Posts Tagged ‘digital transformation’

A recent Financial Times article discussed how Admiral, a UK-based insurance company, was planning to leverage Facebook data to offer policy discounts. “The way you write and the things you post online are shaped by your personality,” an Admiral employee said. “An overconfident person will use phrases such as ‘always,’ ‘never,’ and exclamation marks rather […]

America’s tech forecast for 2017? Plenty of clouds, says Forrester Research. The independent technology and market research firm recently issued Predictions 2017: Customer-Obsessed Enterprises Launch Cloud’s Second Decade, which outlines key factors expected to shape cloud computing in the coming year. In the report, Forrester said, “the cloud market will accelerate faster in 2017 as […]

Predicting the future is easy. Nailing down those predictions – well, that’s something else entirely. But if there’s one thing that corporate infrastructure and operations leaders can expect in 2017, it’s this: The silver lining around enterprise cloud computing will shine even brighter. “The cloud market will accelerate faster in 2017 as enterprises around the […]

Predicting the future is easy. Nailing down those predictions – well, that’s something else entirely. But if there’s one thing that corporate infrastructure and operations leaders can expect in 2017, it’s this: The silver lining around enterprise cloud computing will shine even brighter. “The cloud market will accelerate faster in 2017 as enterprises around the […]

93% of millennials do not go to the doctor for preventative checkups, and more than a quarter are willing to self-diagnose their own sicknesses. When patients go to the doctor so infrequently, how can healthcare professionals provide the consistent and in-depth care needed to keep patients healthy?

DevOps is gaining steam across many technical organizations, becoming the go-to choice for technology executives wanting more agility and innovation. Contrary to past approaches where much of the development and innovation happened piecemeal, organizations today are discovering that implementing DevOps involves not just a transition, but also additional work. Over the past year, we’ve discovered […]

Cloud implementations bring a new set of challenges due to the fundamental difference in how applications and their supporting infrastructure are delivered and managed. It should be noted that none of these challenges should be seen as a reason to delay moving an application to the cloud. Instead, you should embrace the challenges and understand […]

At this point the UI is developed, we’re binding the “Pulse” text to our controller “Received Actions” graph_steps function, based on “Pulse” tap on the screen. This code is an easy way to get started with testing a new API endpoint when the data is incoming. By no means is it a “best practice”, but […]

  Welcome to the Internet of Things series aligning to Enterprise introduction of smart devices! Skipping the introduction to “What is IoT?”, as this has become a buzz word that has many meanings, and utilities, we will focus on the following foundation: How to select hardware, protocols, and create a hub network to stream data […]

Last week I attended the 13th Annual Connected Health Symposium, in Boston, where the theme this year was ‘Digital Technology that Cares, Bringing the Human Element to Life’. As a strategist in Perficient’s Healthcare and Life Sciences practice, I am keenly interested in the latest innovations unveiled at this venue and their potential impacts on […]

Innovative mobile technologies are continuously being introduced, and savvy life sciences organizations are taking note. Many of these technologies have the potential to drastically reduce the time and cost of clinical trials, from subject recruitment to data collection, not to mention likely create a boost in patient engagement. Examples of using digital technologies in clinical […]

Tell us if this sounds like your organization: You’ve implemented a cloud strategy that enables your business to become more agile and cost-efficient. You’ve hired the right consultants to ensure that your transition is smooth. Employees now have more collaboration opportunities than ever with the ability to work on the road or at home without […]