Award Recognizes Andrea and Perficient’s Efforts to Advance STEM Education and Career Opportunities Andrea Lampert, vice president of people, Perficient, was one of 10 HR professionals honored with a 2022 HR Award, recognizing the important work individuals, companies, and organizations perform in the field of human resources to make businesses successful. The annual awards ceremony […]
Posts Tagged ‘Management’
Washington University Honors Perficient Chairman and CEO with 2022 Olin Distinguished Alumni Award
Jeff Davis, a 1995 Professional Master of Business Administration (PMBA) graduate and Perficient Chairman and CEO, was one of four esteemed alumni honored with the Washington University Olin Business School 2022 Distinguished Alumni Award. The annual awards ceremony held Friday, April 22, honored alumni who have attained distinction in their careers and become leaders in […]
Q&A: Perficient Chairman and CEO Talks Recent Appointment to St. Luke’s Hospital Board of Directors
Following his recent appointment to the board of directors of St. Luke’s Hospital, a faith-based, nonprofit healthcare provider headquartered in St. Louis, I chatted with Jeff Davis, Perficient Chairman and CEO, about the distinction and his goals for working with the healthcare provider. Jeff, thanks for the time. A Board of Directors appointment is an […]
Birth and Death: The Life Cycle of Employment
Being a paramedic during the formative years of my working life, I’ve been surprised at how many of the lessons that I learned on the job have translated to the business world. Watching EMS on TV and movies, especially when it’s fictional, is always entertaining. Everything goes smoothly, there’s very little blood (or anything else), […]
The Importance Of Transformation Initiatives In Banking And Insurance
Conversations with our clients have shed light on what’s taking place in their organizations and how they’re approaching their need to become more profitable. It’s evident that, for many, transformation initiatives are in development or already in place. These initiatives are not short-term plans, but rather ones that span many months or even years. Without […]
DataPower Configuration Management tool
DCM (DataPower Configuration Manager) is an open source tool published by IBM for automating and simplifying the configuration and management of IBM DataPower appliances (with the exception of the XC10). It can be used standalone OR within IBM UrbanCode Deploy platform. Business partners, clients or anyone else for that matter can contribute enhancement or fixes […]
An Architectural Approach to Cognos TM1 Design
Overtime, I’ve written about keeping your TM1 model design “architecturally pure”. What this means is that you should strive to keep a models “areas of functionality” distinct within your design. Common Components I believe that all TM1 applications, for example, are made of only 4 distinct “areas of functionality”. They are absorption (of key information […]
A Practice Vision
Vision Most organizations today have had successes implementing technology and they are happy to tell you about it. From a tactical perspective, they understand how to install, configure and use whatever software you are interested in. They are “practitioners”. But, how may can bring a “strategic vision” to a project or to your organization in […]
IBM OpenPages GRC Platform –modular methodology
The OpenPages GRC platform includes 5 main “operational modules”. These modules are each designed to address specific organizational needs around Governance, Risk, and Compliance. Operational Risk Management module “ORM” The Operational Risk Management module is a document and process management tool which includes a monitoring and decision support system enabling an organization to analyze, manage, […]
The installation Process – IBM OpenPages GRC Platform
When preparing to deploy the OpenPages platform, you’ll need to follow these steps: Determine which server environment you will deploy to – Windows or AIX. Determine your topology – how many servers will you include as part of the environment? Multiple application servers? 1 or more reporting servers? Perform the installation of the OpenPages prerequisite […]
IBM OpenPages Start-up
In the beginning… OpenPages was a company “born” in Massachusetts, providing Governance, Risk, and Compliancesoftware and services to customers. Founded in 1996, OpenPages had more than 200 customers worldwide including Barclays, Duke Energy, and TIAA-CREF. On October 21, 2010, OpenPages was officially acquired by IBM: http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/32808.wss What is it? OpenPages provides a technology driven way […]
Configuring Cognos TM1 Web with Cognos Security
Recently I completed upgrading a client’s IBM Cognos environment – both TM1 and BI. It was a “jump” from Cognos 8 to version 10.2, and TM1 9.5 to version 10.2.2. In this environment, we had multiple virtual servers (Cognos lives on one, TM1 on one and the third is the gateway/webserver). Once the software was […]