Digital transformation does not apply for large enterprises only. Yes, you read it correct – Small businesses also need to or rather can have a strategy for digital transformation. The first step towards digital transformation is to have a well designed and functional web presence/website. Today’s businesses must have websites which are easily found by […]
Choosing the right strategy: Sitecore on Azure PaaS or IaaS
Sitecore has recently released a version which supports deploying Sitecore Experience Platform to Azure web-apps which are a Platform as a Service (PaaS) offering. Sitecore can also be installed on virtual machines residing in Azure’s Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) offerings. Choosing the right strategy will depend on an organization’s maturity model and the motivation […]
Disaster Recovery concepts: Recovery Point Objective(RPO) & Recovery Time Objective (RTO)
Disaster Recovery concepts: Recovery Point Objective(RPO) & Recovery Time Objective (RTO) Recovery Point Objective (RPO) and Recovery Time Objective (RTO) are two of the most important factors of a disaster recovery plan. These are objectives which can guide enterprises to choose an ideal data backup plan. Recovery Point Objective (RPO) A recovery point objective (RPO) is defined […]
Demystifying Omni-Channel and Multi-Channel Customer Experience
The other day I was attending a tradeshow in Ottawa and quickly got into a conversation about customer experience and 2 words came up Omni-channel and Multi-Channel. Few folks in the conversation were like – huh? I took a very simple approach to explain the 2 concepts and thought of writing it down…Without the complex […]
Sitecore Analytics Troubleshooting: Important Tips
Often times I hear from customers and internal teams: “Our Sitecore Experience Analytics is not showing any data” “Sitecore xDB has stopped collecting information” “No data in sitecore reporting server” And so on… Many a times the root cause is the underlying Sitecore implementation. The more scaled the implementation the more complex it is to […]
Strategies for creating a meaningful Sitecore site search experience – Part 1
Today, data is considered as a strategic asset. Companies are going leaps and bounds to generate meaningful content from data. Search in general has evolved as customers need sought out information fast and relevant. As websites are built, providing a search feature has become the norm these days. Customers are focused, they want relevant information […]
Strategies for creating a meaningful Sitecore site search experience – Part 2
In the previous blog we explored indexing strategies that could be used for SOLR or Lucene. Those strategies took the configuration approach with no coding involved. In this section of the blog we go beyond SOLR and Lucene and take a look at some strategies that can be used regardless of SOLR or Lucene and […]
Sitecore Experience Database xDB Maintenance Guidelines
The purpose of this blog is to provide guidelines for maintaining Sitecore Experience Database (xDB) components – in particular Mongo and Solr – after a successful go-live. The ideal scenario would be for customers with a scaled environment using Sitecore XP. The most common level architecture we see is as follows: Two Content Delivery […]
Cloud Computing: Roles and responsibilities
Cloud Computing: Roles and responsibilities If you are migrating from On-Premise to a cloud based solution, it is necessary to understand the different roles and responsibilities in cloud computing. Cloud Service Provider (Vendor) This is the entity that provides the cloud service. The cloud service provider owns and controls the cloud computing platform. The […]
Sitecore: Sample Powershell Script to Push Items through Workflow
Sitecore: Sample Powershell Script to Push Items through Workflow The Sitecore PowerShell Extensions (SPE) module is a Sitecore development accelerator which can drastically increase your productivity and curtail the amount of time it takes to deliver a Sitecore solution. The module provides a command line (CLI) and scripting environment (ISE) for automating tasks. SPEworks with the Sitecore process, […]