The document discusses revamping Air Products' global site strategy by moving 29 country sites to a single Sitecore platform. It outlines 5 keys to getting a global CMS right: 1) preventing CMS sprawl with a global content strategy, 2) navigating unified vs decentralized models, 3) wrestling the translation process, 4) creating a relatively unified global experience, and 5) connecting content to business data. The presentation concludes by thanking the audience and inviting questions.
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Revamping Your Global Site Strategy
1. Revamping Your Global Site
Strategy with Sitecore
By Jeff Cram and Wendy Derstine
ISITE Design
Starring Air Products
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2. Our Flight Plan Today
1. Setting the Stage
2. The Air Products Story
3. 5 Keys to Getting Global CMS Right
4. Questions
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5. Trend: Unifying on a Global CMS
34% of companies are in the midst of a global WCM
platform decision or deployment over the next year plus"
Source: Lionbridge Top 5 Trends in Global "
Web Operations Management "
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6. Trend: Growing Complexity of
Global vs. Local
Source: Lionbridge Top 5 Trends in Global Web Operations Management "
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8. About ISITE Design
Digital
Agency
&
Long2me
Sitecore
Partner
Boston,
MA
and
Portland
Oregon
Experience-‐led
consul2ng
Large-‐scale
Sitecore
and
marke2ng
focused
implementa2ons
&
custom
approach
development
Dedicated
CMS
prac2ce
&
authors
of
the
popular
CMS
Myth
blog
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9. Revamping Air Products’ global site strategy and moving 29
country sites to a single, centrally managed Sitecore platform
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26. 2
NAVIGATING UNIFIED VS.
DECENTRALIZED MODELS
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27. Answering Some Key Questions
• How much content will be shared across locales?
• How much content will be translated?
• What is the approach to language fallback?
• How unique is content at the local level?
• Are you using a translation company?
• What ongoing translation needs will you have?
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28. Making Decisions on Architecture
Unified
Separate
Shared
content
Mul2-‐site
or
tree
across
separate
Sitecore
languages
instances
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29. Making Decisions on Architecture
Unified
Separate
Shared
content
Mul2-‐site
or
tree
across
separate
Sitecore
languages
instances
Hybrid
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30. 3
WRESTLING THE TRANSLATION
PROCESS TO THE GROUND
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35. The Role of Clay Tablet
Clay Tablet is connectivity software that connects Sitecore CMS to
translation systems and technologies"
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53. Key Takeaways
• Content strategy & governance should guide the
approach to technology
• Translation middleware can help large-scale
implementations
• Avoid the big bang approach with large-scale
global implementations
• A unified CMS should be accompanied by a
unified analytics strategy
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54. Thanks + Questions
ISITE Design
www.isitedesign.com
617-401-2295
Read our Sitecore blog at:
www.isitedesign.com/sitecore
Read the CMS Myth at:
www.cmsmyth.com
Drop me an e-mail for a copy of our
whitepaper jcram@isitedesign.com
Feedback: www.sitecore.net/SymNA
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