Albert Qian

A retail leader in automotive replacement parts and accessories is always looking to increase employee collaboration and speed of business. While there were technologies in place, information was spread out over four intranet sites serving different audiences as well as a SharePoint site. For employees looking to assist car and body-shop owners with the auto […]

Modern business moves faster than ever, with more access than ever to innovative hardware and software solutions. To counteract the competitive landscape, savvy business executives must do what they can to adjust to changing climates and remain adaptable through technology and strategy. As a result of these changes, many businesses are considering cloud computing solutions […]

By now, the arrival of cloud computing is a foregone conclusion. Enterprises now faced with the changing information technology landscape have employed strategies to adjust, exploring public, private, and hybrid cloud solutions. Research from IDC corroborates these activities, with the firm reporting that by 2018, more than half of IT spending will be cloud-related. Leading […]

Food brings friends, families, and colleagues together. With warmer weather and days that stretch deeper into the evenings ahead of us, there will be many opportunities for us to cook and entertain for guests. On many of these upcoming occasions, we’ll want to be conscious in what we are preparing and provide a variety of […]

Mobile technology has infiltrated every part of modern living, enabling us to pay our bills, keep in touch with friends, and enjoy the latest entertainment. Much like desktop computers in the 1980s and 1990s, mobile devices have revolutionized work and play, creating new mediums and interactions. For innovative and engaged businesses, the popularity of mobile […]

If you’ve spent any time around a sports fan over the past two months, you’ll know that two things have been on their mind: NCAA March Madness and the Super Bowl. Both are premiere sporting events in the United States, offering advertisers a world stage and athletes the opportunity for their “one shining moment”. With […]

We’re now more than a week into Spring and the end of March has arrived, putting us at three months into 2016. As we move deeper into our Spring Cleaning routine, some of us will find interesting items. I know I sometimes find old receipts, used plane tickets, and the occasional USB cable I misplaced. […]

Spring has finally arrived, which means two things: There are now less than three months to the arrival of summer. Now is a very good time to do some cleaning. While the traditional habits of the season have called for cleaning out closets and tidying up the backyard, our heavy reliance on technology also requires an […]

As a Californian, I’ve come to the conclusion that we are immune to the inclement weather received by the rest of the United States on a yearly basis. With an estimated 300 days of sun, incidences like snow days, hurricane watches, and unbearably hot heat are rare occurrences and offer many of us the opportunity […]

Beyond superior product offerings, a positive customer experience is an integral component of satisfaction and retention. This was the story of a regulated electric utility company in operation for over 100 years with almost a million customers in the southeastern region of the United States. Over time, the company had developed a network of separate […]

Oracle Hyperion can help centralize financial data to help businesses see the big picture quickly. We recently worked with an energy company that was making critical business decisions using data from a myriad of disparate spreadsheets and databases. This was frustrating because it didn’t allow for a central, single version of the truth. After Perficient implemented […]

Utilities nationwide are experiencing flat or declining revenue. This is due, in part, to the fact that the public steals 1% of the energy created by electric companies by re-configuring their meter or re-routing energy around the meter. Perficient created a theft detection solution built on analytics platforms and tools, such as SAS and R, […]