Albert Qian

“On the ninth day of Christmas my IT guy gave to me, 9 demanding customers” Last week, I found myself at the grocery store staring at the choices of cereal laid before me. Among the choices included brands that promised high fiber, more fruit, less sugar, and health benefits confirmed by nutrition professionals. While I […]

T’was the night before the holidays and all was silent through the house Not a creature was stirring only that of a mouse For a developer was clicking and implementing this night Supported by the cloud, this they felt right They first developed the code for it was clean Important precautions to avoid a customer […]

As the marketing manager at Perficient focused on cloud and DevOps solutions, I have the opportunity to sit front and center to how cloud technologies are transforming the way people live. Whether it’s the infrastructure that prevents an eCommerce website from falling victim to heavy traffic on Black Friday or a digital platform that allows […]

“On the eighth day of Christmas, my IT guy gave to me, 8 productive team members” The upheaval of technology has drastically transformed the way people work. For younger generations such as millennials, this has introduced concepts such as social networking and always-on communications into the workplace. While the methodologies have frustrated older colleagues, they […]

“On the seventh day of Christmas my IT guy gave to me, 7 Microservices” We’re often engrossed by the phrase “go big or go home”, a declaration that if we don’t set it all on the line, that it’s often not worth trying at all. While the concept definitely applied to large software projects in […]

As we look back on the year we’ve had at Perficient, we’re proud of the accomplishments and innovations we’ve helped our customers achieve. The growth of cloud projects in our IBM practice, in particular, underscores the priorities of many industries at large, many of who are seeking ways to innovate and serve their customers better […]

“On the sixth day of Christmas, my IT guy gave to me, 6 API integrations” Google’s acquisition of API platform company Apigee this year signaled the arrival of connectivity as a legitimate business strategy. The deal, valued at $625 million dollars, underscored just how important APIs have become as organizations look to foster ecosystems that […]

“On the fifth day of Christmas, my IT guy gave to me, 5 cloud-native instances” Though technology has always driven flexibility, its development has been another story. Bogged down by a variety of platforms, developers have always sought ways to accelerate creation, quality assurance, and deployment. We understand these challenges and sought to support the […]

Over time, a Splunk environment can become unstable due to environment complexity and configuration concerns. Common issues include distributed deployments, misconfigurations, configuration file creep, partially correct data on-boarding, poor query construction, improperly sized systems, log files containing multiple formats, date/time skew, user rights, and many other factors. Splunk environments should be reviewed on a periodic […]

“On the fourth day of Christmas, my IT guy gave to me, 4 automated chat bots” In recent years, organizations have emphasized on bettering user experiences, from creating mobile-responsive websites to fast-loading mobile applications. These features were implemented to match rising customer experiences from a passive perspective and were matched by search engines and social […]

“On the third day of Christmas, my IT guy gave to me, 3 software containers” As software becomes bigger, the need to increase reliability and mobility become more and more important. Recent innovations have seen the rise of containers, which can be described as an encapsulation of discrete components of application logic provisioned with minimal […]

“On the second day of Christmas, my IT guy gave to me, two happy accountants” On the most important day of my undergraduate business career in college, my professor reminded me why businesses get into business: To create a profit. Though this simple philosophy wouldn’t realize itself to me until several years later, my understanding […]