Strategy and Transformation

This table below highlights how blockchain can disrupt various aspects of the financial services industry. If you are interested in learning more about blockchain, download our new guide titled “Getting Ahead with Blockchain in Financial Services.”

Perficient Digital recently won two Mobile WebAwards for our work creating mobile apps for Jackson Energy Authority (JEA) and Selfeo. Named Best Energy Mobile Application, the cross-platform, self-service app we developed for JEA gives customers using both iOS and Android devices a sleek, user-friendly way to check their account balances, pay bills, report power outages, […]

Leveraging blockchain technology requires access to a blockchain platform. Public or permissionless blockchain platforms, however, have limitations for financial enterprise transactions, creating privacy concerns by enabling everybody on the blockchain to have visibility of all transactions. Additionally, the sheer vastness of potential transactions requires a substantial amount of computational power, which can slow transaction processing […]

I doubt you’d be surprised to hear that the US healthcare system is not in great shape. News reports remind us often that the $3.5 trillion behemoth is the world’s largest and most costly—and yet far from the most effective. The US spends twice per capita on healthcare compared to other leading economies, even as […]

Have you heard of The Whole30? It’s a diet that focuses on eating the right things, and only the right things, for a 30 day period. At its core, it’s more than a diet; it’s promoting a behavior change. Here’s how it works.  For 30 days, you may eat only whole foods. Eat all you […]

You probably know comedian Aziz Ansari from his acclaimed TV series Parks and Recreation and Master of None, but have you read his sociology book? In 2015, Ansari partnered with (actual) social scientist Eric Klinenberg to pen Modern Romance, a New York Times best-seller that explores our quest for love in the age of smartphones. […]

Futuristic cars portrayed in movies and TV shows years ago had some thinking our cars would fly instead of drive by 2017. Over the past few years, the evolution of connected cars has married consumer technology with our primary mode of transportation. And just on the horizon are cars that will be self-driving. Vehicles rolling […]

Over the last several weeks, we discussed self-driving and connected cars in-depth. At the end of the day, as the automotive industry (everything from buying and selling vehicles to the driver experience) continues to evolve in today’s digital world, bumps along the way will be normal. Car manufacturers, companies focused on the development of autonomous […]

Current transaction processing requires trusted intermediaries to store assets, verify the legitimacy and solvency of each party in a transaction, validate each asset being transacted, complete the transfer of ownership of the asset, and record the transaction in a centralized ledger. Once a transaction is initiated, the initiating party has no visibility of each stage […]

Remember when FitBit was the hot holiday product flying off the shelves? And though I’m embarrassed to admit this, I had never heard of “Alexa” two years ago when it was among the choices for a holiday gift raffle at a previous company. In three short years, consumer electronics manufacturers have embraced IoT with gusto. […]

Perficient Digital recently earned recognition from Sitefinity for the work we did designing and implementing a new website for Montessori Unlimited. The new site was named one of Sitefinity’s Top 5 Websites of the Quarter, which recognizes websites for exceptional user experience and innovation in applying the features and capabilities of Sitefinity products. The Top […]

Designing self-driving cars is like the new space race. Finding the next big startup in autonomous and connected cars is the goal of many established companies and investors. It’s no surprise that companies like Apple, Google, and Uber want to dominate the space. It’s also evident that traditional car manufacturers fear outsiders such as IT […]