Sitecore DX - MVP Summit - SUGCON Updates 10.2023.pptx
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Sitecore is expanding into generative AI and providing new tools for marketers and developers. For marketers, XM Cloud+ provides a bundled offering and the focus is on parity with legacy tools. For developers, Connect is becoming the preferred integration tool and headless development is maturing. Sitecore also aims to provide real-time insights on new features and has programming and events planned.
Sitecore DX - MVP Summit - SUGCON Updates 10.2023.pptx
- 1. LASUG What’s hot in the Sitecore world. November 2023
- 2. Sitecore aims to dominate digital experience from content side XM Cloud Send Search Personalize OrderCloud Content Hub Operations Discover Content Hub DAM Content Hub One Connect CDP AI
- 3. Sitecore is expanding into Gen AI development 3 • Sitecore’s Current capabilities with Gen AI: • Generic content generation (CH, XMC) • Image generation (DALL-E) • Expansion areas: • Search Q&A: AI-Powered Conversational Search experience • Chatbot: AI-Powered Chat experience built on top of Sitecore Search • AI Copilot: AI Copilot for building integrations/recipes in Sitecore Connect Sitecore looks at Gen AI as an accelerator for content, testing, personalization, insights, targeting.
- 4. Sitecore provides real-time insight into released features in real time New feature and capability releases across all Sitecore products are now available in the real-time Sitecore Changelog https://developers.sitecore.com/changelog 4
- 5. For Marketers & Content Authors 5
- 6. Sitecore XM Cloud+ is a bundle with potential cost efficiencies XM Cloud Search Personalize Connect CDP
- 7. XM Cloud parity and legacy tools removal is the top priority 7 • XM Cloud Forms: Forms for any Web frontend with drag & drop form builder. Roadmap: Multi-step/Multi-page forms, conditional logic, 3rd party integrations, granular analytics, multi-language support. • Templated Sites: Create new sites quickly based on templates • Experience Studio: • Site Management Capabilities • Sitemap management • Languages • SEO • Styling • Site-specific configuration
- 8. Sitecore Announcements & Roadmap 8 Unified Tracking • Share visitor identity and behavioral events across Sitecore products CDP • Content Interaction Analytics: Component level interactions & focused insights. Available in XM Cloud analytics and CDP segmentation. Content Hub AI-Powered Instant Discovery: Visual Search, Asset Recommendations, and Marketer-Tailored UI.
- 9. Sitecore program and event announcements 9 • Sitecore Accelerate: A new program designed to help Sitecore customers speed up their migration from Sitecore XM and XP to XM Cloud - Requirements Assessment & Implementation Planning • Sitecore Symposium 2024: Nashville, Oct 14- 17
- 11. Headless development matures and Sitecore sets standards • Blok: Front-end Framework based on Chakra UI component library. Preferred for Sitecore client (portal) apps. • Cypress: Frontend Testing Framework for E2E, Component & Automated Testing. 11
- 12. Sitecore Connect is becoming the go-to tool for integrations 12 • Audit Logging: Allows log streaming into SIEM systems (Sentinel, CrowdStrike, etc.)* • xDB to CDP: xConnect connector that supports migrating known contacts from v9.0+
- 13. XM Cloud team pushes for feature parity • Embedded Edge Personalization & Testing: Personalization at Edge, A/B Testing, Goals, Attribute Personalization will deliver faster dynamic experiences. • CI/CD gate inclusion coming to XM Cloud Deploy. • AI code-gen tools are emerging allowing to translate Figma and other platform designs into code (Kajoo), although the sophistication is limited. 13
- 14. Sitecore XP’s roadmap is unclear • Sitecore XP 10.4 will be released in April 2024 14
- 16. Other updates • Product and sales are focused on XMC • Product’s goal is to get XMC to parity in the authoring experience • XP will remain on life support • Sitecore see accounts moving into platform evals • AI code gen is getting a lot of hype – not there yet • Joint GTM is in flight – need to prioritize the execution • Work with Heather Polen on strategic roadmaps • Altudo has moved up in popularity due to our joint pipe size and the focus on XMC • We should continue with that joint GTM, although be more sensible in our approach; Sitecore is also aligning around that for the existing accounts. 16
- 17. Sitecore hosting is planned in the near future 17 As edge computing moves into the CMS space, the CMS space takes over the edge. Sitecore plans to launch their own hosting for the frontend code. 1. Vercel will likely not be the hosting platform 2. Sitecore hosting will become the preferred hosting option for Sitecore headless solutions.
Editor's Notes
- #3: Sitecore Composable Products are a set of modular and API-driven products that enable organizations to create, manage, and deliver personalized digital experiences across all channels and touchpoints. These products are divided into 3 buckets: Content Cloud Engagement Cloud Commerce Cloud Sitecore Content Cloud has: XM Cloud ………. Which helps in Create, manage, and deliver relevant content everywhere, lighting-fast, with a cloud-native, is enterprise-ready SaaS CMS. Content Hub Dam ………. Centralize all your digital assets and deliver them to any customer touchpoint with an automated digital asset management (DAM) solution. Content Hub Operations……. To collaborate effortlessly on content strategy, creation, and analytics with an intelligent content operations solution. Sitecore Search ………….. To Deliver more accurate and relevant results with AI-driven intelligent search for websites and digital properties. Content Hub One ………. Author and serve content for any digital channel with a headless CMS designed for agility. Sitecore Engagement Cloud has: Sitecore CDP …. To Connect and activate customer data across your ecosystem to drive relevance with an intelligent customer data platform. Personalize ……….. To Optimize every experience across every channel with our pioneering experimentation and personalization platform. Sitecore Send ……….. Create unique customer journeys with hyper-targeted email marketing campaigns and AI-driven automation. Sitecore Connect …………. To have a clean and refined way for integrating Sitecore solutions with thousands of systems and software platforms Sitecore Commerce Cloud has: Sitecore OrderCloud………. Which is a next-gen headless commerce platform that unifies and scales your commerce strategy across distinct buyers and channels Sitecore Discover……….. To Personalizes product search results, merchandising, and recommendations in real-time with AI-powered product discovery.
- #13: Marketplace: Old XP modules to be migrated to Sitecore Connect. Partners can build and monetize. Secret Managers: AWS, Azure KeyVault, Hashicorp Vault Environments: Test+Production, Dev
- #18: XMC Migration Assistant: GUI & CLI tool for migrating content, media and user information XMC Content Transfer Tooling: Migrate content across environments, XP to XMC. Faster content transfers.