Technology

It was 2000 when I first learned about ERD's. I was a late starter. Like a major historic event, I remember the exact class and how excited I was to learn a new way of thinking. The amazing thing about Entity Relationship Diagrams is how they describe a business in a visual way. Within seconds, you can look at an ERD and understand what the business is and how it works. You ca ...

For the first time in 10 years, we've sold two S4S integrations on a single day. Our relentless pursuit to help companies become more profitable has become widely recognized. Let's take a quick look at what the fuss is all about.  Sitecore + Salesforce Both these systems are best-of-breed. Sitecore attracts, engages, and converts website visitors to enthusiastic leads, while Sa ...

To deliver an amazing website experience you need to understand each visitor and what they want to see. You then engage them with targeted content so they stay longer, remember your brand, and are more likely to buy your product or service. The first step to website personalization is collecting or accessing information about each visitor. This is then used to make decisions ar ...

After purchasing your new software system you probably need to integrate it. Integration streamlines your processes, reduces costs, improves data quality, and can breathe new life into adjacent legacy systems you are stuck with. Integration collects related data scattered across different systems. By consolidating these fragments into a complete view, users can stay in their pr ...

Website analytics has two distinct flavors, behavior data aggregated across all visitors versus the behavior of an individual on the website. Marketing is more interested in the former because it reveals how the website is working e.g. site visits, popular landing pages, referral sources. Sales need the latter to understand the desires, nuances, capabilities, and budget of each ...

MoSCoW is a project management prioritization technique that is an acronym for Must have, Should have, Could have, and Won't have. You can apply MoSCoW to any list but let's apply it to a list of Sitecore to Salesforce CRM integration needs.   Like any project, integrations are subject to time, cost, and scope constraints. Since scope (or features) is the very reason for start ...

As innovators, we are always looking at how emerging technologies can improve operational efficiency. The following is a brief look at how Artificial Intelligence (AI) can be applied to records management systems, specifically TRIM. Micro Focus Content Manager (TRIM) is likely to be around for a long time yet! Why? Because migrating the huge volume of TRIM documents to another ...

There are many ways to transact data between Salesforce and an external system. This post considers the questions you need to ask, the leading options, and the concessions you will need to make. The Questions Before choosing a transaction approach first understand your data and capabilities: What is the data direction and which system initiates the transaction? An event in S ...

Salesforce operators can now view live Sitecore website activity and see visitor behavior, even if the visitor is completely unknown. The S4S integration exposes the browsing intelligence collected by Sitecore in Salesforce in real-time. This provides sales or support call center operators with a range of new tools and intelligence previously unavailable. Sitecore intelligence ...

Led Zeppelin famously said, "Yes, there are two paths you can go by but in the long run there's still time to change the road you're on!". They were not talking about Sitecore and Salesforce but there are two integration paths you can follow, syncing or staying afloat by transacting in real-time. Why and How to Integrate Sitecore with Salesforce First, let's look at the six ...