Platforms and Technology

In the past several years, we’ve detailed the growth and adoption of cloud in the enterprise with our clients and on this blog. With every passing quarter, the cloud demonstrates how it has revolutionized the industry and changed the market for the better. The latest from IBM’s Institute for Business Value study corroborates just as […]

Mobile is more than just an app on a phone. Mobile means everywhere and every device. Creating a mobile strategy for your enterprise can be the difference between successful, well-adopted solutions and short-lived, ineffective ones. Here are three reasons why you need a mobile strategy before, during, and after a mobile implementation. Multi-Solution Planning You […]

Kscope17, ODTUG’s user conference known for providing a rich opportunity for networking and education on Oracle technologies, is quickly approaching and we’re excited to connect with you at the event. Perficient is proud to be a silver sponsor of Kscope17, which is being held June 25-29 in San Antonio. Visit us at booth #211 to […]

Smartphones became a part of our collective consciousness a decade ago with the launch of Apple’s iPhone and the impact of the device continues transform entire industries. We now shop for homes, find our next date, and discover the newest restaurant around the corner right from our fingertips. The application market is also a noisy […]

The annals of business are filled with the stories of what could have been and missed opportunities. From printer giant Xerox’s surrendering of what would eventually become Mac OS to video giant Blockbuster’s passing on acquiring Netflix, there are enough lessons to fill business school classrooms for years to come. What’s even more shocking is […]

Target audience: Mid to Highly skilled Linux, IBM and AWS admins. Currently IBM software is retrieved from passport advantage client account. If you’re tasked with building out multiple IBM products on AWS VPCs and EC2s then setting up an install media repository that is fast and local is a must. This article describes how to […]

Do you like being awakened by a phone call from an unfriendly manager because a system you are responsible for has failed? Do you enjoy a good old-fashioned scolding by an executive because a financial system you support is running so slow that the user community has become unproductive? Do you have so much time […]

Target audience: Mid to Highly skilled Linux, DB2 and AWS admins. Currently IBM DB2 is not one of the choices for an RDBS in AWS. This article describes how to stand up a simple HA DB2 instance using AWS components. This configuration is intended to be used as a POC or POT demonstration of DB2. […]

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Are your business data volumes growing rapidly? Are your business data sets becoming increasingly varied and complex? Do you get data from number of sources, and in different formats? Do you want to turn your data sets into meaningful information by taking advantage of automated data preparation and processing? Then Oracle Big Data Preparation Cloud […]

Oracle Enterprise Planning and Budgeting Cloud Service (EPBCS) is a subscription-based service released in May 2016. There are numerous reasons why you should consider EPBCS, but I’ve outlined my top five reasons below. Value Out-of-the-Box: Oracle’s R&D spend is second to none as it competes with other SaaS vendors in this space. Customers are benefiting […]

The Day 1 Keynote for Microsoft Build 2017 was a great mix of developer inspirations and new technology releases. The inspiration piece ranged from large fortune 500 companies leveraging Azure all the way to a researcher building a watch-like device that helped a woman with Parkinsons write her own name for the first time in […]