One thing is clear after the last year and a half – the overnight shift from in-person experiences to digital-first (or digital only) has prompted companies to double down on providing superb digital experiences. At the same time, they have to make sure that “every user interaction builds and delivers on business outcomes.” Planning, building, […]
Tools Used in Robotics Process Automation (RPA)
Robotic process automation (RPA) is a software technology that makes it easy to build, deploy, and manage software robots that emulate human actions interacting with digital systems and software. Just like people, software robots can do things like understanding what’s on a screen, complete the right keystrokes, navigate systems, identify and extract data, and perform […]
The Evolution of Digital Design: Why Good Design is More Than Good Aesthetics
Digital design as we know it today is still a relatively new concept. It’s so new that only 22% of 557 organizations surveyed had the design operations to implement the design at scale in 2020, a surprisingly low number when considering the few organizations that tapped into the design for more than just the looks were able to outperform the S&P by 228% over a […]
Recent Grads Share What They Learned Through Perficient’s Campus Program
Our People Promise states: “Perficient promises to challenge, champion, and celebrate our people.” That promise is something we take seriously; we believe in championing each other through both challenges and celebrations. That support is baked into our culture, which is especially important at the beginning of your career. READ MORE: Unveiling the New Perficient People Promise […]
How to Make Agile Iteration Possible Within Waterfall Budgeting – Part 2
In Part 1 of How to Make Agile Iteration Possible Within Waterfall Budgeting, I covered the business desire to achieve iterative development and quick time-to-market, with the reservations of rigid waterfall budgeting and planning. I also covered pre-project and project start steps, which I believe are critically important to achieving the desired result during implementation. […]
A Brief Introduction to Ansible
Let’s look back at the network and system computing age when server deployment and management were daunting tasks for companies. Then, only the system administrator was responsible for software installation, settings management, and all other administration services manually on various servers. It was almost impossible to manage workloads manually and always needed to put the […]
Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) Explained
FHIR! FHIR! FHIR! FHIR (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources) Specification is a standard published by HL7 for exchanging healthcare information electronically. And it’s a hot topic for payers and providers. As patients and members move around the healthcare ecosystem, their electronic health records must be available, discoverable, and understandable. Simply put, consumers expect this experience. Further, […]
OneStream – Table Data Manager
During the month of June 2021, OneStream Software made available a new MarketPlace Solution, Table Data Manager, to which this blog will provide an introduction. Per the Setup Instructions, “Table Data Manager was built to enable the management of tables and views in an Azure SQL Database” and based on this blog the functionality I […]
An Intro to Caching in MuleSoft 4
Caching is a concept harnessed to store frequently used data in the memory, file system, or database that helps to improve processing times. This strategy is most useful when data does not change frequently or is static in nature. In general, some benefits of caching include improved responsiveness, increased performance, and decreased network costs. The […]
Perficient Commerce Leaders to Present at Digital Commerce 360: B2B Ecommerce Sales & Expansion
We’re excited for our very own, Justin Racine, Director of Commerce, and Karie Daudt, Director of Commerce Strategy, to present at Digital Commerce 360’s Fast-Tracking B2B Ecommerce Sales & Expansion, the second of three B2B events premiering on Thursday, August 12, 2021. This live-streamed session will present research from various thought leaders and commerce experts […]
Power Duo Approach to Physician Burnout, Cost Optimization, and More
Healthcare payers and providers aim toward a common pinnacle goal: to promote better health outcomes. The steps toward this achievement require efficiency and insights. In this blog, I explore how intelligent automation (or IA) and advanced analytics intersect to support healthcare’s aims. Triple Aim? Quadruple Aim? First, a brief history lesson. In 2007, the Institute […]
An Interoperability Success Story: Modernizing Enterprise Data & Integrations in Healthcare
A healthcare experience upgrade – that’s the quest of so many healthcare organizations. Consumers expect better healthcare experiences. Government has even mandated it. And, below the surface, data serves as important connective tissue powering seamless, connected experiences for patients, members, and their care ecosystems. Interoperability helps unlock data’s greater potential — healthcare innovation, more meaningful care […]