Upgrade or Pivot - that is the question
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Reasons to Consider a Sitecore XP Upgrade
- You are pleased with the Sitecore platform’s feature-set
- Your organization is leveraging the platform fully
- You want more value by using the platform's newest features
- You have no trouble with recruiting and retention of Sitecore talent
- You have the budget for a Sitecore upgrade
- Support for your current version will soon end or already has
- To maintain the highest level of security within the platform
Consider Sitecore Composable Products If......
- Your organization isn’t leveraging Sitecore XP's complete feature set
- You’re rethinking your web experience and digital strategy
- You have avoided upgrading because you feel it’s a large undertaking
- Your organization is heading in the direction of a Cloud and SaaS architecture
- You use other SaaS products for the same features found in Sitecore XP
- You are looking for a leaner platform like Sitecore XM Cloud
The Future of Business is Composable
Composability is not just about changing your Martech stack, it’s a business mindset. A composable business mindset is critical for businesses that are going to be successful going forward. It's an understanding that business modularity and creating an organization made from interchangeable building blocks or business capabilities will provide agility and resilience as the business grows and transforms.
A common analogy is lego blocks, where you can add and remove pieces as needed to create the desired object.
Four Principles of Composable Business
Daryl Plummer, a VP Analyst, and keynote speaker at the Gartner Symposium IT/Xpo® 2020 identified four principles of a composable business:
- Discovery – at Konabos this is equivalent to our “Keep Exploring” value which creates speed in our innovation and growth
- Modularity – creates agility when disruption or business changes cause a need to pivot
- Autonomy – composable solutions allow CIOs and organizations to chart their own course without being locked into a single platform or vendor
- Orchestration – speaks to better leadership capabilities where specialists can focus on their strengths and collaborate with others who are operating in theirs
Sitecore's Move to Composable
In 2021, Sitecore began accelerating its pivot to a composable architecture with four key acquisitions:
- Reflektion – ai-powered search experience engine (now called Sitecore Discover)
- Moosend – marketing automation (now called Sitecore Send)
- Boxever – customer data platform (now called Sitecore CDP)
- Four51 – B2B headless commerce solution (now called Sitecore OrderCloud)
Its most recent announcement of XM Cloud, came earlier this year in 2022. XM Cloud is a fully refactored, SaaS version of Sitecore’s CMS platform and it opened the door for Sitecore customers wanting to upgrade or what we call “side-grade” to a lower-cost, cloud-native, CMS-only version of Sitecore. XM Cloud is a natural first step toward composability for companies that love the Sitecore platform.
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