Posts Tagged ‘Enterprise Resource Planning’

In a recent blog post I discussed how nearly 90 percent of companies are still using spreadsheets and outdated technology for financial planning, budgeting and forecasting, which exposes them to unnecessary risks. Fortunately, as more and more technology solutions are being pushed to the cloud, finance departments and CFOs can elevate their budgeting and forecasting […]

After attending the Keynote sessions yesterday at  #OOW14, I walked away with three key product directions for customers to consider: Cloud Strategy Big Data Strategy Insights on your data ( Analytics) This is a very exciting time for us as a leading Oracle BI Implementation Partner to be able to take our expertise of leading […]

Fulfilling Real-Time analytics on Oracle BI Applications platform Analytics users have always had the desire to get “real-time” data.  There are certain business scenarios where the ability to do real-time analysis can positively impact different areas of our Business – from increased revenue to a greater customer satisfaction. Most of the Oracle BI Application deployments […]

As an avid user of IBM DataStage for over 8 years I was recently on a client engagement where I had to use Oracle’s Oracle Data Integrator (ODI).  At first I was disappointed as I was out of my confront zone.  But after a week or two I was very surprised how quickly I was […]

How do Oracle Forms work in R12? What components are involved?? Oracle forms server works based on 3 Tier Architecture. A tier is a logical collection of services running on more than one machine. Client Tier: The client browser connects to the form server using the forms client Applet which is running on the local […]

In April 2014, I read a startling article that the United States was importing salt water, saline, from Norway due to a shortage in the United States1. Bags of saline solution are one of the most common items used in modern healthcare and that is why it is amazing that American doctors have been facing […]

Many public sector planning organizations struggle with common challenges during their planning and budgeting process. Inadequate tools for tracking expenses by Fund, Program, Project, or Activity Existing systems prone to mistakes No process control Fragile, easy to break Difficult to generate reports Oracle’s Hyperion Public Sector planning application is a great fit for preparing workforce […]

“Sustaining a broad portfolio of service lines may no longer be a viable option for hospitals and health systems”. 1 According to HFMA’s recent financial planning newsletter, discussing the viability of a service line can be difficult for healthcare executives, board members and clinical leaders. The article encourages an analysis many metrics that need to […]

Today Oracle and Salesforce.com unveiled the forging of a new partnership that will align their cloud operations and provide customers flexible application integrations and rapid low-cost implementations. Both Companies Agree to Integrate Salesforce.com and Oracle Clouds From Oracle OPN Press Release, Redwood Shores, Calif. – June 25, 2013   Salesforce.com [NYSE:CRM] and Oracle [NASDAQ:ORCL] announced today a comprehensive […]

Perficient Oracle EPM team is in NOLA for the annual ODTUG Kscope13 conference, June 23-27.  The conference is tailored to developers, technical architects and business users to gain insights on Oracle technologies and applications including business intelligence, Oracle EPM, Fusion Middleware and Application Express.  The conference format and activities provide a vehicle for extensive networking and sharing content around Oracle tools and […]

2013/05/21 Update: I made a correction to specify that AES uses a cipher key and not an initialization vector (more information on AES can be found here). Some may have positive reactions while others may have negative ones with the title of this post. The Securing Oracle WebLogic Server series was building up to this […]

By Lesli Adams, MPA Director, Oracle Healthcare Business Intelligence   Blue or Red? Doesn’t matter.  It’s a question I get asked daily when I talk about Healthcare Consulting, Technology, and oh yeah, Clinical Measurement.  Over 2 years ago, when the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act  (PPACA) was signed into law, my industry went off […]