Sitecore xConnect coming with 8.3

xConnect

The xConnect should be available in Sitecore 8.3 next year.

What is the meaning of Xconnect?

Collect and act on any information about any individual from any channel at any time.

xConnect is a framework with friendly API that enables analytics data synchronization from and into Sitecore xDB. It’s goal is to connect and exchange data from Sitecore itself and from any other systems and apply this data in multiple external systems and internal Sitecore modules. That means we will get access to enormous amount of data through one API, including data from RFID readers, POS. Marketers will receive unique tools to use real world date it for marketing, personalization and any purposes they will need, connecting IoT systems with marketing platform.

Sitecore Experience Accelerator (SXA)

Sitecore Experience Accelerator (SXA), which helps development teams to speed up the production of websites and to reuse components, layouts, forms and templates across a variety of sites.

It enables various teams to work in parallel. 

It has a drag and drop interface that allows developers to easily add components to web pages.

Sitecore has released some details around it (you can find an overview here and more details here).

SXA is only available for Sitecore 8.1 and 8.2. 

SXA can be downloaded as a Sitecore Package here.

SXA does require a new license. For licensing costs, you will need to contact your Sitecore account representative.

Do you know?

• All code generated by XA follows Sitecore’s Helix best practices around page structure as well as enables the use of experience marketing tools such as personalization and experience optimization.
• XA’s toolbox has approximately 100 pre-built components that you can use to build any page.

  SXA uses the following concepts:

• Toolbox
• Grid and column layout
• Pluggable themes
• Page designs and partial designs
• Creative Exchange
• Assets Optimizer

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