The mobile TV platform seemed to have it all. Why did it lose everything? Last week mobile TV platform Quibi announced plans to shut down operations, just seven months after a promising debut. In its brief run, Quibi burned through $1.7 billion of investor goodwill, flubbed a turn on the Super Bowl ad stage and […]
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Understanding the HCL Commerce Upgrade from the Consultant’s Perspective
With extensive program upgrades and technical improvements, many businesses are finding its time to upgrade from HCL V7 to the more recent version, HCL V9. We understand that upgrades to any system can be frustrating, extensive, and difficult to navigate, which is why partnering with HCL experts who can walk you through the migration and […]
Vlocity CPQ in a Nutshell
Imagine you are the owner of a company that sells electrical products. With Salesforce CRM, your marketing team was able to gather more and more customers. But you notice that the sales team is taking a much longer time to close sales. The sales team uses traditional methods; spending too much time filling out Excel […]
Exploring the Sling Feature Model: Part 3 – Custom Aggregates
In the first post of the Exploring the Sling Feature Model series, I discussed the process of converting the Sling CMS app from the Sling Provisioning Model to the Sling Feature Model. So how does this apply to your custom applications? To illustrate, let’s convert my personal site, danklco.com, which is currently managed via Sling […]
Dynamically Set Connection Strings in Web.Config
If you are struggling to set up the web.config files upon hosting your web application, here is a solution to how you can configure your Web.Debug.config and Web.Release.config file so that your application runs dynamically on both the dev and prod environments. Web.Config Leave the original web.config file as it is. Make sure you […]
If 5G is supposed to be a game-changer, what’s the game?
Part of Apple’s iPhone 12 family announcement included a big push around 5G capabilities and the promise of a better life, all because users will be able to do things faster than they did before. Apple (and others) are calling 5G a “game-changer” but is it? And if it is, what exactly is the 5G […]
2020 Embrace the Moment Gala for Michigan Council of Women in Technology
The Michigan Council of Women in Technology (MCWT) virtually presented the 12th annual Embrace the Moment – MCWT Digital Signature Gala on Saturday, October 17, 2020. This event empowers female leaders in Michigan who change the world through technology. I had the opportunity to attend this unique event and learn more about the incredible initiatives […]
Managing Workloads with Infrastructure Nodes
One of the many benefits of using Red Hat OpenShift to manage your container workloads is the flexibility it provides to distribute and/or isolate workloads. There are many scenarios around this, but one that I like to regularly use when deploying a cluster is creating dedicated infrastructure nodes, and then moving the router function onto […]
An Introduction to Lightning Web Components
In Salesforce, Lightning Web Components (LWC) are a revolutionary change in the lightning platform programming paradigm. If you are new to Lightning Platform and you have been developing solutions outside of Salesforce with the help of HTML and JavaScript, then you will find LWC is a piece of cake. In this blog, we will be […]
How to Better Serve Your Clients with Automated Fulfillment Systems
The goal of each business is to meet and exceed customer expectations by accurately fulfilling orders even when against extreme demand. Many organizations choose to fulfill with at least one manual rules-based approach based on factors like proximity. While this may seem like an ideal solution, there are automated supply chain methods companies can implement […]
The Benefits of Utilizing a Progressive Web Application in Digital Commerce
A progressive web application (PWA) is a software application built with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to run within and depend on a standards-compliant web browser. PWAs exploit their reliance on these browsers to overcome conventional web browsers application development challenges, such as browser-compatibility and feature availability. There is a tremendous opportunity for a unified and […]
Configuring Web.config to Redirect to Azure Website Instead of Localhost
If you have created your App Service on Azure but it redirects to a localhost instead of the Azure website URL upon authentication, there are some changes you will have to make in your Web.config file. In our example, we will be using Microsoft.Owin.Security.OpenIdConnect library for authentication (Azure AD). We are using .NET Framework 4.7.2 […]