Compass Guide Evaluation of Sitecore
Summary
Sitecore is a midsize, market-leading, Copenhagen and Bay Area, California, based CMS vendor. The company was founded in Denmark in 1999 and it released Sitecore 1.0 in 2001 after two years of growth as a CMS professional services firm. The vendor currently markets its CMS platform to midsize to large enterprises with .NET technical infrastructures and requirements that include online marketing campaign management, demonstrated ease-of-use for non-technical users, and a strategic focus on engaging web- site visitors.
Sitecore’s recent growth rate has been among the highest in the market, and the vendor has done a surprisingly good job of maintaining strong partner relations and high customer satisfaction ratings (which usually suffer with such rapid growth).
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| An overview of Key Strengths and Key Limitations | A Report card ranking this product on usability, sales tools, market presence & more | Ratings on categories of critical importance like flexibility and administration ease |
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The Compass Guide™ to Web Content Management is a comprehensive series of product/vendor evaluations designed to help potential buyers of WCM technologies identify the software best suited to their needs. The reports are based on information from a wide range of sources, including:
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