AI has changed the cloud modernization mandate.
Organizations are no longer moving to the cloud simply to update infrastructure, reduce technical debt, or improve scalability. They need modern cloud foundations that can support trusted data, responsible AI, and new ways of working across the business.
That takes more than adding AI tools to an existing technology environment. AI requires an operating model built for continuous change, governed decision-making, and disciplined execution. Without those elements, even promising initiatives can remain stuck in experimentation.
At Perficient, we believe cloud modernization should create a practical foundation for AI adoption. That means connecting platforms, data, engineering, governance, and customer experience so organizations can move confidently from an initial idea to production at scale.
IDC Recognizes Perficient as a Major Player
Perficient has been named a Major Player in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Cloud Professional Services in the AI Era 2026 Vendor Assessment (Doc #US54117426, September 2026).
We believe this recognition reflects Perficient’s AI-native approach to cloud transformation, depth of proprietary cloud and AI intellectual property, industry expertise, and ability to help organizations move from strategy to production at scale.
“Too many organizations are treating AI as a technology initiative when it’s actually an operating model shift,” said Joel Lindsey, Vice President of Cloud Modernization Platform Services, Perficient. “Without modern cloud foundations, trusted data, and disciplined governance, AI remains just an experiment. We believe being named a Major Player in this IDC MarketScape reflects our ability to help clients build AI-ready businesses through modern cloud foundations, responsible governance, and disciplined execution.”
The point is straightforward: AI success depends on more than technology. Organizations need the cloud foundations, trusted data, governance, and operating model required to move AI beyond experimentation and into production.
Moving Beyond Infrastructure and Modernization
According to the IDC MarketScape, “Perficient’s key strength is the depth and operational specificity of its proprietary cloud and AI IP relative to its size, paired with a well-articulated delivery governance model.”.”
The report also noted that “Perficient is particularly compelling for Americas-based organizations in financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, or retail that want a firm to embed senior practitioners directly in delivery rather than hand off after assessment, and for buyers that value customer-experience and product-engineering depth alongside cloud infrastructure capability.”
That combination matters because an AI-ready business cannot be built through infrastructure alone. Organizations must also modernize the applications, experiences, data environments, governance structures, and delivery models surrounding that infrastructure.
Perficient brings those capabilities together. We help organizations modernize technology, unlock the value of their data, and build AI-ready businesses through platform, engineering, and consulting expertise.
Turning AI Strategy Into Production
Moving AI into production requires organizations to make complex decisions about architecture, data, security, governance, cost, and business value. Committing to broader transformation without first establishing the right foundation creates unnecessary risk.
Perficient helps clients establish clear priorities, validate ideas, and build confidence before expanding their investments.
Our teams work across AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, hybrid environments, and leading AI platforms, including Anthropic. We apply proprietary cloud and AI intellectual property to help clients move from strategy to production with greater speed, consistency, and confidence.
Just as important, our senior practitioners remain engaged in delivery. We do not stop at assessment or hand over a roadmap without a practical path forward. We connect strategy to execution and build governance into the process from the beginning.
Cloud That Supports an AI-Ready Business
We view this recognition as evidence of Perficient’s sustained focus on helping clients create measurable value from cloud and AI investments.
The next stage of modernization will not be defined by how many AI pilots an organization launches. It will be defined by how effectively the organization puts AI into production, governs it responsibly, and uses it to improve how the business operates.
Modern cloud foundations make that possible. Trusted data, disciplined governance, and embedded execution make it sustainable.
To learn more about Perficient’s cloud professional services, you can access the News Release for more details about Perficient’s recognition as a Major Player.
