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Perficient Bolsters Enterprise Mobility Strategy with Dedicated IBM Mobility Practice [Professional Services Close - Up](Professional Services Close - Up Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Perficient, Inc., an information technology consulting firm serving Global 2000 and other large enterprise customers throughout North America, said it is experiencing an increased demand from clients to design and implement effective mobile engagement strategies for both employee and customer applications. "Mobile is having a profound impact on the market today. However, if companies want to have a successful mobile strategy, it takes more than just developing a sleek-looking app," said Hari Madamalla, vice president of Perficient's IBM BPM and industry solutions practice. "Mobility is placing new demands on IT for effective usability, architecture and development approaches. Users are demanding fast-paced delivery yet require an engaging user experience, a secure and consistent architecture, and a well- defined development methodology." As an IBM Premier Business Partner, Perficient noted, it recently has formed an IBM Mobility Practice to offer end-to-end assistance with strategy, planning and implementation of mobile solutions. The IBM Mobility Practice extends and enhances Perficient's well- established mobility service offerings for enterprise customers. Specifically, the IBM Mobility Practice can help clients integrate and deliver IBM's Worklight solution, an open, comprehensive and advanced mobile application platform for smartphones and tablets. Using Worklight, Perficient can create cross-platform applications that reduce time-to-market and cost and complexity of development, and enable a better user experience across a variety of mobile devices, the Company noted in a press release. "With the launch of our IBM Mobility Practice, Perficient is better positioned to help clients across all industries, including retail, automotive, healthcare and financial services, address not just the creation of mobile applications, but transform their business processes, and seamlessly connect existing back-end data, applications and systems, utilizing IBM technologies," continued Madamalla. "When combining our mobility expertise with extensive experience delivering business process management (BPM), SOA and integration, and Connectivity solutions, Perficient is well positioned to help our clients become more agile, flexible and responsive, which strengthens customer engagement, accelerates productivity, and drives business growth." Perficient recently worked with a large, national retailer to help address the rise of enterprise mobility, transforming their web and commerce infrastructure to better engage with retail customers through digital platforms. This infrastructure strategy helps remediate barriers between the store and the dot-com platform, and open up new mobile and third-party retail channels. It delivers the right information to the right touch points quickly and reliably by connecting back end systems to front end engagement. As a result, the retailer has the ability to extend their guests' shopping experience beyond the walls of their retail store - including mobile applications - and can offer personal, easy and convenient options whenever and however their guests choose to shop, Perficient added. During the conference, executives from the large, national retailer took part in the Forbes Business Leadership Forum keynote presentation, and discussed how the retailer has outperformed its competitors by delivering value and positive experiences through various channels - online, in-store and via mobile devices like smartphones and tablets. "Today's macro business environment is challenged by such forces as cloud, mobile and Big Data, all which greatly impact the way organizations operate daily. For enterprise organizations to be successful, they must have the ability to navigate these challenges," said Vishal Rajpal, general manager, Perficient IBM BPMS. "Smart companies look to dynamic business processes and effective application infrastructures to drive innovation and reduce costs. In utilizing IBM's BPM, PureSystems and Connectivity solutions, Perficient helps organizations adapt to changing business needs, boost competitiveness, improve operational efficiencies, optimize resources and simplify platforms." Perficient serves as a gold sponsor of Impact 2013, and its experts are available in Booth G9 to discuss how customers can implement impactful technology solutions 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 and its technology offerings 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 received IBM's 2012 Integration Excellence Award, and was awarded with the 2011 IBM Information Management Business Analytics Solution Provider Achievement Award, and the 2011 IBM Information Management Solution Excellence Award. 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