Most of my readers know me as a dedicated Sitecore professional, however, close friends are aware of the variety of my hobbies. Some of them also know me as a Scotch whisky expert and collector. After living in the UK for almost 15 years, I got a pretty decent collection of these spirits and learned […]
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Understanding the Architecture of Sitecore Personalize & CDP
Often when people think about Sitecore Personalize, they are only thinking about Web Experiments or Experiences – The feature of the product that allows them to add a pop-up, modal or swap content on their websites. But the platform really is so much more powerful than that. It is really meant to be the foundational […]
My Journey with Sitecore Data Exchange Framework (DEF)
Many projects need to import data. I have found it to be a painful process every time. Each import is custom and requires custom code. There are parts of the process that are the same each time (connecting with source data, reading data, creating a new item, avoiding duplicates, updating existing items). I wanted to […]
Using NextUI with Sitecore’s Headless SXA framework
Sitecore developers transitioning from MVC to headless face something they are probably have not been used to in their time developing Sitecore solutions: “Choice.” While you could integrate whatever CSS and JavaScript libraries into your MVC solutions, it is nothing compared to the ecosystem that Next.js and React provide and how easy they make it […]
Headless CMS Solutions to Consider
If the benefits of headless CMS were convincing enough in the previous blog post that you decided to give, headless architecture a try, your next step is to find a good CMS platform. Below are some great options to get you started. Let’s examine them: Sitecore – a fully functional CMS platform Sitecore is an industry-leading CMS combined with […]
Headless CMS and When to Use it
For every company that tends to move forward with its customer experience and to form a successful content strategy, content management is one of the foremost imperative forms. You are probably already familiar with traditional content management systems (CMS) such as Joomla and WordPress. But how is headless software different? A headless CMS is an […]
Mastering XM Cloud – Development with XM Cloud (part 3 / 3)
If you ask anyone in the Sitecore community what was the biggest hype of 2022 – there wouldn’t be any other opinion than mentioning XM Cloud. Let’s take a look at this latest and shiny SaaS offering! Content Part 1: Overview, Architecture, Features Part 2: New Tools and Interfaces Part 3: Development with XM Cloud […]
Personalization Capabilities of Sitecore XM Cloud
As organizations look toward their next Sitecore upgrade, many will be considering the implications of moving to XM Cloud. For their marketing teams, a big question is going to be how that will affect their personalization strategies. Will they have to invest in CDP and Personalize or will the embedded out of the box personalization […]
Mastering XM Cloud – New Tools and Interfaces (part 2 / 3)
If you ask anyone in the Sitecore community what was the biggest hype of 2022 – there wouldn’t be any other opinion than mentioning XM Cloud. Let’s take a look at this latest and shiny SaaS offering! Content Part 1: Overview, Architecture, Features Part 2: New Tools and Interfaces Part 3: Development with XM Cloud […]
Mastering XM Cloud – Overview, Architecture, Features (part 1 / 3)
If you ask anyone in the Sitecore community what was the biggest hype of 2022 – there wouldn’t be any other opinion than mentioning XM Cloud. Let’s take a look at this latest and shiny SaaS offering! Content Part 1: Overview, Architecture, Features Part 2: New Tools and Interfaces Part 3: Development with XM Cloud […]
Understanding Headless Development with Sitecore
Recently I was giving a talk to a group of wonderful people about the importance of headless development in general and for Sitecore in particular, compared to the old way of doing things with ASPNET MVC. This article will be helpful to marketing people and those on the development side who somehow managed to miss […]
5 Common Questions about Sitecore and Headless Content Management Systems
I too often find myself in the technical weeds when talking about headless architectures and Sitecore Headless Services. Talking about things like GraphQL and Search, Proxy Architectures to support gradual migration, and Rendering Host options and edge functions. I don’t think I’ve done a great job of bringing the conversation up a level and helping […]