Platforms and Technology

We’re excited to announce that our client Acuity Brands was awarded honorable mention for their recent intranet redesign! Ragan Communications presented Acuity Brands with an honorable mention in the “Intranet Usability” category of their annual Intranet Awards. Check out the story below for how we helped Acuity create a modern intranet with Rise. Background When […]

Oracle Service Bus 12.2.1 provides a JavaScript action, which allows us to include snippets of JavaScript code to be executed during proxy pipeline processing. The most common case for using JavaScript is when dealing with JSON objects in REST services. Rather than converting the payload to XML and using XQuery or XSLT for manipulation, using […]

Brick & mortar retailers are always looking for ways to better engage the customer with her head glued to her mobile device. Digitally engaging customers can increase sales and improve customer loyalty. But there are so many ways to engage consumers digitally. Because many retail giants have invested heavily in their brick & mortar footprint, […]

In today’s world, data is the name of the game, especially in healthcare. As healthcare organizations look to interpret their customer information to make better business decisions, many are discovering that legacy systems and tools are not enough to get the job done. This was the challenge of one of our clients, a leading nationwide […]

As a California resident, I get to enjoy over 300 days of sun per year and we use those days to stay active. Whether it is surfing at the beach, hiking in the mountains, or playing in a recreational league, buying sports equipment is a natural hassle, especially when quality and price are concerned. The […]

Chatbots may revolutionize the way customers interact online with your business. What are they, what can they do, and why do they matter? In this episode of our Here’s Why digital marketing video series, Mark and Eric explain what chatbots do and the impact they might have on digital marketing in the days to come. Don’t […]

We’ve heard it from a number of different analyst sources and it’s being talked about all across the web right now – 2017 is the year of cognitive computing or artificial intelligence (AI). The blockbuster partnership announced this week between Salesforce and IBM further validates that AI is more than just the next marketing buzzword […]

The month of March and April means spring, renewal, and the moving of clocks forward to accommodate Daylight Savings Time. For many, it is also the season of growth as snow and ice finally begins to melt, allowing for the growth of crops and vegetables. In the past, gardening experiences involved sharing information between friends […]

Last month, we shared some of our cloud predictions for the year ahead. As the calendar moves full steam ahead, we are getting more information about the trends and adoption of cloud as well as leadership priorities for the year ahead. One of the things many cloud experts watch for is RightScale’s State of the […]

Perficient is proud to be a sponsor at Collaborate 17, which is being held April 2-6 in Las Vegas. It’s an opportunity for the Oracle user community to come together to share and learn through sessions, panels and networking events. We are honored to have been invited to present on six unique topics across multiple tracks at Collaborate and […]

Money20/20, the world’s largest conference geared towards the financial services industry, brought big announcements from heavy hitters at its 2016 event. Bank of America’s head of digital banking, Michelle Moore, introduced Erica (a play on the company’s name), a digital assistant driven by artificial intelligence, predictive analytics, and cognitive messaging. The technology, which can also […]

Visual Studio 2017 is now RTM and is available for download. This new version of Visual Studio brings many new features: New Installation Experience – Select only the components you need to use (e.g. web, windows, mobile development features) Supports C# 7.0 language features Debugging Improvements – Exception Helper, faster code navigation, run to click, […]