Consumers are digitally savvy, well informed, and more demanding than ever. Not investing in resources that digitally transform customer care will become a competitive disadvantage. This series explores six technology trends for delivering smarter and more strategic customer care. Trend #3: Self-Service Increases Customer Engagement Interactive voice response (IVR) systems in the 1990s provided a cost-efficient way […]
Digital Transformation
Could a Digital Transformation Have Saved Payless ShoeSource?
More people are opting to shop online rather than in stores. This trend comes from the ease and convenience of online shopping. At the click of a button, many consumer goods can be delivered within a week. This, alone, grabs the attention of consumers because it doesn’t interfere with their routine. Recently Payless ShoeSource filed […]
Digital Business Transformation is More Than APIM
Every business is a digital business. Enterprises today have embarked on API Strategies and leveraging API Management products. But, are they just focused on IT or have they truly started to evolve their business interactions? Legacy gateways were invaluable when connection systems but the digital business needs an outside in approach. As you can see […]
Who’s the Expert in Digital Trends? Your Customer.
It’s the beginning of the year and there is no shortage of “Top Digital Trends” articles describing all the ways organizations need to be heads up to the next big thing in digital if they don’t want their expenses to increase and profits shrink. These articles are full of valuable information. Some of it may […]
Perficient Recognized for Twilio Flex Success on Earnings Call
Twilio held their Q4 2018 earnings call earlier this week. No surprise, the company finished their fiscal 2018 on a strong note. Significant revenue gains were propelled by continued growth from both Twilio’s core voice and messaging products, as well as the company’s continued focus on delivering an omni-channel customer engagement platform. Twilio Co-Founder and […]
IBM BAW Transforms and Improves Financial Group
IBM’s flagship technology conference, Think, is taking place this week in San Francisco. Perficient is proud to be a Gold sponsor of the event and will have several industry and technology thought leaders there presenting on how we have helped solve customer challenges leveraging IBM solutions. In one of the sessions, Tarek El Shamy (Perficient […]
5 Innovations to Help Change Our Lives in the Next 5 Years
Every year IBM announces “5 in 5” technology predictions which will be important to the world within 5 years. This year IBM researchers reviewed them at at IBM Think 2019 on 2/13/2019. The presenters were: Geraud Dubois, DGM Science to Solutions, IBM Research – Almaden Arvind Krishna, SVP, Cloud and Cognitive Software, IBM Jeannette M. […]
Meet Perficient’s Chief Strategists: Christine Livingston
Thrilling our clients with innovation and impact – it’s not just rhetoric. This belief is instrumental for our clients’ success. In 2018, we announced the first class of Chief Strategists, who provide vision and leadership to help our clients remain competitive. Get to know each of our strategists as they share their unique insights on […]
Six Trends Moving the Needle in Customer Care: IoT
Consumers are digitally savvy, well informed, and more demanding than ever. Not investing in resources that digitally transform customer care will become a competitive disadvantage. This series explores six technology trends for delivering smarter and more strategic customer care. Trend #2: IoT Proactively Resolves Product and Service Issues What if you could anticipate a service issue? The […]
Perficient Lends Expertise for eMarketer AI Best Practices Report
Artificial intelligence (AI) has grown from the stuff of science fiction to a leading force in the world of technology, changing the way organizations in every industry are getting things done. With so many businesses looking to understand and effectively implement AI technology in their processes, it’s not surprising that some do’s and don’ts have […]
Meet Perficient’s Chief Strategists: Jim Hertzfeld
Thrilling our clients with innovation and impact – it’s not just rhetoric. This belief is instrumental for our clients’ success. In 2018, we announced the first class of Chief Strategists, who provide vision and leadership to help our clients remain competitive. Get to know each of our strategists as they share their unique insights on […]
Instead of Mobile-First, How About Mobile-By-Design?
While this year’s NRF was full of the promise of AI and machine learning to enhance customer experiences across digital channels, I couldn’t help but think that while AI is exciting, sexy, and can probably deliver on the promise of great CX once fully implemented and refined (over time), what about a customer’s experience right now? […]