Hybrid connectivity is rapidly becoming a critical aspect of modern cloud adoption. It allows for seamless communication between end users, on-premises data centers, and public cloud infrastructure. However, navigating the complexities of hybrid connectivity can be a daunting task for even the most seasoned IT professionals. While our ‘IT Leader’s Guide to Multicloud Readiness‘ provides […]
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Mastering Cloud Transformation for Business: Enterprise Migration
In our fourth and final segment of our Cloud Transformation for IT Leaders series, we will focus on driving enterprise velocity while maintaining best practices and consistency as your portfolio migration program matures. If done well, this is where your organization achieves true cloud maturity and is on its way to unlocking the incredible innovation […]
Getting to know Sitecore Search – Part 3
Welcome back to getting to know Sitecore search. In this post, we’ll look at managing users, the available roles, and the role permissions. Manage Users To manage users, visit Administration/Manage Users From this screen you can see the list users for this domain. You can see if their email address, first name, last name, and […]
Digital Accessibility Testing Fundamentals
Welcome back to our new series on Digital Accessibility Testing Fundamentals! In this series, we’ll be discussing the Digital Accessibility Testing Fundamentals. Digital accessibility testing evaluates digital products, such as websites, mobile applications, and software, to ensure that they can be accessed and used by people with disabilities. This includes individuals with visual, hearing, motor, […]
Bitbucket CI/CD Pipelines for Optimizely CMS 12
A big reason behind this post is because this topic, even though very relevant, has very little to no context available online so far. There are posts about this being possible and very generic build pipelines for .net core deployments to azure, but none describing how to build Bitbucket CI/CD pipelines for Optimizely CMS 12 […]
Don’t Snooze on Keeping Sitecore and Related Software up-to-date: .NET Core Edition
Keeping things up to date is critical to maintaining security. But it’s not just security patches that need to be installed. Most software has a shelf life, and support life. If things get out of date, and vendors no longer support some versions they become vulnerable. Microsoft .Net Core A recent example of this is […]
What is Digital Accessibility?
In today’s digital age, more and more people are relying on technology to access information and services. However, not all websites, apps, and digital content are designed with accessibility in mind. This can create barriers for individuals with disabilities, limiting their ability to fully participate in and benefit from the digital world. What is Digital […]
Custom Ansible Execution Environments
Ansible Tower users are gearing up for a big migration to Ansible Automation Platform 2. Ansible Tower 3.8 is technically AAP 1.2, which sunsets in September of 2023. AAP has a few usability updates like the improved Job search, which now lets you search in the web UI for specific job details like the limit […]
Slowly Changing Dimension(SCD) TYPE 3 in Informatica PowerCenter
What is a Slowly Changing Dimension? Slowly Changing Dimension (SCD) is a dimension that allows us to store and manage both current and previous data over time in a data warehouse. It is considered and implemented as one of the most critical ETL tasks in tracking the history of dimension records. There are three types […]
Accessible Images Using Semantic HTML : Building Accessible Websites with Native HTML Part 5 of 5
A Guide to Creating Accessible and Meaningful Web Content Welcome back to our series on building accessible websites with native HTML! In the previous parts of this series, we discussed the importance of creating accessible websites, the basics of HTML structure, using ARIA for accessible widgets, creating accessible links, and using semantic HTML to create […]
Getting to know Sitecore Search – Part 2
Welcome back to getting to know Sitecore search. In this post, we’ll look at the default setup and configuration of a new instance of Sitecore Search. We’ll look at the default source, catalog, pages, and widgets. After we’ll get familiar with a few sections of the admin portal. We’ll play with the api explorer to […]
Accessible Links Using Semantic HTML : Building Accessible Websites with Native HTML Part 4 of 5
A Guide to Creating Accessible and Meaningful Web Content Welcome back to our series on building accessible websites with native HTML! In this fourth installment, we’ll be discussing the importance of accessible links using semantic HTML. Links are a fundamental part of the web, providing users with the ability to navigate between pages, access additional […]