Cloud computing practices are growing within the Enterprise. Digital business strategies are driving activity within the cloud. Organizations are choosing "cloud-first" strategies. Learn how to break down the barriers to cloud adoption.

1. Breaking Down Barriers to Cloud Adoption
Craft & Cloud | Charlotte, NC

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ABOUT OUR SPEAKERS
Sean Wright,
Technical Director, Perficient
George Chast
Bluemix Offering Manager, IBM

3. WHAT’S DRIVING
CHANGE IN THE
INDUSTRY?

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GOING DIGITAL WITH YOUR BUSINESS
Adopt a digital-first
mindset to connect and
engage with customers in
a whole new way
Re-imagine traditional
models and operational
and business processes
for organizational velocity
Connect people,
processes, things, and
data in the industry to
deliver value to customers

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CLOUD AND DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION
• Cloud computing practices are growing within the Enterprise.
• Digital business strategies are driving activity within the cloud. Organizations are
choosing “cloud-first”.
• People and business processes remain top as cloud gains steam.

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WHAT ABOUT THE CLOUD?HOW TO OVERCOME
BARRIERS TO CLOUD
ADOPTION

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STRATEGIC & TACTICAL APPROACH TO CLOUD

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FROM VISION TO OUTCOME

9. PERFICIENT + IBM

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What platforms are best
suited for me?
Does this platform have the
capabilities I require?
How will I operationalize this
new platform?
PERFICIENT’S INNOVATION LAB
Perficient’s Innovation Labs are focused on helping your organization adopt
new solutions in a lean, agile, and collaborative environment.
DISCOVERY
Candidate platforms
Solution requirements
App portfolio rationalization
AGILE REALIZATION
Implement MVP for use cases
Stakeholder demos
Feedback / closure reports
ADOPTION PLANNING
Platform selection
Roadmap for adoption
Community of Practice

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MIGRATION APPROACH OPTIONS
1. Existing services “re-hosted” in Bluemix
Evaluate Liberty profile
fit for existing services.
Evaluate IBM Containers
(Docker) fit for existing
services.
SpringCloud
Evaluate Application Server on
Cloud. Full profile WAS hosted
in Bluemix, preconfigured and
hosted on RHEL guest.
2. Existing services “re-architect” for Bluemix
Liberty Profile
Node.js

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IMMERSION SOLUTION
• Migration-as-a-Service solution from Perficient enables easier movement into the
cloud.
• Perficient won the 2016 Beacon Award from IBM for innovations around the
Immersion Solution.

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MIGRATION APPROACH (IMMERSION)
BLUEMIX PUBLIC,
DEDICATED, OR LOCAL
PRFT IMMERSION
IBM BLUEMIX®
CONNECTIVITY
CLIENT DATA CENTER
CONTINUOUS
DELIVERY
MIGRATION
CLIENT APPLICATIONS
& DATA
VALIDATION

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“Two guys in a Starbucks
can have access to the
same computing power as
a Fortune 500 company.”
Jim Deters - Founder, Galvanize
The rate of innovation is increasing
Design Thinking
Containers
Extreme
Agile
IoT
APIs
Micro
services
Tooling
Runtimes

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The Outcome: An explosion of new channels for
established companies
Mortgages
Online payment
Loans
Account query
Financial calculators

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We are here to help you get started with Bluemix
• Workshop Approach drives digital transformation with mobile, cloud, and DevOps.
BusinessOutcome
Validate and
expand your
initiatives
Innovation
in action
Ignite Design Realize Scale
Learn fast
and adjust
Transform
and scale
your
innovative
solutions

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THANK YOU