Sometimes we need to load multiple years and periods of data planning or Essbase, like a business plan or forecast data. Data Management/FDMEE provides the different options for loading multiple years and periods data from the file, depending on the different file formats. If data is in a single column and both Year and Period […]
Platforms and Technology
Top 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Data & Analytics in the Oracle Cloud
The world of modern data and analytics continues to evolve and is very exciting. The change really began in earnest about 10 years ago with the introduction of Hadoop and big data processing. Suddenly corporations could analyze much larger data sets than before and could extract insignts from data that could transform companies and industries. […]
Perficient Listed in Forrester Azure Services Providers Q4 Report
We are excited to be listed by Forrester in its recent report, Now Tech: Azure Services Providers, Q4 2020 — Forrester’s Overview of 41 Azure Services Providers. As the report notes, “Many enterprises continue to struggle with starting and continuing their journeys to the cloud.” The report also notes that service providers can help clients […]
Introducing New Ways to Quick-start Your PIM Platform
Product Information Management (PIM) and commerce go hand-in-hand, and inRiver is the common factor that helps simplify product information for both B2B and B2C shopping channels. Not only has our partnership with inRiver brought us several platform integrations, years of strategic guidance, and a multitude of services, but it has also enabled us to create […]
Evolving Traditional Technologies Toward CX
Contact Centers are a traditional aspect of companies and historically where and how those companies seek to interact with their customers. For years the chief expectation for these interactions was primarily via the phone or voice channel. Though as consumers embraced the internet and mobility, newer channels emerged. As this continued, along with businesses’ desires […]
Sitecore Solr Collections Using SearchStax – Part 1
This article explains the steps needed to set up Solr Cloud collections for your Sitecore environment using SearchStax. Assuming you already have Solr Cloud Manager Environment set in SearchStax, follow the below steps to set up the Solr Cloud environment. 1. Upload Solr Configurations The first step is to get the compatible Solr schema and […]
Perficient and DTE Energy Bring Home Two More Wins for Interactive Virtual Home
Prepare yourself for this incredible news! We are excited to announce our W3 Gold Winner Award and Gold Winner MUSE Creative Award for DTE Interactive Virtual Home. This microsite educates consumers on how to save energy for their homes on a completely new level. The W3 Awards is a major web competition judged by the Academy […]
Not All Texts Are Created Equal
Whether you work in big tech or the service industry, you are retired or grudgingly buying your pre-teen their first smartphone, let’s face it, texting has become the most used communication tool in your daily life. SMS (Short Message Service), aka “Texting”, enables many to skip voice communication altogether and opt for the instant power […]
Microsoft Teams and Power BI – Analytics Hub and Content Management
Hub is a logical/physical space where everyone comes searches content, deciphers information, looks for viable information, lineage etc. Microsoft is enabling a similar concept in Teams. Teams is where we all have begun to collaborate via virtual meetings, notes, lists, apps etc. The future vision and big picture is to treat Teams as a single […]
Can Business Users Easily Build Bots Using RPA Tools?
The short answer is yes, businesses can easily build bots using robotic process automation (RPA) tools. However, we as consultants would not earn our stripes if we did not present all the necessary factors needed for you to draw a conclusion for yourself. As the automation industry continues to make inroads into the C-suite, there has been a […]
The Importance of Implementing a Live Chat Tool for Episerver Commerce Cloud Sites
Amid COVID-19, we are purchasing almost all of our products online, meaning more and more customers are going online each day to find the products they need, which can become a struggle with the lack of in-person assistance. Digital tools, however, can play an important role for businesses and consumers during their online shopping experience, […]
How Perficient and Microsoft Can Help You Return to Work
To say the world has changed this year would be an understatement. In every part of life, we have had to learn and adapt, and business is no different. The truth is that your business will never be the same. The world today is digital first more than ever, and your business must adapt to […]