Jump to content

Sitecore: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous edit
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
Mjsm7s (talk | contribs)
13 edits
m →Products: Made ref to Web Content Management System a wiki link
m Reverting possible vandalism by 213.39.33.108 to version by 80.235.133.132. Report False Positive? Thanks, ClueBot NG. (4363483) (Bot)
 
(297 intermediate revisions by more than 100 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{Short description|Danish IT company}}
{{Infobox Company |
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}}
company_name = Sitecore |
{{Infobox company
company_logo = [[Image:Sitecore logo.png‎|Sitecore logo]]|
| name = Sitecore
company_type = Private |
| type = Private
foundation = {{flagicon|Denmark}} [[Denmark]] (2001) |
| logo =
location_city = Copenhagen |
| foundation = 2001 in [[Denmark]]
location_country = Denmark |
| location_city = San Francisco
key_people = Michael Seifert, [[CEO]] |
| location_country = United States
industry = [[Software]] |
| key_people = Dave O'Flanagan, CEO (March 2024)
products = Sitecore CMS 6, Sitecore Intranet Portal, Sitecore Foundry |
| industry = [[Software]]
homepage = http://www.sitecore.net
| products = {{ubl
|Sitecore Experience Manager
|Sitecore Experience Platform
|Sitecore Experience Commerce
|Sitecore Content Hub
|Sitecore OrderCloud
|Sitecore Send
|Sitecore CDP

}}
| subsid= [[Reflektion]]
| homepage = {{url|sitecore.com}}
}}
}}


'''Sitecore''' is a [[customer experience]] management company that provides [[web content management system|web content management]], and [[multichannel marketing]] automation software. The company was founded in 2001 in Denmark.
'''Sitecore''' company based in Copenhagen, Denmark which develops Sitcore CMS and Sitcore Express. The company was founded in 2001 by five fellow technical professionals<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.sitecore.net/Company.aspx | title = Sitecore Company | accessdate = 2008-05-28}}</ref>. Sitecore has offices and representatives that cover over 50 counties around the world.


==Products==
==Origins==
In 1998, in [[Copenhagen]], [[Denmark]], [[University of Copenhagen]] alumni Thomas Albert, Jakob Christensen, Peter Christensen, Ole Sas Thrane, and [[Michael Seifert (programmer)|Michael Seifert]] founded Pentia A/S, a systems integration company that focused on implementing websites built on [[Microsoft]] technologies. At the time, building and managing websites required the expertise of a programmer or developer. Thrane and Christensen devised and patented a set of procedures for building and managing websites{{r|Christensen & Thrane (2010)}} and turned their invention into a [[content management system]] product.


In 2001, Sitecore was spun off as a separate business entity that initially sold content management systems in the Danish market. However, the company has grown into a global provider of customer experience management software targeted primarily at corporate marketing departments and marketing service providers.<ref>{{cite news |last=Quackenbush |first=J. |title=Sitecore Triples Size in Sausalito Move |work=North Bay Business Journal |date=4 August 2014 |url=https://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/95956/sitecore-triples-size-in-sausalito-move/ |access-date=19 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180809025702/https://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/csp/mediapool/sites/NBBJ/IndustryNews/story.csp?cid=4185463&sid=778&fid=181 |archive-date=9 August 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref>
Sitecore is known for its [[Web Content Management System]], currently in version 6, which was released was on June 30, 2008<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.cmswire.com/cms/web-cms/sitecore-redefines-usability-for-content-management-002713.php | title = Sitecore Redefines Usability for Content Management | accessdate = 2008-11-11}}</ref>. Sitecore also offers Intranet Portal Software and Sitecore Foundry for management of multiple affiliate websites. Additional modules include a [[SharePoint]] Connecter Module, SEO Module, Forum Module, Newsletter Module, and StatCenter Module.


===Acquisitions===
A free version of Sitecore CMS with limited licensing<ref>{{cite web | url = http://xpress.sitecore.net/sitecore/content/Express/LicenseAgreement.aspx | title = Sitecore Xpress licensing | accessdate = 2009-03-22}}</ref> is available as Sitecore Xpress.
In July 2011, Sitecore acquired the development team and intellectual property of Pectora, a provider of web publishing solutions{{solution-inline|date=November 2020}} for deep integration with print-based projects.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sitecore Adds Print Media to Customer Engagement Platform via Acquisition |url=http://www.cmswire.com/cms/web-engagement/sitecore-adds-print-media-to-customer-engagement-platform-via-acquisition-011887.php |accessdate=4 September 2014 |publisher=CMS Wire |date=5 July 2011}}</ref>


In November 2013, Sitecore acquired the assets of commerceserver.net from Smith (formerly Ascentium) and took responsibility and ownership for developing, marketing, and selling [[Sitecore Commerce Server]], formerly a Microsoft product called [[Microsoft Commerce Server]].<ref name="gartnercs">{{cite news |title=Sitecore Acquires Commerceserver.net to Extend .NET CXM Play |url=http://www.gartner.com/doc/2630423/sitecore-acquires-commerceservernet-extend-net |accessdate=4 September 2014 |publisher=Gartner Inc. |date=27 November 2013}}</ref>
==Content Management Framework==


In July 2014, Sitecore acquired a majority stake in Komfo, a Danish social media marketing and community engagement application provider and introduced its social media marketing suite, Sitecore Social.<ref>{{cite news |title=Social media marketing from Sitecore |url=http://www.kmworld.com/Articles/News/News/Social-media-marketing-from-Sitecore-98120.aspx |accessdate=4 September 2014 |publisher=KM World |date=14 July 2014}}</ref>
Sitecore CMS, Sitecore's primary product is also a full-featured, content-driven Content Management Framework with separation of content and presentation. Featuring a simple but powerful concept of unified structural elements called Content Items, the system can be used for various content delivery scenarios with several output formats including, but not limited to, [[HTML]],[[ PDF]], [[Flash]] / Flex and [[Silverlight]].


In October 2018, Sitecore announced the acquisition of Stylelabs, a marketing technologies software vendor, and stated its intent to incorporate Stylelabs' digital asset management, marketing resource management and product information management applications into its Experience Cloud;<ref>{{cite press release |title=Sitecore to Acquire Innovative Content Marketing Software Vendor Stylelabs |date=9 October 2018 |publisher=Sitecore |location=San Francisco, Calif. and Brussels, Belgium |url=https://www.sitecore.com/company/news-events/press-releases/2018/10/sitecore-to-acquire-innovative-content-marketing-software-vendor-stylelabs |access-date=19 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190919130111/https://www.sitecore.com/company/news-events/press-releases/2018/10/sitecore-to-acquire-innovative-content-marketing-software-vendor-stylelabs |archive-date=19 September 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> the acquisition was completed in November 2018.
==Relation to Microsoft SharePoint==
Sitecore has been compared to [[Microsoft SharePoint]], Microsoft's primary web-based Content Management System and a product of the Microsoft Office platform. Although there are certain areas where the features of both products overlap, both systems aim at different fields of application. Whereas Microsoft SharePoint is typically used in intranet collaboration scenarios<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.microsoft.com/sharepoint/prodinfo/what.mspx | title = Microsoft SharePoint Feature Description | accessdate = 2009-02-18}}</ref>, Sitecore is regularily employed to managing both public and internal web content.


In June 2019, Sitecore acquired Hedgehog, a digital consultancy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sitecore.com/company/news-events/press-releases/2019/06/sitecore-completes-hedgehog-acquisition|title=Sitecore Completes Hedgehog Acquisition|website=www.sitecore.com|language=en|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref>
==Technology==
For many customers a main strength of Sitecore, which is built on [[Microsoft .NET]] 3.5 technology, is the ability to deliver personalized content to visitors dynamically<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.butlergroup.com/research/KCInterPages/%7BC4BF8385-1C2C-4F78-8FC7-A28AFC8AAA6D%7D.asp | title = Butler Group Technology Audit of Sitecore CMS | accessdate = 2009-1-21}}</ref>, but has also been awarded for its extreme flexibility and usability.


In March 2021, Sitecore acquired Boxever and Four51. Boxever is a SaaS-based Customer Data Platform (CDP) that provides decisioning and experimentation. Four51 is a company delivering modern B2B and B2C experiences for enterprise brands.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sitecore Acquires Boxever and Four51|url=https://www.sitecore.com/company/news-events/press-releases/2021/03/sitecore-acquires-boxever-and-four51|access-date=2021-03-30|website=www.sitecore.com|language=en}}</ref>
Sitecore's architecture allows for various data providers. Current data providers which Sitecore supports include:


In May 2021, Sitecore acquired Moosend. Moosend is a marketing automation platform.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sitecore Completes Acquisition of Moosend|url=https://www.sitecore.com/company/news-events/press-releases/2021/05/sitecore-completes-acquisition-of-moosend|access-date=2021-05-26|website=www.sitecore.com|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Microsoft SQL Server]]
* [[Oracle Database|Oracle]]
* [[MySQL]]
* [[SQLite]]


In September 2021, Sitecore acquired [[Reflektion]]. Reflektion is an AI-powered digital search platform.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sitecore Acquires AI-Powered Digital Search Platform Reflektion|url=https://www.sitecore.com/company/news-events/press-releases/2021/09/sitecore-acquires-ai-powered-digital-search-platform-reflektion|access-date=2021-09-23|website=www.sitecore.com|language=en}}</ref>
==Customers and Partners==


==Sitecore MVP Award==
Over 1,600 organizations use Sitecore software, including [[Microsoft]], [[Sara Lee]], [[Siemens]], [[Toshiba]], [[Omni Hotels]], [[Computer Associates]], and [[WebTrends]]. The Sitecore customer, [[Atlanta Falcons]] NFL team, won the 2007 InfoWorld 100 Project of the Year award<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Atlanta+Falcons+Wins+InfoWorld+100+Award+Using+Sitecore's+CMS+and...-a0172945936 | title = Atlanta Falcons Wins InfoWorld 100 Award Using Sitecore's CMS content | accessdate = 2008-05-28}}</ref> for their website. Sitecore customer [[Ball State University]], which relaunched over 220 websites with Sitecore CMS, won several notable awards including Best Overall Site of the Year<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.edustyle.net/awards/winners.php | title = eduStyle Awards for Higher Education websites | accessdate = 2009-1-21}}</ref>.
The Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Award is a recognition given by a number of technology organizations to individuals who have made outstanding contributions to their communities, particularly in the areas of technology, innovation, and sharing their inventing and experience. Inspired by [[Microsoft Most Valuable Professional]] award, Sitecore in 2006 introduced Sitecore Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Award.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sitecore Most Valuable Professional Award|url=https://mvp.sitecore.com|access-date=2024-02-09|website=mvp.sitecore.com|language=en}}</ref> This award, running ever since, acknowledges professionals who actively contribute their knowledge and expertise to the Sitecore community, both online and offline. MVPs are selected from several thousands of certified developers and active community participants, making it a prestigious recognition within the Sitecore ecosystem. This program highlights individuals who have made a significant impact through their contributions and support for Sitecore products and their users.


Sitecore employees are not eligible for participation, mostly because of having an unfair inside knowledge advantage and a conflict of interests. There are no other constraints to the participants, as soon as they demonstrate excellence over 12 consequent months starting December 1st of each year.
Sitecore has over 300 certified implementation partners around the world. Sitecore software is sold across industry verticals, including [[education]], finance, [[government]], [[healthcare]], manufacturing, [[non-profit]], service, technology, travel, entertainment, and others.


Sitecore publishes an official press release each year after the award winners are announced, typically between the end of January and early February.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sitecore announces 2024 Most Valuable Professionals|url=https://www.sitecore.com/company/newsroom/press-releases/2024/02/sitecore-announces-2024-most-valuable-professionals|access-date=2021-09-23|website=www.sitecore.com|language=en}}</ref> All the award winners for the past years since 2008 are published at Sitecore MVP Directory that allows searching and filtering by various criteria, such as a category, country, year or direct search by a winner's name to see the years of award recognition and categories.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sitecore MVPs Directory|url=https://mvp.sitecore.com/Directory|access-date=2021-09-23|website=mvp.sitecore.com|language=en}}</ref> In addition, starting from 2024, Sitecore introduced a digital, trackable certificate on a Credly platform to further authenticate and recognize the achievements of the award winners. This advancement provides a verifiable testament to the awardee's accomplishments in the Sitecore community.
Sitecore is a [[Microsoft]] Gold Certified Partner and was named Microsoft ISV Partner of the year in 2004<ref>{{cite web | url = https://solutionfinder.microsoft.com/Partners/PartnerDetailsView.aspx?partnerid=cc1823274864e641a36e31d261cd7e1e | title = Microsoft Solution Finder - View partner | accessdate = 2008-11-13}}</ref>.


Sitecore MVP award winners contribute significantly to the success of Sitecore DXP ecosystem, by creating innovations above the company's products, sharing knowledge about the technology and implementation strategy as well as functioning in the capacity of brand ambassadors.
==References==


==Leadership==
{{Reflist}}
[[Michael Seifert (programmer)|Michael Seifert]] was the company's CEO from its founding in 2001 until 2017. His method for collecting human experience analytics data was awarded US Patent 8,255,526 in August 2012.{{r|Christensen & Seifert (2012)}}


==External links==
==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
* [http://www.sitecore.net Sitecore Website]
<ref name="Christensen & Thrane (2010)">
* [http://xpress.sitecore.net/ Sitecore Xpress].
{{cite patent
|country = US
|number = 7856345
|status = patent
|title = Method for building and managing a web site
|gdate = 2010-12-21
|fdate = 2002-11-21
|invent1 = Christensen, Jakob H.
|invent2 = Thrane, Ole S.
|assign1 = Sitecore A/S
}}
</ref>
<ref name="Christensen & Seifert (2012)">
{{cite patent
|country = US
|number = 8255526
|status = patent
|title = Method for collecting human experience analytics data
|gdate = 2012-08-28
|fdate = 2009-11-20
|invent1 = Christensen, Jakob H.
|invent2 = Seifert, Michael
|assign1 = Sitecore A/S
}}
</ref>
}}


[[Category:Content management systems]]
[[Category:Content management systems]]
[[Category:Information technology companies of Denmark]]
[[Category:Software companies based in Copenhagen]]
[[Category:Danish companies established in 2001]]

Latest revision as of 14:31, 10 December 2024

Sitecore
Company typePrivate
IndustrySoftware
Founded2001 in Denmark
Headquarters
San Francisco
,
United States
Key people
Dave O'Flanagan, CEO (March 2024)
Products
  • Sitecore Experience Manager
  • Sitecore Experience Platform
  • Sitecore Experience Commerce
  • Sitecore Content Hub
  • Sitecore OrderCloud
  • Sitecore Send
  • Sitecore CDP
SubsidiariesReflektion
Websitesitecore.com

Sitecore is a customer experience management company that provides web content management, and multichannel marketing automation software. The company was founded in 2001 in Denmark.

Origins

[edit]

In 1998, in Copenhagen, Denmark, University of Copenhagen alumni Thomas Albert, Jakob Christensen, Peter Christensen, Ole Sas Thrane, and Michael Seifert founded Pentia A/S, a systems integration company that focused on implementing websites built on Microsoft technologies. At the time, building and managing websites required the expertise of a programmer or developer. Thrane and Christensen devised and patented a set of procedures for building and managing websites[1] and turned their invention into a content management system product.

In 2001, Sitecore was spun off as a separate business entity that initially sold content management systems in the Danish market. However, the company has grown into a global provider of customer experience management software targeted primarily at corporate marketing departments and marketing service providers.[2]

Acquisitions

[edit]

In July 2011, Sitecore acquired the development team and intellectual property of Pectora, a provider of web publishing solutions[buzzword] for deep integration with print-based projects.[3]

In November 2013, Sitecore acquired the assets of commerceserver.net from Smith (formerly Ascentium) and took responsibility and ownership for developing, marketing, and selling Sitecore Commerce Server, formerly a Microsoft product called Microsoft Commerce Server.[4]

In July 2014, Sitecore acquired a majority stake in Komfo, a Danish social media marketing and community engagement application provider and introduced its social media marketing suite, Sitecore Social.[5]

In October 2018, Sitecore announced the acquisition of Stylelabs, a marketing technologies software vendor, and stated its intent to incorporate Stylelabs' digital asset management, marketing resource management and product information management applications into its Experience Cloud;[6] the acquisition was completed in November 2018.

In June 2019, Sitecore acquired Hedgehog, a digital consultancy.[7]

In March 2021, Sitecore acquired Boxever and Four51. Boxever is a SaaS-based Customer Data Platform (CDP) that provides decisioning and experimentation. Four51 is a company delivering modern B2B and B2C experiences for enterprise brands.[8]

In May 2021, Sitecore acquired Moosend. Moosend is a marketing automation platform.[9]

In September 2021, Sitecore acquired Reflektion. Reflektion is an AI-powered digital search platform.[10]

Sitecore MVP Award

[edit]

The Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Award is a recognition given by a number of technology organizations to individuals who have made outstanding contributions to their communities, particularly in the areas of technology, innovation, and sharing their inventing and experience. Inspired by Microsoft Most Valuable Professional award, Sitecore in 2006 introduced Sitecore Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Award.[11] This award, running ever since, acknowledges professionals who actively contribute their knowledge and expertise to the Sitecore community, both online and offline. MVPs are selected from several thousands of certified developers and active community participants, making it a prestigious recognition within the Sitecore ecosystem. This program highlights individuals who have made a significant impact through their contributions and support for Sitecore products and their users.

Sitecore employees are not eligible for participation, mostly because of having an unfair inside knowledge advantage and a conflict of interests. There are no other constraints to the participants, as soon as they demonstrate excellence over 12 consequent months starting December 1st of each year.

Sitecore publishes an official press release each year after the award winners are announced, typically between the end of January and early February.[12] All the award winners for the past years since 2008 are published at Sitecore MVP Directory that allows searching and filtering by various criteria, such as a category, country, year or direct search by a winner's name to see the years of award recognition and categories.[13] In addition, starting from 2024, Sitecore introduced a digital, trackable certificate on a Credly platform to further authenticate and recognize the achievements of the award winners. This advancement provides a verifiable testament to the awardee's accomplishments in the Sitecore community.

Sitecore MVP award winners contribute significantly to the success of Sitecore DXP ecosystem, by creating innovations above the company's products, sharing knowledge about the technology and implementation strategy as well as functioning in the capacity of brand ambassadors.

Leadership

[edit]

Michael Seifert was the company's CEO from its founding in 2001 until 2017. His method for collecting human experience analytics data was awarded US Patent 8,255,526 in August 2012.[14]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ US patent 7856345, Christensen, Jakob H. & Thrane, Ole S., "Method for building and managing a web site", issued 2010-12-21, assigned to Sitecore A/S 
  2. ^ Quackenbush, J. (4 August 2014). "Sitecore Triples Size in Sausalito Move". North Bay Business Journal. Archived from the original on 9 August 2018. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
  3. ^ "Sitecore Adds Print Media to Customer Engagement Platform via Acquisition". CMS Wire. 5 July 2011. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  4. ^ "Sitecore Acquires Commerceserver.net to Extend .NET CXM Play". Gartner Inc. 27 November 2013. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  5. ^ "Social media marketing from Sitecore". KM World. 14 July 2014. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  6. ^ "Sitecore to Acquire Innovative Content Marketing Software Vendor Stylelabs" (Press release). San Francisco, Calif. and Brussels, Belgium: Sitecore. 9 October 2018. Archived from the original on 19 September 2019. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
  7. ^ "Sitecore Completes Hedgehog Acquisition". www.sitecore.com. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  8. ^ "Sitecore Acquires Boxever and Four51". www.sitecore.com. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  9. ^ "Sitecore Completes Acquisition of Moosend". www.sitecore.com. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  10. ^ "Sitecore Acquires AI-Powered Digital Search Platform Reflektion". www.sitecore.com. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  11. ^ "Sitecore Most Valuable Professional Award". mvp.sitecore.com. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  12. ^ "Sitecore announces 2024 Most Valuable Professionals". www.sitecore.com. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  13. ^ "Sitecore MVPs Directory". mvp.sitecore.com. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  14. ^ US patent 8255526, Christensen, Jakob H. & Seifert, Michael, "Method for collecting human experience analytics data", issued 2012-08-28, assigned to Sitecore A/S 
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Sitecore&oldid=1262266130"