The third annual Global Azure Bootcamp is coming Saturday, April 25, 2015. The bootcamp is a free deep dive into getting familiar with developing Cloud Computing Applications for Azure over the course of a single day. This year there are a total of 194 confirmed locations around the globe where you can attend the event. http://global.azurebootcamp.net/ […]
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Cloud Buzz – It’s more than a fad
Cloud Computing – While it’s one of the latest buzzword to impress in a group, there are significant advantages in cost, efficiency and reliability in moving to the cloud. The top three major providers for Cloud infrastructure and services – Amazon Web Services, Microsoft and Rackspace are providing compelling reasons to make Cloud Computing an […]
#HIMSS15 Hot Topic: The Patient’s Experience as a Consumer
I spent some time yesterday with our friends at Oracle in the company’s #HIMSS15 booth exploring how technology enables the patient journey from the moment they learn about a hospital or physician practice to their life cycle of care. We reviewed Oracle’s portfolio of cloud solutions including: Oracle Social Cloud: Helps marketing teams manage and scale relationships […]
Dynamic Member Creation in Hyperion Planning
For this new blog post, I am excited to tell you about one of my favorite features: Dynamic Member Creation. Beginning with Hyperion Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) release 11.1.2.3, Dynamic Member Creation is available in pre-delivered plan types such as Project Financial Planning, Public Sector Planning and Budgeting; and as part of the core Planning […]
The Skype For Business Client Has Arrived!
Today is the day that the official Skype For Business Client gets released! I have been using the Technical Preview for about a week now and can honestly say that I like the new Skype-influenced interface. I have a couple customers that have been waiting for this new UI to come out before they begin their client rollout, because they […]
Azure – NoSQL database DocumentDB now Generally Available
Last week Microsoft released Azure DocumentDB out of beta and made it generally available. As stated by Microsoft: We are pleased to announce that Azure DocumentDB is now generally available. DocumentDB is a fully managed NoSQL document database service that allows applications to query and process JSON data at scale. With general availability, DocumentDB is […]
Enterprise Social Success: Smart Governance to Encourage Adoption
Here at Perficient, we have some real Yammer all-stars, and I have no doubt they’re a big part of the reason we have such a vibrant and active enterprise social network. For example, one Yammer group I am a part of for partner marketers, has brought our team much closer together and allowed us to […]
Become a Microsoft Certified Specialist with HTML5, JS & CSS3
Whether you’ve been programming in HTML5, JavaScript and CSS for a long time, or you’re just looking for a way to both validate your skills and differentiate your resume; then the Microsoft Specialist: Programming in HTML5 with JavaScript and CSS3 (exam 70-480) certification may be worth pursuing. Personally, I’m in the process of renewing my older […]
Leveraging Your Oracle Resources for Big Data Value
As companies transform their businesses to be data-driven and leverage the benefits of Big Data, they quickly realizing that lack of Big Data centric data scientists and wranglers is blocking their value attainment. One of the limiting factors in Big Data resources, are the skills that have typically been required to leverage Big Data. Java and […]
Cloud Growth Drives New Partnership Opportunities
The latest news from the Modern Modern Experience Conference in Vegas: Cloud based integration provider Put It Forward is teaming with systems integration and consulting firm Perficient to market and sell marketing cloud and sales cloud solutions from Oracle. Both firms have longstanding relationships with the software company, including services and solutions for Oracle Sales […]
Top Tips for SharePoint Success
This guest post is brought to you by our friends and partner, K2. For more than a decade, K2 has been helping customers rapidly transform their companies with applications that connect the right people to the right information and work. With offices and distributors all over the globe and a powerful partner network, more than […]
Customers, Clouds, and the Comforts of Home
Oracle’s Modern Customer Experience conferences take place this week in Vegas, with CRM veterans and newbies in attendance. As some attendees might recall, before its acquisition by Oracle in 2011, RightNow Technologies had a memorable slogan: Helping rid the world of bad experiences one consumer interaction at a time. Of course, for many people, bad […]