Platforms and Technology

Recently, I faced a situation where I needed to create a navigable 3D house within a website. In this house, a user would be able to look around a room by clicking and dragging their point of view, similar to street view on Google Maps. Additionally, there would be clickable hotspots that would allow the […]

There are a few things I would like to add to clarify the usage of the CopySnapshotFromInstance command.  As the documented definition goes, it mentions as a current snapshot in one place but an existing snapshot in another. I would like to confirm that it works on both current and existing snapshots.   CopySnapshotFromInstance is […]

Speed is an important aspect of any website’s performance. Currently, there is a need for a solution to improve the upload speed of pages on ecommerce website. To address this, we created an elegant solution using asp.net MVC and C# language implemented (by removing the white space in our generated HTML) on the client of […]

Enterprises are slowly realizing that they need to adopt Containers and Kubernetes technologies to accelerate their Digital Transformation initiatives. These technologies are the driving forces behind Legacy modernization and Cloud-native applications that are needed to meet the ever changing demands of their customers in today’s Digital era.  These technologies provide various benefits for both Developers […]

In my previous posts, we went over the deployment process in the EpiServer DXP environment. The first post went through the original methods that allow for deployment into the DXP environment. The second post went through update 313, which was a massive deployment API update, as well as how to use the API to export an environmental database, […]

Blue/Green Deployment Pattern The goal of any software development program is to release system changes into production.  There are many ways to safely and securely deploy software into a production environment.  In most cases these patterns follow a similar strategy of limiting exposure of the released software changes to the overall user audience.  This is […]

For over 30 years, Blue Yonder, formerly JDA, has been the leading provider of end-to-end, integrated retail and supply chain planning and execution solutions. With more than 3,000 global clients, its solutions deliver immediacy, personalization and convenience ensuring their customers reap all the benefits of a truly modernized fulfillment platform.   6 Weeks to Launch Blue […]

Due to COVID-19, it is critical for healthcare providers to have real-time, unified access to data. With the pandemic pushing this industry to its limits, the need for data interoperability is higher than ever. In order to adapt to these conditions, healthcare organizations need easy-to-use technology to support the exchange of healthcare information. To fill […]

Composum Browser is an Open Source JCR Node browser for Apache Sling which bills itself as “the Swiss knife for the repository”. Composum Browser is included in Apache Sling since Sling 9 and is available in all versions of Apache Sling CMS. While Composum Browser certainly supports navigating the JCR repository structure in Apache Sling, it […]

Application program interfaces (APIs) have the potential to transform the way you conduct business. They can reduce operational costs and friction, drastically reduce time to market for IT, enable new digital business models, and revolutionize your customer’s journey. We partner with Google and Apigee, a leader in full lifecycle API management software, to provide solutions […]

The primary goal of data governance is to ensure that data assets meet an enterprise’s standards in terms of its integrity and quality. In an organization, data may be sourced or generated from across its departments or related entities such as vendors and customers. It is of utmost importance that data thus generated be in […]

In our first post, we discussed the need to move away from standalone application solution approach to search connectors. In this post, we will describe the Handshake architecture at a high level. We elected to move towards a microservice architecture for a few reasons: Less resource intensive Scheduling, component reuse, and maintenance Newer and growing […]