The following blog comes from an interview with Perficient’s General Manager of API Management and Container Solutions, Annel Adzem, and is part of a series on cloud trends with experts from within Perficient. The story of innovation in recent years has been about software. Nimble new companies have disrupted industries and toppled “traditional” enterprises by […]
Strategy and Transformation
Things to Consider with Lift-and-Shift Migrations in Cloud
This is the next installment in a series of blogs on the subject of cloud transformation. We decided to call out this specific cloud lift-and-shift migration strategy because of our clients’ experience with this strategy. Many of our clients have seen both negative and positive results from this strategy, however, all of them missed many […]
Management Consulting Solutions I Learned from Coaches: Engaging
This blog series covers three management consulting solutions I learned from coaches in my life. I apply these solutions to my work life in management consulting. This blog explores engagement, and how to inspire your team. When we moved to Colorado from the East Coast eleven years ago, we won the coaching jackpot! My oldest […]
You Must Be Prepared for Visual Search. Here’s Why.
SEO for imagery is becoming more important to marketers. But why? Check out our recent video from Eric Enge, who joined Perficient Digital through our acquisition of digital consultancy Stone Temple, where he explores Google’s inclination toward presenting more visual content. Visual SEO impacts rankings. Here’s why: To learn more about Stone Temple, read […]
Perficient’s DevOps Journey & Approach – short video
Perficient colleagues recently attended Chef Software’s annual conference, ChefConf 2019 in Seattle, Washington. In this short video, Perficient DevOps Delivery Director Sean Wilbur shares his point of view on the evolution of Perficient’s DevOps practice. He also talks about how DevOps transformation is much more than just tools and code – and how culture and […]
Overcome the Gravitational Pull of Complacency to Achieve Change
On July 16, 1969, the massive Saturn V rocket lifted off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to deliver the astronauts of Apollo 11 to the moon for the first lunar landing. In a few weeks, we will celebrate the 50th anniversary of this historic event. During liftoff from the launch pad, the rocket’s […]
Building a Better Buyer Journey in Manufacturing
The B2B buying journey is more complicated than the B2C buying journey; there are more decision makers involved, and the entire process is less linear. Nevertheless, buyers have come to expect the same elevated experiences in their B2B buying journey as they do in their B2C experience. So how can you as a manufacturer continue […]
Facing Business Challenges in Technology Implementations
Businesses face several challenges when implementing technology. Over the last several decades, organizations have built their tech stacks to help them with their business processes, but as time goes on, business needs grow and customer expectations change. Many businesses are now finding they don’t have the funds or technical agility to evolve their technology to […]
How OCM Can (and Should) Pay for Your Next Project
In this blog series, I examine how change management can (and should) pay for your next project. This post addresses the demand for value from change management. Business transformation is a significant challenge for many executives and organizations. Whether the transformation is a large ERP implementation, shared services, applying new methodologies to product development, or […]
Behind the Scenes of Implementing Financial Services Cloud
Implementing New Tech for Financial Services The financial services industry has a few extra things to look out for when implementing new technology than other organizations. Between evolving regulations and compliance requirements, having a tool that can grow with you is increasingly important, especially when everything seems to be moving to the cloud. Creating an […]
Building Your WebSphere V9 Roadmap for Retail
When news broke that HCL had acquired several IBM products, including the infamous WebSphere Commerce, many were left wondering how the platform would change. However, the general focus of WebSphere Commerce Version 9 (V9) is not set to shift, but rather, HCL plans to enhance the features of V9 to enable commerce players to enhance […]
Motivation is Key: A Q&A on Digital Strategy and Retail
Kimberly Williams-Czopek recently joined Perficient Digital as a director within our Digital Strategy group, bringing decades of retail and digital strategy experience with her. We sat down with Kim to talk about her experiences in the retail industry, her advice for shaping an effective digital strategy, and her reaction to being named “Retail Innovator of […]