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Yesterday, CMSWire.com published an article written by my colleague, Rich Wood. In the article, The SharePoint Mobility Forecast: Outlook Cloudy, Rich discusses the topic of SharePoint and mobility, and the difficulty of achieving a fully accessible SharePoint environment. To kick things off, Rich so aptly puts it: Whether it’s a favorite son or a red-headed stepchild, […]

Introduction It has been a while since I’ve hit the blogosphere. During that time I had the pleasure of presenting a search webinar speaking about SharePoint 2013 search. Not only did I learn that presenting for a webinar was much different than presenting in front of a room of people, I also realized that the […]

A topic that often comes up in consulting engagements that involve Oracle SOA Suite is migration. Simply put, migration moves a code release – or some of its component – from one environment to another. When it comes to SOA Composite Applications, one approach I have seen consists in leveraging the revision control system, Subversion […]

I came across something interesting in SharePoint the other day. I knew that a user can open a SharePoint task list in MS Project, edit the items, then hit save, and the changes will be reflected in the task list. This can be done by going to the task list screen, clicking on the “List” […]

GoBank has been in the news a lot lately with the launch of their new mobile-first banking app.  Their no overdraft and “pay what you want” fee structure prove to be rather compelling for potential customers to switch banks.  GoBank’s single-touch onboarding process and creative design are also indicative of good user experience design and […]

While working on a client project recently, I discovered that I needed to explore the option to load multiple CSS files from a different site collection, a Portal site. Additional site collections, in this case, are connected to the portal site to consume resources including lists and dynamically generated content. This is because there will […]

We have been using a number of database management system (DBMS) such as SQL Server, DB2, and Oracle, but probably we don’t care about how the data is stored and organized in disk. Actually most of popular DBMS are built upon the row-oriented structure which stores its content by row; while today’s DB market, column-oriented […]

Trying to stay ahead of the curve when it comes to IT issues is a challenging task. Emerging technology forces in the financial services industry are already impacting business. The convergence of these forces does present challenges; however, it also provides a window of opportunity for financial institutions to elevate business performance and gain a […]

On June 25, IBM announced the availability of version 1.0.3 of IBM SmartCloud Docs.  If you haven’t heard of IBM SmartCloud Docs, it is similar to Google Docs. You can store and edit documents, spreadsheets, and presentations right on line without having to have desktop software installed.  IBM allows you to edit both Microsoft Office […]

Yesterday, we hosted a SharePoint 2013 webinar that covered the new search and social features. Will Tseng, a senior technical consultant within Perficient’s SharePoint practice, and Rich Wood, director of Perficient’s national SharePoint practice, teamed up to talk about two of their favorite topics. In the first half of the webinar, Will discussed key components of designing […]

Is There A Pressing Need for Mobile Commercial Payments? From a consumer perspective, I wholeheartedly believe mobile is a necessary service channel.  I am all about mobile, but we are not hearing a pressing need from the wholesale banking community to provide a commercial payments framework on the mobile platform.  Outside of commercial cards and […]

HFMA President and CEO Joe Fifer told healthcare finance professionals last week at ANI: The HFMA National Institute. “People want to know why health care costs what it does and what we’re doing about it,” Fifer said. “We need to move beyond the rhetoric.”1 Fifer went on to say that consumers are fed up with […]