There’s no question that the core function of managing money in a heavily regulated industry is difficult and expensive. New companies with robo-advising technology will need to learn how to navigate the regulatory landscape, making it critical to collaborate with traditional wealth management firms. From a bank’s perspective, robo-advising remains critical in terms of servicing […]
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5 Ways Cloud is Changing Transportation
As a child, the act of reading road maps was fascinating to me. Weaving my fingers through freeway interchanges and local roads was immensely fun and enjoyable as much as running outside to play on the grass of my parents’ backyard. Even after college, I briefly toyed with pursuing an urban planning and development degree […]
Security: The Cloud Culture Imperative
By now you’ve read the first and second parts of our series on culture change within the cloud. Undoubtedly the cloud brings fruitful results for organizations despite the challenges of scalability, employee engagement, and application innovation. Nothing in innovation has come easy, and the cloud serves as no exception. Besides purchasing the right applications and getting […]
The Controversial Campaign
I bet you thought, wow is she really going to go into the whole Presidential Race ‘thing’…nope, not touching it! I’ll touch on another campaign that most marketers stress or think about on occasion. To Nurture or not to Nurture! If you have a nurture campaign, congrats! If you don’t, why not? When I’m talking […]
#DF16 Recap: Philanthropy, Innovation, Intelligence & Speed
Philanthropy: A Powerful Message for the Salesforce Community Salesforce put its philanthropic message front and center at Dreamforce. Will.i.am kicked the keynote off on Wednesday with a very strong message around becoming a mentor to inner city children. And not just inner cities here in America, but abroad. A fast fact: more children have died in Chicago due […]
What’s New in Oracle EPM Cloud
Unable to attend Oracle OpenWorld to learn about the latest developments in Oracle EPM Cloud? It can be difficult to keep abreast of all the changes in this evolving landscape, but we’ve got you covered. In this on-demand event, Perficient’s Oracle EPM leadership explores the current cloud offerings and what’s around the corner. Whether […]
Building an End-to-End Solution with IoT Cloud and AWS – #DF16
Thursday’s IoT session entitled “IoT Cloud and AWS: Creating the End-to-End IoT Solution for Businesses” provided a great overview of the IoT business opportunity for organizations and a concrete view of a relatable end-to-end solution built with Amazon AWS and Salesforce IoT Cloud. Here’s a rundown of everything you need to know from the session: […]
New Salesforce Service Cloud Features Announced at #DF16
I attended the Service Cloud keynote today at Dreamforce 2016, and exciting new features were announced. Service Cloud now incorporates new technology such as Einstein and Salesforce messaging and existing clouds such as Analytics and Lightning. One exciting demo showcased how an agent is able to communicate in multiple channels; they will also soon be able […]
Dreamforce Day 1 Takeaways from Perficient – #DF16
What an exciting event of Dream Force 2016. First of all mind-blowing statistics of 170,000 registered attendees, 15 million online viewers, a cloud expo with many partners and ISV’s, and 2500+ sessions, 3000+ apps in AppExchange. The OHANA culture is very well displayed throughout the day. Day 1 was focused on Artificial Intelligence and what […]
4 Tips for a Successful Cloud Plan
It’s no surprise that to be successful at anything, you simply have to start. While this is easier said than done especially for large enterprise organizations, the goal of simply moving forward is sometimes enough for innovation. Cloud adoption fits this example perfectly. For many leaders, the journey into the cloud is confusing, while others slide […]
4 Keys to Healthcare Cloud Success
According to the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP), an average 8,000 baby boomers born between 1946 and 1965 turn 65 years old every day. While this bodes well for vacation planners and retirement homes, healthcare institutions are presented with the challenge of serving this aging yet unique group as they head into the sunset […]
A CX Guy’s First Oracle OpenWorld
It was my first Oracle rodeo. Recently, I was fortunate to attend Oracle OpenWorld in downtown San Francisco. For those who have not attended, 50,000+ people descend on the city for 5 days of hard learning, idea sharing and relationship building. More caffeine is consumed in this 5-day period than any other event on earth.* […]