As the web becomes more ubiquitous in our daily lives, it is essential that we make it accessible for everyone. Web accessibility refers to the practice of designing websites and applications to be usable by people of all abilities, including those with disabilities. One of the most fundamental tools for achieving web accessibility is native […]
Back-End Development
How Salesforce Can Be the Fuel for Your Digital Oilfield Launch
Growth Mindset For the history of oil and gas companies, growth has been the key indicator of success. Recently, the global pressure to reduce carbon footprint has switched industry focus from growth to adaptability. To survive the volatility of supply and demand in the market – regularly disrupted by political, social, and economic trends – […]
Zombie Properties want to Eat Your Brains
It’s a story as old as time. You work hard to build a great site. You have all the right properties – with descriptive names – that the content authors recognize and know how to use. Everything is going according to plan. The site is good. Life is good. The client is happy. Then BAM! […]
Omnichannel Retailing Hasn’t Fixed the Divide: It’s Time for Unified Commerce
Omnichannel is critical, but it can only help so much Presenting the customer with a sleek and functional experience for online shopping is a top priority for leading retailers, making omnichannel retailing a key strategy in the industry. Omnichannel retail ensures a brand presents consistently across all customer-facing channels. However, omnichannel retailing alone has not […]
So… What is Ansible?
IT organizations are responsible for an ever-increasing number of applications, infrastructure providers, operating system versions, network devices, platforms, monitoring, ticket systems, and more. The challenges that go along with managing it can range anywhere from time-consuming to downright Sisyphean. The rising adoption of cloud services adds a financial component, a new challenge for many organizations […]
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
What is WCAG? Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) are a set of guidelines developed by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) to ensure that websites and web content are accessible to all users, regardless of their abilities or disabilities. WCAG provides a comprehensive framework for designing and developing websites that can be accessed and used […]
Pivot and Submit Data through a Spreadsheet using Table Viewer in OneStream
Thing Planning Solution Perficient was recently engaged with a client that was implementing a Thing Planning solution to manage thousands of line items for their planning process. The client wanted to be able to look at a small set of data in a form and submit the changes to just those rows without having to […]
Principles of Web Accessibility
What is Accessibility? Accessibility is the practice of making your website usable for everyone. If the technology is accessible, each user can interact with it in ways that work best for them. The standard guidelines for web content accessibility are organized around four principles The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) are organized by four main principles, These four principles […]
Is Your Postman Delivering Too Much? Postman Alternatives
I’ve been a long-time user of Postman, and I’ve seen it grow throughout the years. All I need from Postman is a REST client to check my API endpoints. Recently though, as I opened Postman and had to click through three offers for services I will never use, I started thinking that I should take […]
Introduction to Kafka and MongoDB Integration
Introduction: Apache Kafka is a distributed streaming platform that enables businesses to build real-time streaming applications. First developed at LinkedIn in 2010, it has become one of the most widely used messaging systems for big data and real-time analytics. Kafka can process and transmit massive amounts of data in real-time, and its design ensures fault […]
Speed Up AEM Developer Onboarding with Container-Driven Local Instances
Customization is a key aspect of any AEM-powered solution. Installing AEM instances on developers’ local machines is usually required and recommended by Adobe. This allows for the fast creation of components, templates, and other project-specific items. The local AEM instances mimic an organization’s integration or dev environment instances with custom patch levels, OSGi configurations, data […]
SQL Tuning
In D & A Projects, building efficient SQL Queries is critical to achieving the Extraction and Load Batch cycles to complete faster and to meet the desired SLAs. The below observations are towards following the approaches to ensure writing SQL queries that meet the Best Practices to facilitate performance improvements. Tuning Approach Pre-Requisite Checks Before […]