Modernizing Your Data Architecture
What exactly is a Modern Data Architecture, and, more importantly, do you need one? What makes a Modern Data Architecture different from existing reporting and analytic environments?
The Difficulty with Estimating – A Case for Understanding Business Requirements
At Zirous we have found that it is critical to understand the business problem and requirements for the project upfront for a successful implementation. In order to do that we like to start our projects with a discovery engagement.
3 Sales Activities You Should be Tracking Today…And How to Bring them all Together
You’re being told to embrace data from every news outlet and blog. This can be easier in some areas of the workforce than others, though. In marketing, you can measure success with tracking of ads.…
Is Experience Overrated?
At Zirous, we certainly value the experience and tenure of our staff. With 53% of staff with over five years at Zirous, 28% over ten years and 12% over twenty years; we have significant tenure. Yet, each year we recruit and hire new or recent graduates.
Agile Contracts for Agile Projects
Agile methodology is great for project execution, but projects will still have problems, and possibly fail, due to contract related challenges. I’ve seen some of these challenges first-hand; how can you anticipate them in order to be successful. Learn how in this post.
How Retailers Can Benefit From Market Basket Analysis
Market Basket Analysis gives retailers the opportunity to find correlations of items in shopping carts in order to find strong correlations. Why might a retailer choose MBA to analyze point-of-sale data? Read on for further details on the benefits of using Market Basket Analysis as a retailer.
Does Your Retail Data Answer the Five Ws?
What would you say if I told you that your marketing and IT departments need to cozy on up together to achieve your goals? Two areas that were black and white in a traditional world are now gray and fuzzy in a digital one. Smart companies are harnessing the power of a modern data architecture (that’s right - Big Data) to gain insights into their customers’ ideas, behaviors, and actions.
Propagating OIM attributes: Isn’t there a better way?
If you’ve worked on any Oracle Identity Manager project, you’ve likely come across a common question,“When OIM user attributes change, can I copy their values to one or more target system accounts?” We'll show you a nice shortcut to handle that question in this post!
Why Are Web Frameworks Important?
A web framework is used with most online systems as a way to organize and structure your code. We’ll dive into the definition of web frameworks and their important role in a system.
The Changing Landscape of Data – Part IV
In this article we will discuss the importance of not filtering out data just because it doesn’t look like any other data we have, and how to quickly leverage multiple sources to derive business insights.