RBA Blog
RBA’s experts. A generous helping of topics on Strategy, Design, and Technology. What’s not to like? Check out our latest posts below.
Using SXA to build a better job application experience for Mortenson
Sitecore’s SXA (Sitecore Experience Accelerator) gave our client, Mortenson, the ability to create a unified and responsive search experience for their careers and recruiting business group.
#SitecoreSYM 2019: RBA survey analysis
At Sitecore Symposium 2019, RBA conducted a survey about how attendees use Sitecore. In this post, we share our findings. For example, did you know that many Sitecore Symposium attendees are still managing Sitecore on-premise, or that out of 13 primary Sitecore features, only four are being fully optimized?
Integrating Sitecore Commerce 9.x with your PIM system
While there are many approaches available to integrate a PIM (Product Information Management) system with Sitecore Commerce, we found Azure Functions to be flexible, scalable, and loosely coupled.
Sitecore Commerce Data, A Practical Approach: Part 2 (Better)
This “Better” approach to intializaing your Sitecore commerce data leverages the Initialize pipeline within Commerce to perform the initialization steps from the first approach.
Designing distinctive commerce experiences for multi-brand organizations
It is imperative for “house of brands” organizations to align to a strong digital commerce platform that delivers on the core capabilities that span across each of their unique brand sites.
Sitecore Commerce Data, A Practical Approach: Part 1 (Good)
In this “Good” approach, use Postman to initialize your Sitecore commerce data. Postman, an API testing tool, can assist in creating the data you need for Sitecore Commerce.
Windows Virtual Desktop Generally Available
Microsoft recently announced the general availability of Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD). This is significant news for any organization using or planning to use remote desktop services. In...
User Interface (UI) Design: Tips and Tricks
Welcome to my virtual lunch and learn. In this post, I share several UI design tricks and tips I’ve implemented over the years.
Azure Bastion in Public Preview
Azure offers an affordable and secure option for hosting servers in the cloud. Accessing Azure servers over a private connection such as Express Route or VPN avoids exposing common management...
Power BI as a Data Validation Tool
We’ve found that releasing a visualization tool, like Power BI, to the right subset of users can greatly expedite and facilitate the validation process. It can also be a great way to train your users on visualization techniques.
The lesser-known apps of Office 365
Delve Most organizations, large and small, dip their toes into the Office 365 (O365) pool by starting with a mail migration. Or maybe they want to move their mail and get files off their shared...
Azure Bot Service – How Bots Can Drive Employee Engagement
In today’s Twitter, mobile texting and sound bite-driven culture, any friction encountered in finding solutions to one’s problems or connecting with others, just isn’t tolerated. Typically, if it’s...
The DevOps Philosophy: An interview with the RBA DevOps team
Let’s talk about our newest search for a DevOps engineer for our technology team. We’ve seen an increase in the adoption of a DevOps mindset in our clients and their teams. So, what is it exactly...
Drive Higher User Adoption with Learning Paths in Dynamics 365
When deploying or upgrading a relationship management system, success of the project often hinges on people actually using the system. In fact, according to the February 2016 Forrester report,...
Website Accessibility is a Good Design Choice and soon a Legal Requirement
ADA Compliance is a hot topic, especially if you have a public website and a business that caters to the masses. Website owners in the financial industry (e.g., FDIC insured companies) are raising...