Artificial Intelligence (AI) is everywhere. Every month brings new features promising “deeper thinking” and “agentic processes.” Tech titans are locked in trillion-dollar battles. Headlines scream about business, economic, and societal concerns. Skim the news and you’re left excited and terrified! Here’s the thing: we’re still human – virtues, flaws, quirks, and all. We’ve always had […]
Generative AI
Spring Boot + OpenAI : A Developer’s Guide to Generative AI Integration
Introduction In this blog, we’ll explore how to connect OpenAI’s API with a Spring Boot application, step by step. We’ll cover the setup process, walk through the implementation with a practical example. By integrating OpenAI with Spring Boot, you can create solutions that are not only powerful but also scalable and reliable. Prerequisites Java 17+ […]
Perficient at Microsoft Ignite 2025: Let’s Talk AI Strategy
Microsoft Ignite 2025 is right around the corner—and Perficient is showing up with purpose and a plan to help you unlock real results with AI. As a proud member of Microsoft’s Inner Circle for AI Business Solutions, we’re at the forefront of helping organizations accelerate their AI transformation. Whether you’re exploring custom copilots, modernizing your […]
Salesforce AI for Financial Services: Practical Capabilities That Move the Organization Forward
Turn on CNBC during almost any trading day and you’ll see and hear plenty of AI buzz that sounds great, and may look great in a deck, but falls short in regulated industries. For financial services firms, AI must do two things at once: unlock genuine business value and satisfy strict compliance, privacy, and audit […]
The Personalization Gap Is Hurting Financial Services, Here’s How to Close It
In today’s financial landscape, personalization is no longer a luxury; it’s a customer expectation. Yet, according to Adobe’s latest State of Customer Experience in Financial Services in an AI-Driven World report, only 36% of the customer journey is currently personalized, despite 74% of financial services executives acknowledging that their customers expect tailored interactions. This gap […]
When AI Becomes the Gatekeeper of Your Brand Message
Search is no longer just about blue links and ten results per page. With the rapid adoption of Generative AI, consumers are increasingly turning to AI-written summaries to get quick, contextual answers without ever clicking through to a website. According to Bain & Company, 80% of consumers now rely on AI-generated summaries for at least […]
What is Microsoft Copilot Studio?
Microsoft Copilot Studio is a low-code/no-code workspace from Microsoft that helps you build, customize, and manage AI-powered assistants (called copilots or agents) for your organization. Think of it as a visual toolkit that connects large language models (LLMs) to your data sources (SharePoint, OneDrive, Dataverse, etc.), custom logic, and UI behaviors, enabling you to create […]
Vibium – The Next Evolution of Test Automation: AI, Intent, and a Global Device Network
“What Selenium did for browsers, Vibium aims to do for the age of AI.” — Jason Huggins (Creator of Selenium and Appium) A New Chapter in Test Automation Selenium, Appium, and Playwright have revolutionized QA testing automation over the last two decades. But even today, automation engineers spend hours maintaining brittle scripts, chasing broken locators, […]
Navigating the AI Frontier: Data Governance Controls at SIFIs in 2025
The Rise of AI in Banking AI adoption in banking has accelerated dramatically. Predictive analytics, generative AI, and autonomous agentic systems are now embedded in core banking functions such as loan underwriting, compliance including fraud detection and AML, and customer engagement. A recent White Paper by Perficient affiliate Virtusa Agentic Architecture in Banking – White […]
Acquia’s Vision for Accessible, AI-Enabled Digital Experience Creation
Acquia is known for its open-source roots and marketer-friendly tools, and its approach to AI reflects that ethos. As digital experience platforms evolve, Acquia is embedding agentic and Generative AI to make experience creation more accessible, intuitive, and scalable, especially for teams without deep technical resources. Forrester’s report, The Impact of AI on Digital Experience Platforms, […]
Closing the Gap Between Expectations and Experience in Financial Services
As customer expectations continue to rise, financial services organizations are under increasing pressure to deliver personalized, seamless, and secure digital experiences. Adobe’s latest report, The Total Economic Impact of Adobe’s Content Supply Chain Solution, reveals how Generative AI and connected data are reshaping the industry and why now is the time for financial institutions to […]
AI-Driven Data Lineage for Financial Services Firms: A Practical Roadmap for CDOs
Introduction Imagine just as you’re sipping your Monday morning coffee and looking forward to a hopefully quiet week in the office, your Outlook dings and you see that your bank’s primary federal regulator is demanding the full input – regulatory report lineage for dozens of numbers on both sides of the balance sheet and the […]