According to a 2020 Forrester study, 1.4 days are lost per week due to information workers creating, reading, or searching for information related to their job. The speed at which data is being created and received is simply outpacing the ability to access, process and act on it. And even if your organization has digitized […]
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Successful Project Management Communication during the Pandemic
The Covid Pandemic of 2020 and 2021 have been disruptive and challenging in all aspects of our lives, personal and professional. However, life, and work, go on. Although it may not be business as usual, in many cases we are all expected to continue as if it is, well, business as usual! There are three […]
Adobe Summit 2021: The Digital Experience Conference for Everyone
If you’ve never attended Adobe Summit, you’re in luck this year. The conference is typically held in Las Vegas, requiring travel, a pass, and a significant time commitment. However, this year’s conference is virtual – and free – for all to attend. Adobe didn’t exactly skimp on sessions either. There are more than 400 to choose […]
The Return of Direct-to-Consumer Part 2: Who is Getting DTC Right in 2021?
In Part 1 of “The Return of Direct-to-Consumer” series I discussed WHAT direct-to-consumer looks like in 2021 and how the definition and opportunities have evolved. In Part 2 of this series I will provide examples of DTC brands that have embraced experience-driven commerce and are winning big because of it, and those that aren’t quite […]
Optimizely/Episerver DXP Deployment API – Smooth Deployment Public Release
In my previous posts, we went over the deployment process in the Optimizely/Episerver DXP environment. The first and the second post of the Deployment API series went through the original methods that allow for deployment into the DXP environment. Smooth Deploy is a feature that I have been looking forward to for a long time now. It […]
Virtual Health: Evolving the Experience (Beyond Virtual Visits)
As we gradually emerge into a brave, hopeful, post-pandemic world, it is incredible to look back at the courage, tenacity and spirit the U.S. healthcare system has demonstrated in combatting the virus. The journey we have shared presented many points of frustration and despair, which makes it even more important to recognize the successes and […]
POUR: Designing for Accessibility with Robustness in Mind
We’ve come to the final post in this series on the W3C’s Principles “POUR,” designing and coding for the “Robust” principle. In the context of technology, a solution is robust when it comes with a wide range of capabilities, or is able to deal with many different situations. Robust solutions should be navigable and usable […]
Two Commerce Tips to Kick Off Your Q2 The Right Way
Well, we made it – Q2 is here and if you’re reading this article, that means you likely work in the ecommerce space and Q1 went from zero to one hundred real quick. When 2021 kicked off, customers and society as a whole hit the ground running as we slowly but surely start to move […]
Bank Regulators Seeking Comments on the Use of AI and ML in the Industry
Background: The five federal financial regulatory agencies are gathering insight on financial institutions’ use of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML). The five federal agencies are: the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the Federal Reserve Board (Fed), the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) and the Office of the […]
DXP Deployment API – Azure.Storage Error Fix
As of March 29th, Microsoft made the decision to publish new VM’s which archived a bunch of Az, Azure, and AzureRM modules. The side effect of this was that when any of the deployment API scripts were run in Azure DevOps, it would throw an error. ‘Azure.Storage’ version 4.4.0 or greater is required. At C:\Users\VssAdministrator\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\EpiCloud\0.13.15\EpiCloud.psm1:189 […]
EpiServer DXP Deployment API – Direct Deploy
As of Update 357, Optimizely (EpiServer) released Direct Deploy into their Deployment API, Episerver.PaaS.EpiCloud. This update changes a couple of my scripts to allow major speed improvements when deploying into the integration environment. In this post, we will go through the following: How does the current deployment to Integration work? Why Direct Deploy? Why does […]
Alex Harris Recognized as A/B Testing Influencer
Alex Harris, Conversion Optimization Director at Perficient, was recognized as one of 82 A/B testing influencers that you need to know in 2021 by Kameleoon! As the Conversion Optimization Director at Perficient, Alex has worked with dozens of enterprise B2C and B2B companies to increase sales and leads. His team runs hundreds of A/B tests each […]