KPI Partners Blog

by Jeremiah Johnson

Data scientists are master communicators.  They speak fluently with people in operations areas and those in information technology departments.  They understand technical jargon, business lingo and are information experts.  Unlike a jack-of-all-trades, who knows a lot but masters nothing, data scientists know plenty and often are experts in many fields.  Most importantly, they find solutions for business problems.

Tags: Data Warehousing, Database, Data Scientist, Big Data, Data Discovery, Business Intelligence, ETL, Jeremiah Johnson, Data Integration, Blog, Datastax

Tags: Webinar, Sid Goel, Oracle E-Business Suite, KPI Cloud Analytics, Diane Grace, Alan Lee, Todd LaFavers, Video, Jeremiah Johnson, Oracle BICS

by Jeremiah Johnson

With more and more of life taking place on the internet, it has become imperative to have a web presence if you want to stay relevant in today’s day and age.  Whether you are a small business owner that wants to branch out into the digital market, or you are one small piece of a very large enterprise puzzle, getting your information online has never been more important.

Tags: Cloud Strategy, Cloud Services, Business Intelligence, Jeremiah Johnson, Data Integration, Cloud Application Integration, Oracle BICS, Blog

On December 11th, KPI Partners was joined by the Global Finance Team at Colorcon for a customer spotlight webinar which profiled the successes and challenges of the performance management solution at Colorcon.

Tags: Larry Manekin, Pharmaceuticals, Jeremiah Johnson, SmartView, Hyperion Financial Planning, Hyperion Workforce Planning, Performance Management, Colorcon, Hyperion, John Ronga, Blog

by Jeremiah Johnson

The health of a business' finances is the strongest determinant of whether the company is thriving or in dire straits. It is for this reason that paying close attention to key finance metrics is an absolute necessity. If business leaders are consistently implementing these metrics and they discover that their business' finances are off track, then they can make adjustments before it is too late do do anything.

Tags: Financial Analytics, Finance, Business Intelligence, Jeremiah Johnson, Blog

A recent study by Harvard Business Review cited that top performing organizations use analytics five times more than low performers. However, the vision of delivering fast, interactive, insightful analytics has remained elusive for most organizations.

Tags: Adam Driver, Gurbeena Sahi, Jeremiah Johnson, Exalytics

by Jeremiah Johnson

The enrollment system must interact with integrated data from a wide range of federal and state hosted data sources.

With the political problems hovering around the launch of The Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare") now seemingly left behind, the biggest threat to the Affordable Care Act is now a technical one.  Initial problems involving massive traffic surges leading to website unavailability were unfortunate but hardly unexpected.  Many other high-demand services such as Twitter have experienced similar issues in their infancy.  Far more worrying are the continuing data problems which, if left unchecked, could see people left without insurance.

Tags: Data Warehousing, Vision Workshop, Data Quality, Big Data, Government, Jeremiah Johnson, Data Integration, Blog

by Jeremiah Johnson

Having the right information at the right time can be the advantage that means the difference between success and failure. 

Tags: Microsoft, Mid-Market, Qlikview, SAP, Tableau, Jeremiah Johnson, Oracle BI

by Jeremiah Johnson

Is it really possible to grow a proper mustache or beard in 30 days?

It's late-Movember and many of us have been growing out our facial hair for men's health awareness. Some of us had grand plans of growing out an epic mustache or beard but reality is setting in that there is little chance of closing out November as the next cast member on Duck Dynasty.

Tags: Jeremiah Johnson, Blog

Premier support for Oracle Discoverer is ending in June 2014 and if you're feeling the pressure to migrate to another solution, you're not alone. Moving to Oracle Business Intelligence and Oracle BI Applications, Oracle's newest flagship platform for business intelligence and decision support, is a decision facing many Discoverer customers.

Tags: Webinar, OBIEE, Pre-Built Solutions, Oracle Discoverer, Malini Saxena, Migrations, Real-Time Supply Chain and Inventory Analytics, Business Intelligence, Jeremiah Johnson, Events, Oracle BI Applications, Kumar Krishnaswamy, Real-Time Financial Analytics, Blog