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More than ever, healthcare happens on the go. For subscribers, the experience means being able to gather information around health needs, keep in touch with health practitioners, and make appointments. Internally, the experience involves getting work done, collaborating, and ensure that a complex system can run smoothly and with as few errors as possible. This […]

Business process management is evolving as businesses adapt their strategies to thrive in the digital, customer-centric economy. The goals of BPM are shifting from the traditional focus on operational efficiency to now creating engagement throughout the customer journey. What does the future of BPM hold? Join Perficient and IBM at their exclusive briefing on the state […]

2016 has been quite a year for video, with major events like the Super Bowl and Olympics being live-streamed like never before. In the latter example, over 2.7 billion minutes were streamed, which marked a major record. Streaming video has extended to television shows as well, with 100 million streaming the season finale of HBO’s Game of […]

Maybe soon, your doctor will be a supercomputer, not a person. The possibility was center stage in San Diego at the inaugural Fortune Brainstorm HEALTH conference, where executives with IBM Watson Health and Athenahealth, a provider of cloud-based healthcare services, debated how far cognitive computing will reach into doctors’ offices. Brainstorm HEALTH, sponsored by Fortune […]

Innovating in healthcare can be a challenge with all the rules, regulations, and laws in place. Thus, finding the right technologies to complement world-class knowledge is one of the most important activities any healthcare firm can do when embarking on digital transformation. This was the story of one leading national institution in specialty benefit management. […]

Halloween brings out a lot of scary things, from a gas light in the middle of nowhere to the smell of expired milk. For CIOs who are still waiting, that fear is the potential spook of cloud computing. In my industry reading and conversations with the occasional industry colleague, I will run across someone who […]

Today’s businesses move at the speed of agility, stopping for nobody. In particular, what happens in the greater economy is unstoppable, whether it’s a socioeconomic shift or the unexpected launch of a competitor’s product. Internally, however, things are far different. Organizations with technology commitments have a small window for error. Gone are the days where customers […]

Today kicks off World of Watson 2016, the latest evolution of IBM’s premier data and analytics conference. During the opening session for the partner summit, Perficient was asked to share our experiences with the Watson portfolio, since we were one of the first participants in the partner ecosystem for Watson. Christine Livingston, Perficient’s Watson Practice […]

Presidential election years are always fun for me. Amid the pomp, circumstance, and political theater is the hope that our nation will choose a capable individual to lead us into an auspicious future. In the months leading up, I do what I can to attend rallies, speak to fellow voters, and get informed on all […]

Earlier this summer, IBM launched WebSphere Application Server 9, their latest innovation enabling developers to accelerate application development and scalability. The easy-to-use platform has numerous capabilities that serve the retail, finance, and healthcare sectors, particularly for microservices which help organizations attain agility and nimbleness. With the cloud being a major driving force behind digital disruption and […]

Though it’s only October, thoughts of gumdrops and sugarplums are already on the minds of retailers. A trip to a retail store reveals Christmas decorations and products already up, complete with the trimmings of wreaths, lights, and more. Undoubtedly, the 4th quarter of the year is also when retailers make the majority of their revenue […]

Software offerings and configurations are growing in complexity, as companies are looking to purchase licenses as efficiently as possible, while maximizing the return to their organization. To add to this complexity, platforms are available on-premises, hybrid and in the cloud. Software-as-a-Service and Bridge-to-Cloud can help optimize IT environments, but licensing structures can be dramatically different […]