[April 19, 2012]

IBM Premier Business Partner Perficient to Present at Impact 2012

Perficient, Inc. (NASDAQ: PRFT), a leading information technology consulting firm serving Global 2000 and other large enterprise customers throughout North America, today announced it will be a Gold-level sponsor and co-present with two healthcare clients - Premier healthcare alliance and MedImpact - on WebSphere and business process management (BPM) at IBM Impact 2012. Impact 2012 is the premier IBM (News - Alert) conference for business and IT leadership, and will be held April 29 - May 4, 2012, in Las Vegas, Nev.

Perficient client and partner Premier, a healthcare performance improvement alliance serving more than 2,500 hospitals and 81,000 additional healthcare sites, is faced with helping its members meet increased demands from regulatory agencies to decrease healthcare costs and improve patient care. Perficient (News - Alert) Director Satyam Singh and Premier Directors Priya Thinagar and Travis Cherry will co-present "Increasing Efficiencies and Improving Patient Care Using IBM WebSphere JRules" on Tuesday, May 1, from 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. In this session, they will discuss how leveraging IBM's WebSphere technologies allowed them to design a platform that helps translate patient data into actionable insights that ultimately reduces costs and improves patient lives.

Perficient also will co-present with client MedImpact Healthcare Systems, Inc., a benefits management service provider, regarding business process management (BPM) technologies. In the session "MedImpact: Considerations for Selecting the Right BPM Partner," Carolyn Zele with MedImpact, Fahad Osmani with IBM, and Perficient's Graham Wallis, will draw on experience and expertise from both an IBM and partner perspective to discuss how companies can better identify the right BPM partner to help achieve improved business processes and increased customer value.

"Organizations are faced with increasing customer demands, fierce competition and high expectations for business growth," said John Jenkins, vice president of Perficient's IBM Business Group. "To address these challenges, smart companies look to dynamic business processes and effective application infrastructures to drive innovation and reduce costs. As a premier IBM business partner, Perficient helps companies design and implement information technology solutions utilizing IBM's innovative technologies to achieve the best business results. We're pleased to share our experience and expertise during Impac 2012."

Learn More from Perficient Clients

In addition to its joint session with Perficient and IBM, MedImpact will present two sessions including "Case Study: BPM & Decision Automation for Benefits Management" on Monday, April 30, from 2 - 3:15 p.m. and "MedImpact - Service Orienting the PBM Platform (SOA, Connectivity and Integration)" on Monday, April 30, from 10:45 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Additionally, Perficient client Blue Cross Blue Shield of California will present "Information as a Service (IaaS) is Data Integration 2.0 BCBS California" on Wednesday, May 2, from 10:45 a.m. to 12 p.m. Experts from BCBS California will discuss how, through its partnership with Perficient, it successfully combined SOA, DataPower, data virtualization and Master Data Management best practices to achieve a quick return on its IaaS investments.

Don't Miss Perficient Experts at Booth G3

During Impact, Perficient subject matter experts will be on hand in Booth G3 to discuss key IBM business-driven technologies including BPM, Service-Oriented architecture (SOA), cloud, mobile and WebSphere solutions for major industries like healthcare, financial services, automotive and retail. Visitors to the booth can learn how Perficient's IBM solutions help companies align business and IT objectives, establish optimal business processes, accelerate productivity and reduce costs.

Perficient is a recipient of the 2010 IBM Impact Smarter Decision Management award. Perficient also is a three-time winner of IBM's Lotus North American Distinguished Partner award. It was named the 2011 IBM Information Management Business Analytics Solution Provider Achievement Award, and the 2011 IBM Information Management Solution Excellence Award.

For more information on Perficient's expertise in IBM technologies - including business analytics, information management, commerce, BPM, SOA and integration and Portal, web content management and social collaboration - across all industries, visit www.perficient.com/Impact. For live updates throughout the events, follow Perficient experts via Twitter (News - Alert) @Perficient_IBM.

To schedule a media interview with a Perficient subject matter expert, please contact Liz Drazen at 314-529-3563 or liz.drazen@perficient.com.

About Perficient

Perficient is a leading information technology consulting firm serving Global 2000 and enterprise customers throughout North America. Perficient's professionals serve clients from a network of offices across North America and three offshore locations, in Eastern Europe, India, and China. Perficient helps clients use Internet-based technologies to improve productivity and competitiveness, strengthen relationships with customers, suppliers and partners, and reduce information technology costs. Perficient, traded on the Nasdaq Global Select Market, is a member of the Russell 2000® index and the S&P SmallCap 600 index. Perficient is an award-winning "Premier Level" IBM business partner, a TeamTIBCO partner, a Microsoft (News - Alert) National Systems Integrator and Gold Certified Partner, a Documentum Select Services Team Partner, and an Oracle Certified Partner.

For more information, please visit www.perficient.com. Learn more from our subject matter experts via social media at www.perficient.com/socialmedia. Follow us on Twitter @Perficient and @Perficient_IBM.

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