January came and went rather quickly, and as marketers, that means we have less than 11 months left to accomplish what we’ve set out to do in 2014. Are you on the right track? In an effort to forecast the 2014 business landscape, Mark Gehman, Director of Perficient’s Sitecore practice, prepared a guide that emphasizes […]
Posts Tagged ‘cloud’
How Windows Azure delivers the Olympics
NBC and Microsoft recently publicized they are streaming every event of the 2014 Winter Olympics to any iOS, Android, Windows device using Windows Azure Media Services. What is Windows Azure Media Services (WAMS) and how does it work? WAMS is a cloud optimized edition of the Microsoft Media Platform (MMP) which handles a variety of […]
Healthcare CIOs are carefully moving to the cloud
Recently our company has increased our focus on what healthcare organizations are looking for when it comes to cloud computing, in large part due to our acquisition last year of two fantastic Salesforce partners (ClearTask and CoreMatrix). I found this article in Healthcare Informatics to be very interesting. It’s titled “The Many Flavors of the […]
Power BI Update
“Power BI is a compelling new offering with advanced collaborative BI capabilities –including mobile cross-platform reporting– to Office 365 SharePoint Online users. But that’s not all. Power BI also encompasses new tools in Excel 2013 that support streamlined self-service reporting and analytics. Find out how you can leverage the hot new self-service BI features coming […]
Power BI for Office 365: Self-Service BI Webinar Recap
Yesterday, we hosted a webinar on Power BI for Office 365: Using SharePoint Online to Deliver Self-Service Business Intelligence. During the well attended session, Andy Tegethoff, Microsoft BI architect at Perficient, first reviewed what Power BI is all about, who is likely to be a user, and the components of it. He then dug deeper […]
Optimizing Experiences Using IBM TeaLeaf
IBM Tealeaf is a tool that can help you optimize customer experiences with your website. Here are a couple of examples of where Tealeaf can be used: A customer has an issue with the website and calls your service center for help. Rather than have the customer relive the poor experience, Tealeaf allows the CSR […]
Coin: The Credit Card that Eliminates all Others
Brian O’Donnell, Senior Technical Consultant at Perficient, recently wrote a blog about Coin, the new all-in-one digital credit card that was recently announced. What is Coin? Coin is a brilliant new technology that allows users to consolidate all of their cards into a single Coin card. A Coin card is not your traditional credit card. It […]
Coin — One card to rule them all?
What is Coin? Coin is a brilliant new technology that allows users to consolidate all of their cards into a single Coin card. A Coin card is not your traditional credit card. It is an electronic device the size of a credit card with a programmable magnetic strip. Any card with a magnetic strip whether […]
Windows Azure PCI DSS compliance and expanded ISO certification
Microsoft announced today that Windows Azure has met two significant milestones. The milestones are related to compliance and security. The lack of PCI compliance is one thing that has kept some potential Windows Azure customers away from building services and applications on the platform. Compliance with the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standards (DSS) will allow you […]
January #WindowsAzure Training
Microsoft is offering several opportunities to get up to speed on Windows Azure. I’m listing just a few options available this month (January 2014). The below items are available via the Microsoft Virtual Academy (MVA) or via webinars. Also coming up in March is the Global Windows Azure Bootcamp (#GWAB), a full day of hands […]
Retail Trends 2014: #4 – The Enterprise Ascends into the Cloud
The cloud trend continues into 2014 as more cloud platforms mature, confidence in security and reliability grows, and the retail use cases for cloud begin to overlap with driving trends like mobile and big data. Analysis from Aberdeen and Accenture show retail investments doubling or tripling through 2015 as cloud business cases begin to prove […]
Microsoft acquires Parature to add customer suite to CRM
This week Microsoft made a very strategic acquisition of Parature to fill a gap that customers need that Microsoft Dynamics CRM has not been able to fulfill in the past without third-party software. Customer Support/Knowledgebase/Portal are features that Parature offers and I am sure like other recent Microsoft acquisitions Microsoft will do a nice job in tightly […]