On Jan. 31, 2014, Microsoft announced the end of InfoPath Forms. This is not totally unexpected as InfoPath is an older technology that relied on programming methodologies long antiquated in a client side, HTML 5, mobile world. Since the announcement, the community has been waiting for more information from Microsoft. Some information was relayed at SPC, but nothing […]
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What’s ahead for the Xbox One?
Microsoft has always marketed the Xbox One as a gaming machine that can enhance your living room. This has played out very well for the Xbox One but recently has faltered in the light of the Sony PlayStation 4 (PS4) being a more powerful machine. This has given customers the idea that the Xbox […]
Busy Pre-Build week for Microsoft and Azure!
The Microsoft Build Conference is set to kick off next week but the company got off to an early start this week with several different announcements. Windows Azure now generally available in China This may not sound like a huge accomplishment worthy of being called out individually but a little known fact is that Windows […]
Webinar Recap: ProHealth Improves in Population Health Management
On Wednesday, ProHealth Care and Perficient teamed up to present a session describing how the healthcare system implemented Epic’s Cogito data warehouse to deliver clinically integrated insights. During the webinar, Christine Bessler, CIO and VP of Information Technology at ProHealth Care, described the organization’s innovative approach to population health management. Why innovative? Well, for starters, […]
The Importance of Version Release Dates for Sitecore
I recently ran into an issue while implementing a site on Sitecore 7.1. I searched the interwebs for an existing solution to my issue, and discovered a number of posts identifying the same issue for the initial release of 7.0. All of these posts indicated that the issue was resolved in Update 3 of Sitecore […]
Office for iPad
Finally, Microsoft has delivered an Office App for iPad! You can get it today in the App Store. This is a HUGE announcement. Over a billion people on the planet use Microsoft Office to get more done at work and at home. Whether you’re creating an Excel spreadsheet on your tablet, authoring a Word document […]
#Lync and the Impacts of Windows XP
It’s no secret Microsoft is doing the same to XP as the bad boy trio from Office Space did to that poor Printer. The deprecation of XP will have an impact on organizations for various reasons, some of which I’m not qualified to speak in depth about, but a key topics on the wire as […]
Cargill Showcasing at #Lync Conference
Lync Conference 2014 came and went this year with great success. Over the course of 3 days, it was impossible to attend all the breakout sessions because there were so many. To get caught up and watch the sessions you may have missed, they are now posted on the MicrosoftLync YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/user/MicrosoftLync I recommend […]
Goodbye Windows XP and Office 2003!
On April 8, 2014 Microsoft will officially end support for Windows XP and Office 2003. This means all software updates, security patches, and technical assistance will no longer be provided. Most of you will say, hey, big deal! We applaud those customers who have already adopted Windows 8.1 and Office 365. For those who haven’t, we […]
Perficient partners with ProHealth to improve data architecture
Today, Perficient announced that it has been working with ProHealth Care to improve the organization’s data architecture and implement a new data warehouse to drive population health management. ProHealth Care is the first healthcare system to produce reports and data out of Epic’s Cogito data warehouse, delivering integrated, real-time clinical insights. From the Press Release. […]
Office 365 – AD FS Authentication Fails Due To Token Size
As a follow up to last week’s post on an AD FS issue (Office 365 – AD FS Authentication Fails Due To Time Skew), I figured it was a good time to post another AD FS authentication issue I ran across recently. While the word “token” when used with AD FS is generally referencing the […]
Case Study: ProHealth Uses Cogito DW to Manage Population Health
Perficient recently worked with ProHealth Care to help the healthcare system with their data architecture efforts, specifically working on the integration of Epic System’s Cogito data warehouse and several other key data sources surfacing data via SQL Server. ProHealth Care, a community-based healthcare system with 15 primary care clinics, three hospitals, and numerous other services, […]