Platforms and Technology

The year was 2000. With the turn of the new Millennium came new hope for business and technology, boosted by new innovations in online commerce and web development. Though smartphones and social networks were four years away, many felt like the world was on the cusp of even more change than the previous 20 years. […]

The cloud is not new, but it remains incredibly important. Yes, leaders at financial services institutions continue to worry about the cloud’s ability to meet their strict security and privacy requirements. However, threats like cyberattacks are not stopping them from moving to the cloud. There are simply too many more advantages to operating in the […]

Migration to the cloud is a challenge for many organizations. Between selecting the appropriate solution, training employees, and integrating technology into day-to-day activities, business leaders find themselves facing a long laundry list of items. We understand this challenge and have developed the Innovation Lab to ease the transition. To understand where the cloud industry is […]

At Brainjocks, now Perficient, we’ve been using both shared and final rendering fields from the page editor (sorry – visual experience editor) since Sitecore 8.0.  SCORE™ includes a toggle in the ribbon when run in Sitecore 8.0 that allows page designers to select between shared and final rendering fields when editing pages and standard values. […]

The big news today is that Microsoft Corp (Nasdaq: MSFT) and LinkedIn Corporation (NYSE: LNKD) have entered into a definitive agreement under which Microsoft will acquire LinkedIn bringing together the world’s leading professional cloud with the world’s leading professional network. The financial aspects of the giant $26.2 billion deal aside, we think that this deal […]

If you’re somewhat familiar with Oracle WebCenter Portal, then you’re probably aware that it offers wiki-type functionality. Basically, portal users configured with the proper access can create and manage documents (aka “wiki documents”) using an in-place rich text editor made available through the out-of-the-box Document Explorer, Document Manager, and Folder Viewer components. These documents are simply content items […]

In a blink of an eye, spring has sprung and summer is right around the corner. Many of us will be not only shopping for our vacation getaway but also bringing friends and family together for those cool summer evenings around the barbecue. Personally, I’m a fan of experiences. On the other hand, finding a […]

Let’s face it, managing IT operations can sometimes be comparable to pulling teeth. Between managing existing technology assets and updating to new ones, CIOs can find themselves overwhelmed with the options before them. With new technology stacks like the cloud coming into play, stacks can be further complicated. This was the story of a leading […]

This week Perficient will be at ILTA’s 2016 SharePoint || Office 365 Symposium in Baltimore, MD. The 2-day symposium will explore the business value of SharePoint and Office 365 for legal firms.  Perficient will be highlighting our capabilities on the SharePoint and Office 365 platforms, most notably in these key areas: SharePoint and Office 365 […]

What is driving CFOs and CIOs to move more quickly to cloud EPM? Faster deployment is one reason, but there can be clear financial benefits as well, which can continue to increase over time as businesses add more users, and the ongoing addition of new features helps increase user productivity. Facilitating Mergers and Acquisitions After a […]

Within our Microsoft Practice we spend a lot of time and energy focused on creating great Intranet and Portal experiences for our customers. Over the last 10 years SharePoint has become the defacto platform of choice for Intranets in the enterprise as evidenced by the Nielsen Norman Best Intranets of 2016 awards where 9 out […]

There are clear financial benefits driving the shift toward cloud-based solutions. In an April 2016 Research Note by Nucleus Research, they “found that cloud application projects deliver 2.1 times the ROI of on-premises ones” and that figure is on the rise, “up 24 percent since 2012“1. In addition, companies deploying cloud-based applications “incur 63 percent lower initial consulting and implementation costs” and […]