The most effective approach to establishing a center of excellence within an organization is to start on a smaller scale, with very specific and very realistic goals defined. A famous saying can be applied here “it is not a destination, but rather a journey…” This will be true of every successful CoE imitative. Mistakes and […]
Posts Tagged ‘Cognos’
The 10 Commandments of a Successful Center of Excellence
An organizations center of excellence may begin as an “informal body” comprised of experienced and knowledgeable personnel from the practice, but over time, the COE should get additional powers on the basis of noted contributions to successful projects and receive additional funding to expand the scope of its operations. The following are the […]
Free-Hadoop for Dummies An IBM Platform Computing guide
Hadoop for Dummies is now available! This free eBook is packed with everything you need to know about Hadoop analytics, this handy guide provides you with a solid understanding of the critical big data concepts and trends, and suggests ways for you to revolutionize your business operations through the implementation of cost-effective, high performance Hadoop […]
Reengineering the Forecasting Process with Predictive Models
Reengineering the Forecasting Process with Predictive Models Forecasts usually start as historical performance which is then reviewed and adjusted based upon anticipated events. More mature forecasting may also incorporate generally accepted business rules “programmed in” to help “drive” the data into a forecast. Over the years I’ve deployed uncountable applications which provide the ability to […]
Big Data’s Challenges
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 […]
Forecasting and Reporting with Cognos TM1 and SPSS
Cognos TM1 Implemented forecasting and reporting systems have had many benefits to businesses. These benefits might include (by are not limited to): Improved consistency – a single source for forecasting and reporting. Decreased overall “processing time” for reporting forecast and actual information. Decreased manual intervention – fewer “touch points”. Provide the ability to […]
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 […]
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 […]
Cognos TM1 – Information Staging
Exchanging Information Most enterprise TM1 applications will need to exchange Information with external systems. With TM1’s TurboIntegrator, you can setup a direct connection (with supported datasources) and move information in and out of TM1 objects at scheduled times or “on demand”. An alternative to going the “direct route” is using a method referred to […]
Implementing your Centre for Excellence
Vision To build a CoE, it is absolutely essential to have a clearly defined vision. History proves that this grand, overall vision (or plan) is critical to developing dominance in a specialty area. Once you establish a plan, specific strategies can then be developed based upon this plan. If strategies are not utilized in connection […]
IBM Cognos TM1 – ExecuteProcess
Another advanced (and handy) feature to be aware of is the TurboIntegrator ExecuteProcess function. This is a very useful function. It allows you to execute a TI process from within a TI process. (Obviously, you cannot have a process call itself). The format is as follows: