Episerver and Ektron: Stronger Together – Commerce, Content and More
Episerver and Ektron announced their merger yesterday – signaling additional resources and offerings for customers on both platforms, as well as exciting opportunities ahead for companies looking for enterprise eCommerce and content solutions. Building on Each Other’s Strengths At Brilliance, we are excited to see this merger. We became an Episerver partner in 2013,
Episerver and Ektron announced their merger yesterday – signaling additional resources and offerings for customers on both platforms, as well as exciting opportunities ahead for companies looking for enterprise eCommerce and content solutions.
Building on Each Other’s Strengths
At Brilliance, we are excited to see this merger. We became an Episerver partner in 2013, after a search for an enterprise level platform with a strong feature set for both content management and eCommerce. With an intuitive user interface, integrated personalization features, and an underlying architecture that supports customizations to fit our clients business rules, we fell in love with Episerver.
Episerver is a bit of a hidden gem in the United States. Gartner positioned Episerver and Ektron as a Visionaries in the Magic Quadrant for Web Content Management in 2013 and 2014. Episerver wasn’t as well known as Ektron in the United States. Episerver is a market leader in Europe, awareness for Episerver building more slowly in the United States. Founded in Sweden in 1994, they opened their US office in 2009. Ektron was founded in 1998 in the United States. Ektron customers can benefit from Episerver’s technical offerings, and Episerver can benefit from Ektron’s presence in the United States.
Brilliance has made a commitment to the Episerver platform, as evidenced by the recent certification of one of our team members on both Episerver Commerce and CMS. We are excited about Episerver’s product roadmap. We believe it offers strong features for B2B Commerce and for other companies serious about using content and commerce together. To that end, Brilliance developed Catalyst for Episerver enabling companies to reduce the time and money involved in implementing Episerver Commerce.
We don’t know everything that is ahead, but we look forward to serving both Episerver and Ektron communities with our B2B eCommerce expertise.
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The lessons that guide Brilliance Business Solutions’ success began on a launching pad, when company founder Lori McDonald served as part of the team that put NASA’s Space Shuttle missions into orbit. McDonald leads Brilliance Business Solutions with over 20 years of computer engineering and software development experience.
While performing the technical task of managing the Shuttle’s in-flight data recorders at Mission Control in Houston, Lori also gained an invaluable personal insight from the dedicated NASA professionals working around her. It’s only natural that when McDonald transitioned from space science to web development and from Houston Texas to Milwaukee Wisconsin, a focus on creativity and reliability continued as a common thread. “Everybody loves an impressive, exciting web site,” she said, “but unless it achieves its practical business goals it’s like a rocket that never gets off the ground.”
Lori graduated from Purdue University with a Bachelor’s degree in Computer-Electrical Engineering. She is a Microsoft Certified Professional. Her status as a recognized industry expert has resulted in regular speaking engagements at business conferences. Lori has been working with ACTION Business Coaching since December 2007 as she believes that improving herself, her leadership and her focus are critical for the ongoing success of Brilliance Business Solutions.
When Lori is not at work, she enjoys her family. She is married to David and has two boys. She enjoys living out her faith through service at her church, Transformation City Church, and in her community. She has a passion for making a difference in the lives of those in need and has worked with Milwaukee foster care as well as work on over 10 mission trips focused on home repair projects throughout the United States. Lori believes that those who lead best serve others first and she hopes this servant-based leadership is evident to every client of Brilliance Business Solutions.
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The Muppets, singing harmony, musical theater, Star Trek, The West Wing
Lori graduated from Purdue University with a Bachelor’s degree in Computer-Electrical Engineering and leads Brilliance Business Solutions with over 20 years of computer engineering and software development experience. She is an Episerver EMVP, a Microsoft Certified Professional and a regular contributor on Practical eCommerce. Her status as a recognized industry expert has resulted in regular speaking engagements at business conferences.
Episerver and Ektron announced their merger yesterday – signaling additional resources and offerings for customers on both platforms, as well as exciting opportunities ahead for companies looking for enterprise eCommerce and content solutions.
