Leading Oil and Gas Midstream Operator
Modern Content Management and an Improved CX With Sitecore XM Cloud
What if...moving to a SaaS solution could improve the website experience for both business users and customers?
Upgrading an Outdated CMS for Modern Multi-Site Support
The midstream service provider was using an outdated Sitecore instance and wanted to upgrade to the latest version prior to migrating acquired pipeline sites into a multi-site solution. We provided strategic upgrade guidance and led a migration and implementation on XM Cloud as a modern headless solution.
Next, the client needed strategic support migrating its acquired subsites and microsites onto XM Cloud. We migrated the sites into the design of the primary site, taking advantage of reusable content types and components for consistency in look and feel and an improved business user authoring experience.
Selecting Sitecore XM Cloud and Migrating
We worked with key stakeholders to analyze the cost of upgrading and extending the existing solution against the benefits of migrating to SaaS. Our experts recommended a migration to Sitecore XM Cloud.
With a path forward, we migrated the existing ASP.NET MVC-based solution to a Next.js-based front end running on Vercel, Experience Edge, and Sitecore Search.
Our solution created more than 50 headless user interface (UI) components on Next.js by using both out-of-the-box SXA and custom-developed components. We also integrated custom REST APIs with the site for Telerik React UI charts and sortable tables.
Our client can now leverage the core component and content library to quickly scale and stand-up future pipeline sites microsites and other web properties.
Scoring Big With XM Cloud
Performance scores at site launch included:
Site performance has improved significantly since we completed the rebuild and migration to Sitecore XM Cloud. XM Cloud’s new authoring experience and tools provide more agility to the content team, including managing content updates on the company site.Director , Information Technology, Commercial Applications
Results
Dramatically Improving Site Management and Performance
The migration to XM Cloud and Vercel delivered big, including being a SaaS solution that doesn’t require incremental CMS upgrades. Our solution provides personalized search capabilities with lightning-fast page loads on a CDN-based edge hosting service, which results in marked improvements in site performance and SEO benefits.
XM Cloud’s new and improved authoring interface enables the content team to easily publish content and manage recently acquired sites, effectively consolidating subsites and microsites into one platform and UX.
