam’s bright socks (P.S. I see this trending at next year’s Bank Innovation conference) to his definition of organizational innovation, “Getting Sh*t Done”. Innovation […]
Modeling Microsoft Excel source in OBIEE 11g
Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OBIEE) supports many types of file sources as the data source. Some of the compatible file sources with OBIEE are: 1. Microsoft Excel workbooks. 2. Microsoft Access databases. 3. Delimited text files (.csv and .txt). 4. XML data sources. We will be discussing Excel data source in more detail in […]
Hot Topics at Bank Innovation: Digital, Analytics & CX
This coming Monday I’ll be at Bank Innovation as a panelist talking about best practices and new product strategies for banking leaders and technologists as advocates for innovation at the product management level. As a technology solution and service provider focused on the financial services industry, we work hand-in-hand with many banks, emerging payment providers, and […]
Headed to Bank Innovation? Find out what the buzz is about!
We’re just five days away from Bank Innovation 2013 in San Francisco. As we all begin to prepare for the event, I’d like to invite everyone to visit our Bank Innovation page and check out the Bank Transformation Toolkit we’re providing for attendees. Perficient’s toolkit for bank executives, technologists and marketers, provides everything from how to get more out […]
Healthcare Clinical and Financial Viability vs. ACO Management
The main factors of evaluation in the sustainability, efficiency, and quality of healthcare delivery systems are clinical management of the patient population in parallel to financial balance and modeling. In more intricate detail, the healthcare industry can examine clinical management in segmentation of acute and chronic care, accuracy in diagnosis, and appropriate time administration of […]
Near-term Big Data Opportunities for Banks
Yesterday I was reminded of the potential for Big Data in financial services as I came across an article from Data Enthusiast highlighting three industries using this high-powered data processing technology. Retailers lead the charge with data analytics to target their consumers with laser-like precision and are seeing success from their recommendation engines. Following in […]
Healthcare Cost Crises – The Solution is Not Simple
One of the premier topics when discussing healthcare costs is the enormous burden of cost and the related percentage of GDP consumed by the management and treatment of patients. Unfortunately, the complexities of an underlying solution are not limited to a pre-defined methodology that will improve outcomes while diminishing inefficiencies. Rather, the underlying solution is […]
News Flash: Healthcare Reform Is Working (with some help)
I recently read an article in the NY Times talking about an “unexplainable” sharp and persistent slowdown in the growth of healthcare costs. It has been followed by others, such as this one from USA Today, that have begun attempting to shed light on the reasons why. Contrary to the partisanship rhetoric from our lawmakers, […]