Strategy and Transformation

IoT in healthcare just gained new wings. Yesterday, Amazon announced its new foray into the busy wearables sector. Dominated by the Apple Watch and Fitbit, the wearables market is estimated by Gartner to reach $52 billion this year – an impressive 27% increase from 2019. This growth coincides with slow-downs of in-person care delivery, brought […]

C-Level @ A Mile High is an annual event, hosted by the Colorado Technology Association (CTA), where C-levels from many of Colorado’s largest technology companies donate their time to support charities and advocacy groups aimed at including more female and under-represented minority students for computer science-related studies and careers. Usually hosted at the Denver Broncos […]

Different organizations will have different needs for cluster memory management. For the same, there is no set of recommendations for resource allocation. Instead, it can be calculated from the available cluster resources.  In this blog post, I will discuss best practices for YARN resource management with the optimum distribution of Memory, Executors, and Cores for […]

Recently, Perficient’s Scott Albahary, Chief Strategist of Financial Services, and Arvind Murali, Chief Strategist of Data Governance, presented a webinar that discussed what it takes for banks and insurance companies to acquire and retain customers. The key, they say, is to create a 360-degree view of customers. Without a holistic view, a company can never […]

I introduced filling the gap in strategy in my last blog post and want to dive in deeper on one element.  Many times, people want to start with Vision or a similar exercise.  The idea being that if there is a gap in your strategy then the obvious next step is to discuss your vision […]

Let’s say it has been ten years since you last implemented your self-service customer portal and it’s starting to show its age. A lot has changed in the portal space since that time and you want to consider a new platform to support your ongoing digital transformation efforts. As you start to research what’s available […]

Healthcare journey maps take time to build, require input from multiple groups, and may uncover uncomfortable findings of the patient journey in your health system. So why invest in creating them? Here’s why to build healthcare journey maps: 1. Discover pain points Healthcare journey maps uncover pain points in the healthcare consumer journey. You learn […]

Teams governance can be overwhelming if you don’t know what you’re doing or new to Teams.  I recently spoke at a webinar with Chris Barber in a webinar titled “Teams Governance & Automation.” We discussed the Teams platform and the teams application platform. Teams has arrived at a time where users are ready for a […]

Behind every successful ecommerce experience is relevant and accurate product information. A product goes through multiple stages such as ideation, research and design, pricing and configuration, marketing, and digital asset association before it is deemed ready for channels like ecommerce, marketplaces, and more. This process of taking a product from ideation all the way to […]

As workers continue to remain remote, Microsoft Teams usage continues to grow. The reason for that is simple, with Teams being seen as potentially the ultimate application platform. For organizations that are new to Teams, though, there is a lot to know in order to get the most out of it. It isn’t just about […]

Faced with the daunting task of saving $6.5 million in annual spend at a large aerospace manufacturer, our small team began evaluating options. We first examined the usual suspects, such as SKU rationalization, improved repair/refurbishment practices, and optimized preventative maintenance to reduce unnecessary equipment downtime. Little did we know at the time, but our most […]

While Microsoft Teams was already gaining steam as a way to allow workplaces to run effectively and efficiently, the COVID-19 pandemic has drastically increased the urgency for Teams for many. The benefits are apparent – Teams can be seen as the ultimate application platform – but that doesn’t guarantee that you will automatically get the […]