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In this blog I’ve taking some liberty to extend the general definition of full stack, in order to describe a system architecture that lends itself well to full stack development. With the emergence of micoservices as an alternative to monolithic applications and service-oriented architectures; there is need to elaborate in more depth on an architectural […]

Having the appropriate data is a key need for every development cycle. Developers and leaders want to know that they are creating something innovative while avoiding any barriers such as compatibility issues. As DevOps increasingly encourages an accelerated development period, the ability to have as few errors as possible is helpful. Unfortunately, data analytics are […]

It’s back… Y’all remember many years ago when we used to meet at the Dolphin & Swan @ Disney World in Orlando, FL? Hopefully it will be just as exciting (if not more) than it used to be. Come visit with “old” friends and make some new ones while we learn and share knowledge with […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Salesforce and IBM recently announced a partnership in which Salesforce will embed Watson deep into their cloud. During a joint IBM Interconnect and IBM Amplify keynote, Ginni Rometty, Chairman and CEO of IBM, chatted with Marc Benioff, Chairman and CEO of Salesforce, on what it means for both companies moving forward. Ginni: Together, IBM and Salesforce share […]

Sameer Gupta lead a session at IBM Amplify where he explained DBS Bank’s journey in using signals of intent, in real time, from multiple sources for developing one-on-one contextual communications with customers. They use a variety of sources like deposits, transaction history, credit card transactions, web behavior, location, etc to detect patterns and interest for […]

A joint IBM Interconnect and IBM Amplify keynote this week in Las Vegas featured an interview with Randall Stevenson, Chairman and CEO of AT&T, about combining strengths with IBM. They lead a new category called TMT or Telco, Media, and Technology. Ginni Rometty, Chairman and CEO of IBM, led the interview. Some of the highlights: Question: Your […]

Late last year, Bridge Solutions and IBM completed an IBM 2016 Consumer Expectations study. Here are some stats: In 2011, those 13-29 shared common views. Today, those in their 30s carried over their opinions. Omni-channel capabilities are more important than ever. How retailers rate themselves and actual executions are often miles apart. Consumer expectations for […]

IBM Content Navigator (ICN) is a massive leap forward for the OOTB Enterprise Content Management user experience. One of the most important features is the plugin interface. It allows organizations to extend or alter functionality in a maintainable way that persists nicely through upgrades and fix packs*. I’ve been working on a talk for a […]