Posts Tagged ‘DevOps’

With the arrival of Edge Computing, the coronation of IoT wasn’t far behind. As we’ll likely witness in IDC’s upcoming FutureScape Report and in already-released reports projects concerning the Internet of Things will likely see significant increase in 2018. Here are some of the reports we’re seeing: IoT Connections are Growing: According to Verizon’s 2017 […]

According to Forrester, the software market will continue to grow through 2017 and beyond to a tune of $634 billion dollars. With a clearly defined market and hot demand, organizations will continue to place software development at the top of their priorities. Just having priorities however, is not enough. According to MWD Advisors, a survey […]

Loch Ness, the Bermuda Triangle, and the AEM Dispatcher; three great mysteries of our time! Despite playing a critical role in Adobe project, the AEM Dispatcher is a black box. In this series of blog posts, I’ll tear back the veil concealing the AEM Dispatcher and help you master this essential tool! In this first post, we’ll discuss how to […]

One of today’s trending technologies is Docker, useful and being widely applied in the continuous integration (CI), continuous delivery (CD) and auto deployment practices. While commonly used in application development use cases, there are also successes in digital experience situations, as our Perficient China team has discovered. Their implementation makes our entire application/instance to be […]

As a recent homeowner, I’ve become more attuned to the complexities of the building I live in. After all, the buck now stops with me around repair challenges including piping, the water heater, and the look of the interior. One thing that stands out to me around home repairs is that everything is standardized and […]

In today’s digital economy, enterprises face disruption by innovative business models and new players in the established industries. With multi-channel experiences the norm, many consumers have little patience for organizations who drop the ball on their customer service and product initiatives. More so, with more options on the market than ever and the search engine […]

Integration initiatives are top of mind for executives in 2017 and beyond, especially as speed and agility translate to competitive advantage. Frustrated by the operational complexity and implementation challenges of traditional integration approaches like service oriented architecture (SOA), an increasingly popular alternative is microservices, a component-based architecture that allows for greater flexibility. Like every IT […]

Technology consolidation is constant theme transforming industries. For example, personal computers have merged with tablets and mobile phones as consumers show their interest in computing power on the go. Even applications have gotten smaller, with traditional software replaced by lightweight applications. Logically speaking, the same is happening in the enterprise software world where DevOps, security, […]

For many organizations, cloud is the shiny object and rightly so. According to research firm Gartner, the cloud services market will grow 18% this year, outpacing numerous traditional IT solutions. As with every new and innovative IT solution on the market, there are distractions surrounding practical use and adjacent challenges. For example, marketers communicated the […]

APIs and microservices are at the center of numerous cloud-native application architectures. While digital native organizations have already innovated on this approach, established enterprises are just catching on and wondering where to start. Successful execution and implementation within these areas is fraught with challenges, including having the right foundation, skill sets, and buy-in from leadership. […]

An adage often repeated in the retail industry is that the customer is always right. Even if standard operating procedures were followed correctly, the customer still commands their wallet. In today’s age, with social media further extending the message of even the most anonymous customer, organizations must be cognizant to build products that drive customer […]

Amazon Connect makes use of queue specific hours of operations to route callers based on the time and day of the week.  It’s an excellent feature to use for any call center that has regular operation hours or dedicated shifts. However, a preconfigured calendar doesn’t work very well for unpredictable events. In case your supervisors […]