Experience cloud at its best during Google Cloud Next ’20: OnAir, July 14 – September 8, 2020. During this 9-week event, a new topic will be covered each week, complete with virtual breakout sessions and solution keynotes. Sign in every Tuesday at 9AM PT to discover new on-demand content, demos, success stories, consult with experts, […]
What Do My Customers Expect? Inside Perficient’s Now/New/Next
In my earlier post, I shared our motivation for Now/New/Next and why our clients are using it to rapidly make smart decisions to focus their Customer Experience attention. In this post, I’ll share what you need to know to build your Now/New/Next portfolio. The Approach At the center of Now/New/Next is knowing where you stand […]
Application Modernization: Reviving a Technical Coding Challenge
Our Custom Development Solutions group has been working to revive our Tech Challenge coding competition culture and ultimately decided why re-invent the wheel? A lot of our client work is focused around application modernization, so why don’t we modernize an old Tech Challenge application? Background In 2008, Bryan Dougherty, now our General Manager, created […]
Conversational Marketing: Old School Meets New School
Why Is Everyone Talking about Conversational Marketing? Conversational Marketing, a term originally coined by the company Drift, has taken on many forms and definitions over the past few years. If you ask five professional marketers the definition and what ‘makes up’ conversational marketing, you may get five different understandings. Is it a variation of personalization? […]
You’re Invited to Virtual Blue Prism World 2020!
Blue Prism, our newest robotic process automation partner, is hosting its annual conference, Blue Prism World, June 23-24. In response to COVID-19, the conference will now take place online, replacing Blue Prism’s previously scheduled London and New York events. Registration is free and open to all who wish to attend. Blue Prism World will feature […]
What You Should Be Doing Now to Prepare for 5G in Financial Services
My previous blog outlined the potential risks associated with 5G. In my final blog of this series, I go into detail on what financial services companies should be doing now, to prepare. While it’s true that 5G has the potential to profoundly change the banking industry and be a more significant transformation for mobile technology […]
Auditing With Spring Data JPA
Auditing with Hibernate Envers is a small thing to implement but is the easiest way to audit persistent data in a Spring Boot application. However, Envers is opinionated and may not meet data auditing requirements for your organization, such as audit table schema design or content. Spring Boot applications that require more flexible auditing capabilities […]
Why Should Enterprises invest in VMware Tanzu Mission Control
Enterprises are slowly realizing that they need to adopt Containers and Kubernetes technologies to accelerate their Digital Transformation initiatives. These technologies are the driving forces behind Legacy modernization and Cloud-native applications that are needed to meet the ever changing demands of their customers in today’s Digital era. These technologies provide various benefits for both Developers […]
Perficient and Blue Yonder Launch New Site with Improved CX
For over 30 years, Blue Yonder, formerly JDA, has been the leading provider of end-to-end, integrated retail and supply chain planning and execution solutions. With more than 3,000 global clients, its solutions deliver immediacy, personalization and convenience ensuring their customers reap all the benefits of a truly modernized fulfillment platform. 6 Weeks to Launch Blue […]
What Are the Risks of 5G in Financial Services?
Previously, I went into detail as to why banks should care about the new technology and how it affects mobility, payments, pop-up branches, and omnichannel experiences. My next blog outlines the potential risks associated with 5G. From a strategic planning perspective, it’s important not to believe all the hype, to understand there are potential risks […]
Why Should Banks Care About 5G?
My last blog analyzed what 5G is exactly. This next installment goes into detail of why banks should care about the new technology and how it affects mobility, payments, pop-up branches, and omnichannel experiences. Disruption can happen when you least expect it and by seemingly unassuming technologies like cell service. Think about how Uber and […]
Digital Transformation = More Than Just IT Innovation
According to a recent study from the Harvard Business Review, 70% of companies surveyed report that over the past two years, digital transformation has become significantly more important to their overall success. However, only 20% of companies surveyed rate their company’s digital transformation efforts as effective. Why the disconnect? “Digital transformation” is a loaded term […]