A technical overview of all features and enhancements provided in the new Sitecore 9.1 release. Contains both the Experience Management as the Experience Platform features.
Find the explanatory blog posts here:
http://www.pieterbrinkman.com/2018/10/18/whats-new-in-sitecore-9-1-a-technical-overview/
Features including; Headless, Sitecore Javascript services (JSS), Sitecore Cortex, Experience Accelerator (SxA), Forms, WCAG, Machine Learning, Performance enhancements, Suggested Personalization, Predictive outcomes, content tagging, Open Calais, Universal Tracker, Sitecore Mobile SDK
Also more information on how Sitecore is building towards the future.
Presented by Mark Groves, Senior Director Product Management, and Pieter Brinkman, Senior Director Technical Marketing, during Sitecore Symposium 2018
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Sitecore and Headless
• "API-only" approach toWCM
• Front-end developers to
access "pure content"
• Marketers have limited control
over the content presentation
• Personalization and Analytics
are integrated separately
• Support has always been there!
• Content separated from presentation
• Sitecore SSCWeb API
• Sitecore ExperienceAccelerator Data
Modelling & JSON Rendering
• NEW - Sitecore JavaScript Services
• Commerce services are supported through
an API and accessed through JSS
What is
headless?
How does Sitecore
support this?
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New Sitecore JavaScript Service (JSS)
• Complete toolkit for modern
JavaScript developers
• Build full-fledged solutions
(SPAs, PWA, websites)
• By being completely unplugged
• Deploy in a physically decoupled
manner and run headlessly
• “Code-first“, beyond APIs
• Automated app import
• Same codebase – Sitecore runs JavaScript
• Full Experience Platform capabilities:
What is
Sitecore JSS?
Fully integrated
with XP?
- Experience Editor
- Personalization and testing
- Tracking & analytics
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Enhancing the existing–Sitecore Forms
Forms has some exciting new features such as conditions and pre-filling of fields. Pre-filling allows to set a data-provider for a field
and pre-fill that field with data. Conditions allows to build forms that respond to user input and only show relevant questions.
17. • Horizon is the next generation experience
for content management
• Reduces time to value significantly with
focus on the need of tomorrows user profiles
• Out of the box features for easy adoption
and utilization of the full Sitecore potential
• Providing a user interface that is just as
powerful and innovative as the engine behind
#SitecoreSYM
Horizon
You first
Man and
machine
Advanced
simulations
Full
perspective
Actionable
insights
Engaging
interface
Creating experiences
powered by
insights
H O R I Z O N
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Making ease of use a Competitive Differentiator
• Working with content
an effective and intuitive interface
showing exactly how it will appear
in the hands of the audience.
• Improving performance
getting the insights you need to
create better experiences no
matter what you are working on.
• The full perspective
get an overview of the site and
quickly go to the page that needs
my attention based on insights.
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Content
• One central location to manage content
• Integrate with third-party content sources
• Open to push content across all channels
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Content & analytics
Web
Mobile
eMail
Social
Advertising
Interactions
Conversions
Testresults
Patterns
Segments
Personalization
Marketing automation
Business intelligence
A/B testing
AnalyticsContent
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Why Sitecore Cortex?The real buyer’s journey
Search eMail Website Mobile
app
Word of
mouth
Store
Purchase
Processes
Systems
Data
Function
Processes
Systems
Data
Function
Processes
Systems
Data
Function
Processes
Systems
Data
Function
Processes
Systems
Data
Function
Processes
Systems
Data
Function
Digital Experience silos
Sitecore Experience Cloud
Cortex