I’ve embarked on a new journey with Perficient. After more than four years as part of the management consulting team, I am now responsible for launching our go-to-market (GTM) strategy for our firm’s cloud services. One of my first projects focuses on our partnership with Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) providers like Pivotal Cloud Foundry and Red Hat […]
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Placing Big Bets on Pivotal
Exciting things are happening with Perficient partners! One of those partners, Pivotal, is emerging as a leader in cloud-native application development, and Perficient recognized the opportunity to grow our partnership with the transformative software and services company. Perficient is looking at Pivotal as one of our “big bets”, with over 25 successful cloud migration projects […]
Developing a PaaS Migration Strategy
In the post “The Business Case Justification for PaaS” we looked at the benefits and a business case for PaaS. In this blog we will look at the steps to create a migration strategy to PaaS including re-platforming legacy applications. Re-platforming applications includes lift-and-shift (containerizing) applications with minor changes, refactoring applications to adhere to twelve […]
Pivotal Names Perficient a Systems Integrator Partner of the Year
SpringOne Platform is now in full swing, and Perficient is happy to announce we have been named a 2018 Systems Integrator Partner of the Year for Customer Impact award winner by Pivotal Software, Inc. The award was announced today during the Pivotal Partner Summit at the SpringOne Platform, and recognizes our success in delivering innovative […]
The Business Case Justification for PaaS
Within the cloud delivery models Platform as a Service (PaaS), the model providing the facilities for full life cycle application development, has a smaller overall market share than IaaS or SaaS. However, the PaaS growth rate is accelerating with Gartner predicting a 26% PaaS growth rate to reach $15 billion by the end of 2018. […]
Heading to Pivotal SpringOne 2018? Get 20% off with Our Code!
The summer months are flying by, and fall is quickly approaching. Continue moving forward with your innovation goals this September by meeting Perficient at Pivotal SpringOne Platform! This exciting four-day event will allow you to learn, build, deploy, and run cloud-native software, as well as connect with leading enterprises and cloud experts. As a leading […]
Three Patterns to Avoid When Selecting Cloud Native Platforms
Patterns resonate with me. As a developer and software architect stepping back and viewing a population of things to find the common thread woven throughout seems natural. Exploiting that thread in other areas if it’s valuable or adding it to my “Refactor someday” list if it’s harmful has always seemed to be a logical next […]
5 Takeaways from the Unleashing Innovation Panel at #G2I2018
Last week, experts from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), TD Ameritrade, and the First National Bank of Omaha (FNBO) came together in St. Louis at Gateway to Innovation to discuss how their organizations have shifted away from their traditional business practices to leveraging cloud-based platforms. In the 45-minute session, the panelists shared their stories […]
Unleashing Innovation with Application Modernization at #G2I2018
Perficient is partnering with Pivotal at the 2018 Gateway to Innovation Conference in St. Louis on: Wednesday, May 16 | 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM | America’s Center Convention Complex It’s time for your business to meet the digital demands of today’s world. Innovation can’t happen without modernization. But adapting your existing IT infrastructure and […]
Apigee and Pivotal Partnership Accelerates Value for APIs
API management leader and Google subsidiary Apigee recently announced a partnership with Pivotal to accelerate application modernization and microservices management. Intent on accelerating the application development process, the partnership promises to add greater value as organizations look to improve their innovation methodologies. Additionally, both Apigee and Pivotal are Perficient partners. The Apigee partnership comes upon […]
Install Pivotal Cloud Foundry on Google Cloud Platform with One Command
Implementing Pivotal Cloud Foundry on Google Cloud Platform is an arduous task for most developers, taking hours and numbering in nearly 100 steps. However, recent developments by industry leaders have simplified the process, allowing the setup to take just a few steps, saving time and accelerating innovation. The installation instructions and necessary files are on […]
Trend Tuesday: Calculating the Impact of Pivotal
We were recently at SpringOne Platform, Pivotal’s annual user conference which brings together cloud and development practitioners. At the event, Pivotal released new updates to their Cloud Foundry (PCF) PaaS platform, including new support for serverless computing, containers, and an application store. The new additions promise to help developers accelerate their transition to the public […]