SoftwareONE AG
Relaunch for a global provider of software and cloud technology solutions
The Swiss company SoftwareONE is a leading provider of end-to-end software and cloud technology solutions. With around 8,300 employees and sales and service capabilities in 90 countries, SoftwareONE offers solutions from more than 7,500 manufacturers.
The project
SoftwareONE has completely revamped its positioning, brand, and corporate design. As part of the project, the new corporate design should now also be rolled out to digital communication. However, as SoftwareONE has also grown significantly in recent years and its service portfolio has changed significantly, the website should be completely overhauled in this process.
- Industry
- IT Solutions
- Technology
- Sitecore Experience Platform
- Services
- Corporate Website
- Digital Marketing
The goal
Optimized editing and performance
Even before the relaunch, SoftwareONE used the Sitecore Experience Platform for its digital communication and operated more than 90 country websites. During this time, SoftwareONE gained considerable experience in using the platform and, in addition to the requirements from the rebranding, also had extensive ideas for a new content architecture. This should better align with the content processes at SoftwareONE, especially considering the numerous country websites. In addition to these content and design aspects, another important objective played a crucial role: SoftwareONE is now a global provider and the website is the most important communication tool. Therefore, the new website should run worldwide with optimal performance for the best user experience. Ultimately, together with SoftwareONE's digital marketing team, we opted for a headless approach. The Sitecore Digital Experience Platform serves as the central content hub and is operated in the Microsoft Azure Cloud. The frontend was implemented based on NextJS. The frontend delivery is done with our new technology partner Vercel, leveraging all the new possibilities that Vercel offers – from serverless functions to CDN. Numerous technical optimizations were also achieved during the reimplementation of the project. For example, settings for redirects, rewrites, and geolocations can now be made centrally in one place. Additionally, the project was optimized so that new language or country versions can be created quickly and effortlessly.
The result
Efficient marketing thanks to headless
The result is truly impressive. The new SoftwareONE website now shines in a modern design and is available to users worldwide with excellent performance for an optimal user experience. In addition, the Content Team at SoftwareOne is pleased with significantly more efficient processes in content delivery and can therefore roll out to individual country websites much faster than in the past. The headless approach also means that the maintenance backend for SoftwareOne editors is very fast and responsive due to the outsourced frontend.
Gunter Schumann
Global Director Digital Marketing - SoftwareOne AG
That's what our customer says
After the Go-Live of SoftwareONE.com, I would like to thank the webit! team. You did a great job! webit! advised us in great detail over the course of months, listened to our ideas and suggestions, and - which was very important to us - discussed them with us. webit! delivered a high-quality project to us that we can all be proud of.
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