Glenn Kline

IT leaders are under constant pressure to improve operations and stay on top of trends in the rapidly evolving world of modern business. In our guide, the ‘VP of IT’s Guide to Transforming Your Business’ we discussed the benefits of adopting a product-driven organization over a project-driven one. In our first blog in this series, […]

In today’s dynamic and competitive business landscape, IT Leaders are constantly seeking ways to optimize their operations and stay ahead of the competition. One crucial decision organizations must make is choosing between a project-driven or a product-driven approach for product development. A project-driven approach prioritizes the completion of individual projects, while a product-driven approach prioritizes […]

Every year IBM announces “5 in 5” technology predictions which will be important to the world within 5 years.  This year IBM researchers  reviewed them at at IBM Think 2019 on 2/13/2019.  The presenters were: Geraud Dubois, DGM Science to Solutions, IBM Research – Almaden Arvind Krishna, SVP, Cloud and Cognitive Software, IBM Jeannette M. […]

IBM Think 2019 got its official kickoff yesterday. IBM’s Chairman, President and CEO Ginni Rometty delivered the conference keynote welcoming prominent CEOs and company leaders while discussing transforming into Cognitive Enterprises. Dear Tech… The address started with a video of individuals writing an open letter to the tech industry. Security, cloud, scale, safety, AI-ending bias, understanding […]

Liferay launched Liferay University in early August, 2018 and it is now live.  Liferay University offers self paced online training on a number of topics for Liferay DXP 7.1 and some of Liferay’s other products.  Some of the introductory courses are free and the more in depth courses can either be purchased a la carte or a […]

Liferay DXP 7.1 Want to know what’s new in Liferay’s DXP 7.1? Here is your sneak peak. Perficient has been delivering digital experience platform and portal solutions using Liferay since 2011 and became a formal partner in 2013.  We recently attended Liferay’s 2018 Partner Summit and received a preview at what is coming in Liferay […]

Mark Perterson, VP, Building and Asset Optimization and Stephan Marguet, Executive Director, Real Estate Business Services Citizens’ Services in British Columbia presented an informative session at IBM Think 2018, “Building a Blueprint to Smart Buildings / How to Plan and Prepare for the Future.” Mark began the session with background and important reasons why smart […]

IBM Watson Content Hub (WCH) is a cloud-based content management system (CMS) which allows you to manage and publish full website experiences or deliver headless content to your web and mobile experiences. In November, I published 5 reasons you should use Watson Content Hub.  As promised, here are 5 more reasons you should use Watson […]

IBM Watson Content Hub (WCH) is a cloud-based content management system (CMS) which allows you to manage and publish full website experiences or deliver headless content to your web and mobile experiences.  The initial product was launched in December, 2016 and in less than a year has positioned itself as a leading cloud based CMS.  […]

Ed Chung, VP Product Management, presented the product road map at the 2017 Liferay Symposium. There are three pillars of the road map that Liferay considers in their approach: Unify customer experiences Transform business operations Evolve your digital strategy Unify Customer Experiences Key drivers to delivering the customer experiences are: Understand what customers are doing […]

Bryan Cheung, CEO of Liferay, kicked off the Liferay Symposium 2017 keynote in Austin, TX. At a high level, the messaging was that Liferay has been listening to customers and transforming with the industry to modernize their products and stay relevant as digital transformation continues across all customers. During the past five years, customers have […]

Ed Han, lead consultant from Liferay, Inc., presented a session at the 2017 Liferay Symposium on best practices for upgrading to Liferay DXP. There are essentially four broad questions that should be asked when planning and starting an upgrade: Why upgrade? What is an upgrade? What are the risks? What is the plan? Why upgrade? […]