Posts Tagged ‘predictive analytics’

The adoption of machine learning (ML) is increasing at near-breakneck speed. As organizations seek innovative ideas on how to improve the business, Oracle Analytics Cloud with ML capabilities is leading the charge. With built-in drag-and-drop functions into visualizations and autonomous prediction execution, Oracle Analytics puts the power of machine learning in your hands. Join us […]

I kicked off this blog series by introducing the concept that data is really only valuable when it reaches the end users. There are a number of user types. For our purposes, I want to highlight on these five and focus on the first: The basic user The power user The data scientist The executive […]

Earlier this week, Perficient won the 2017 IBM Beacon Award for an Outstanding Watson Solution. These awards are selected by a panel of IBM executives, industry analysts, and media members, to recognize partners that are delivering exceptional IBM-based solutions and transforming the way clients and industries do business in the cognitive era. This year’s award […]

This is the era of “wanting to be engaged and needing to be informed”. For ages, lagging indicators such as customer sales and customer problem solving were the driving factors for customer satisfaction. However, using predictive analytics to understand valuable customers and appropriately engage with them is a key aspect of business intelligence, as pointed […]

In the increasingly noisy world of communication channels and touch points, marketers realize it takes a lot more than a creative campaign to stand out from the competition. Knowing your customers and creating an experience that’s second to none are essential. According to eConsultancy: Every customer is on their own unique journey… marketers can ‘own’ […]

Money20/20, the world’s largest conference geared towards the financial services industry, continues to generate big announcements from heavy hitters. Just yesterday, Bank of America’s Head of Digital Banking, Michelle Moore, introduced us to Erica (a play off the company’s name), a digital assistant that is driven by artificial intelligence, predictive analytics, and cognitive messaging. The […]

According to the American Diabetes Association, nearly 30 million Americans have diabetes and an additional 86 million have pre-diabetes – a precursor to the full disease. These numbers continue to rise as do the medical costs associated with treatment. In fact, medical costs for people with diabetes are twice as high compared to people without […]

No one has yet to build a time machine to take us 15 years (or even 60 seconds) into the future. It stands to reason that some companies may see predictive analytics as something of science fiction. However, organizations have been putting this to use for the past few years, and it’s gaining in popularity. […]

I had a fun conversation recently about a patient population that is near and dear to my heart. Near because, well, I am a member of this particular patient population, and dear because, even though I grew up in San Diego, I consider myself a Cincinnatian by heart. Long live the Queen City. The conversation […]

It has been my experience that when applying the proper predictive tools strategies to critical assets, it gets confusing about where to apply capital expense, training, and people. Here are 3 factors to help determine which predictive maintenance tool to use first: Always start with the asset life cycle plan (6 months, 6 years, etc). […]

Today IBM opened its Amplify conference focusing on IBM Commerce, Marketing and Digital Experience products.  This year is IBM’s 20th anniversary of their commerce product.  IBM customers now sell $100b annually through their commerce systems.  Gartner has listed IBM Commerce as a leader in this space yet again this year. The opening video focused on […]

Jon Bates Group Product Manger Data Science and Machine Learning, gave a session on how to gear up for higher analytics maturity.  Most people have nailed descriptive analytics but are now being pushed to take it to the next level.  Jon wants to provide a vision of what that maturity is. How to do it: […]