Albert Qian

The average user creates more data through their social media usage and buying habits, offering organizations a critical opportunity in delivering better customer experiences. According to Forbes contributor Bernard Marr, every human will create 1.7 megabytes of data per second by 2020, representing a significant challenge for organizations unsure about customer data today. For many […]

The glut of content within the modern enterprise justifies the call for appropriate collaboration platforms from document management to social networking. Despite the need however, there are numerous solutions on the market and their fragmented nature leaves more than enough leaders scratching their heads wishing for an all-in-one platform. Unfortunately, the all-in-one platform may never […]

As a marketing manager at Perficient, I have the unique opportunity to work on the latest and greatest in technologies. For my role specifically, I straddle the latest innovations in Cloud and DevOps in addition to portal and collaboration technologies. Both industries are uniquely positioned to support each other to enable organizations to work collaboratively […]

I remember the first time I developed a website during the dot-com boom in the late 1990s. I was a fourth grader at Williams Elementary School, going to school among many fellow classmates who had parents in the technology industry. Sensing that their students might one day be part of this wave, our teachers put […]

Technology refreshes in the era of the cloud are a perfect time to modernize technology applications, particularly in high impact industries including healthcare, finance, and education. However, technology refreshes have generally been a headache given the options and commitment, the cloud has significantly reduced stress levels for technology leaders. This was the challenge of one […]

Much of my work on a day-to-day basis involves creating and managing content here at Perficient. Left unchecked, my digital footprint has the potential to get extremely messy and finding content can become prohibitively difficult. Over the past few years, the industry has seen the arrival of content management systems in a variety of formats. […]

Organizations adopting the cloud are beginning to notice the maturity of their investments, particularly as use cases begin to surface throughout their business. Growth in cloud spending is also moving in line with these realizations: Research firm Gartner predicts nearly $1 trillion dollars in spending on cloud-related IT spending through 2022. The increase in cloud […]

According to Pew Research, nearly three-quarters of Americans now own a smartphone, double from just six years ago. Among the younger 18-to-29 demographic, nearly nine in ten own a smartphone, signifying its ubiquity. No matter the age group, smartphones have become a key communication device, used for everything from capturing life’s most important moments to […]

You sold organizational leadership on DevOps. You transitioned your employees into the DevOps model and now they are collaborating like never before. Now your organization is innovating like never before and going to market at a faster rate than the competition. While you may think that the buck stops here, you are still far from […]

The stardom and emphasis of DevOps results in industry experts focusing on continuous innovation, which includes automation, deployment, integration, and planning. After all, these key pieces help the business grow and scale in crowded and competitive markets. Nevertheless, with that said, what happens post-deployment? DevOps and Facilitating Connected Experiences The most important part of the […]

While some organizations are still exploring the viability of a cloud strategy, others have moved to scale up on their deployments and create multi-cloud environments. The breadth of services, cost savings, business agility, and innovation opportunities drive technology leaders, which offer increased opportunities to compete in crowded markets. That said, moving to a multi-cloud model […]

One of the main technology trends, as reported by the press for 2017, are containers, a form of serverless computing that enable the isolation of software processes. Research firm Forrester corroborates these claims, stating that Linux containers will be available in every major public and private cloud platform by the middle of the year. Advocates […]