Posts Tagged ‘innovation’

2017 has been a banner year for developers, particularly those who have successfully adopted DevOps in their organization. Driven by increased customer demands and the arrival of new automation technologies, the trend was important enough for research firm IDC to conduct an entire FutureScape conversation around the topic. We watched the presentation and found the […]

Open-Source Cloudbees Jenkins is at the center of many DevOps deployments, providing support for Continuous Integration and Deployment processes end-to-end. With so many data points at play in DevOps, CloudBees recently launched CloudBees DevOptics, an analytics application to aggregate data from software development pipelines as it moves through a Jenkins server. The tool will identify […]

According to research firm Gartner, IT spending will total $86.4 billion by the end of this year, with much of the investment going into initiatives including DevOps. Organizations who leverage tools within the DevOps toolchain including Sonatype, CloudBees, Chef, Ansible, Amazon Web Services, and Pivotal experience positive business outcomes, from money saved to easier collaboration […]

Building good software in the DevOps age is a constant challenge for innovative organizations. Whether it’s maintaining continuous deployment or engaging development teams to remain collaborative, technology can help. The best practices of development converge in San Francisco this year from December 4-7, 2017 for Pivotal SpringOne. With speakers from Google, Comcast, and Microsoft leading […]

We’re proud to announce that Perficient is the winner of the Dell Boomi New Partner of the Year Award this week at Boomi World in San Francisco, taking place September 20-22. Dell Boomi is a leading provider of cloud integration and workflow automation software to build connected businesses. The New Partner of the Year Award recognizes […]

Way back in 2008, Garret Camp pitched a little idea called UberCab, which eventually became Uber and went on to almost single-handedly create the so-called Sharing Economy. To say that Uber was a disruptive innovation might be one of the biggest understatements of the last 20 years. It’s disrupted the taxi business, put the auto […]

Customized IT solutions are exactly what they are – a specifically designed project where nothing comes out of the box. As our consultants have discovered with nearly two decades of work, nearly anything can happen anytime, anywhere. DevOps is one such example. Though it may seem simple and logical on the surface, successful initiatives require […]

Reputation Institute, a research and advisory firm that focuses on tackling and analyzing the reputation of companies worldwide, released its annual ranking of the most reputable U.S. banks. According to the report (and a basic understanding of human nature!), a company’s reputation has an effect on: Customers buying your products and services Policymakers and regulators […]

A couple of days ago, I posted this piece on a different blog at Perficient, but thought it was interesting enough to share it with those who work in the banking and insurance industries. –  –  – Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s CEO, recently took a trip to Alaska as part of his personal challenge to have […]

One of the greatest features you can offer your customer or partner base as a product-driven company is an idea engine. It allows those who use your product regularly to offer suggestions on how to improve it, features to add, or what new products to create. Giving the power to your customers to help make […]

Jim Hertzfeld, Perficient Digital’s Principal for Strategy & Innovation, was selected by the Society of Digital Agencies (SoDA) to contribute towards the recently released 2017 SoDA Report. In his editorial, Jim shares his insights on design thinking trends and the current market dynamics forcing marketers to continually adapt. At this inflection point, we cannot just be better than what […]

The annals of business are filled with the stories of what could have been and missed opportunities. From printer giant Xerox’s surrendering of what would eventually become Mac OS to video giant Blockbuster’s passing on acquiring Netflix, there are enough lessons to fill business school classrooms for years to come. What’s even more shocking is […]