The database centric solutions created by the National Microsoft Business Intelligence Practice often require a sequence of events that must run in a certain order. An example of a sequence of events is loading a data warehouse and there are multiple jobs to do the load that need to occur in a certain order. Often […]
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Bad Data, Bad Decisions
As another year ends, many healthcare magazines, websites and journals have an article or two on what the trends were over the past year. No surprise that business intelligence (BI) made it onto every list. There is no doubt that BI solutions and initiatives, which improve reporting and analytics, will empower healthcare organizations to provide […]
Case Study: Meriter Uses Microsoft BI to Improve Patient Care
Meriter Health Services has long been committed to using information technology to deliver efficiencies and improve patient care. To simplify the important patient-facing elements of care delivery, Meriter uses Epic’s electronic medical records (EMR) software, EpicCare. The organization recently teamed up with Perficient on the implementation of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 data management software and […]
Attending IBM Connect? Get Bold!
Join Perficient at IBM Connect this year. You can download the eBook “Get Bold”, and learn how the enterprise is responding to consumer expectations for engagement via social channels. Whether you are planning on attending IBM Connect or not, Perficient would like to offer you this valuable eBook. “Get Bold” explores innovative ways businesses are using social […]
(Visual) Data Discovery ( Beauty or a Beast ? )
Search technology has been around for more than a decade now, but they have been used to index web files and to help users find what they are looking for. The search technology when used in the enterprise BI context brings two new capabilities to BI. First, search analyses data behind the scene that traditional […]
Top 5 Technology Trends in Healthcare – December 2012
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 […]
The Need for better use of Algorithms in BI
I recently came across couple of articles in AllthingsD where two C level executives have put forth their point of view on what is more critical to business (More data or better algorithms?). I believe since this is a BI blog, we might as a group be more inclined towards the more data argument than […]
Making Big Data Architecture Decisions
As with any IT initiative, it is very important for an organization to align business and technology needs when choosing to invest in data analytics and big data processing. We are seeing an increase in big data use cases in financial services around customer data to explore new markets, enable product development, enhance cross-sell capabilities, […]
Social Listening Helps Banks Find Value in Information
Bank Marketing Buzzword of the Year – Big Data One of the hottest terms in IT circles during the past 2 years has been “big data”. While many pundits will tell you that big data is all about processing data that has a combination of Volume, Velocity and Variety for everything from log file management […]
Perficient’s Big Data Stack – The Application Tier
In my last blog posting, I introduced Perficient’s Big Data Stack in order to provide a framework for a Big Data environment. The stack diagram below has two key vertical tiers – the application tier and the infrastructure tier. I will discuss the application tier in this article. Figure 1 – Perficient’s Big Data Stack […]
The Surface Series – ARM vs. Intel
The Surface Pro pricing details were released recently and with little fanfare. The Pro model is essentially an expensive Ultrabook that is packaged as a tablet. The advantages of the Pro model are backwards compatibility with all pre-existing Windows software and more powerful hardware. Those advantages are going to cost about $500 and half of […]
The Joy of End-of-Year Financial Reporting & A Merry New Year
Social Commentator, Will Rogers famously stated, “Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.” The once predictable & stable world of business has transformed into an unpredictable jungle that’s no place for the complacent finance organization. Our new normal environment requires finance to maneuver obstacles on an […]