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The Sitation Blog

Welcome to the Sitation Blog, where we share insights on our work, the e-commerce industry, and our platform partners. Enjoy!

Recent Sitation Blogs

Let’s Take a Second to Marvel at How Fast OpenAI is Moving

Let’s Take a Second to Marvel at How Fast OpenAI is Moving

Mark Zuckerberg famously said that he wanted Facebook to "move fast and break things" - and I have to admit that I have stolen that line once or twice myself. It's a fun and productive way to work - especially when you're in the early stages of a project or a startup. The idea is to prioritize...

E-Book: Using Akeneo PIM Enterprise Edition as a Vendor Portal

E-Book: Using Akeneo PIM Enterprise Edition as a Vendor Portal

Are you using Akeneo PIM as your Product Information Management (PIM) system? Do you have tens or hundreds of manufacturers (vendors) from which you need to acquire product information? If so, then consider using Akeneo PIM Enterprise Edition as your vendor portal. Don Bales is back with yet another insightful Akeneo e-book.

Blog Archives

Help! My Products Are Suddenly Missing in Akeneo

Akeneo is designed to manage your product data, so it may cause you some panic if you log into Akeneo and suddenly see some, or all, of your products missing. Chances are your product data has not been lost. The products probably are not displaying correctly. Here are...

Akeneo: Requiring an SSL Connection with MySQL

Akeneo PIM is a PHP/Symfony web application that uses MySQL for persistence, and Elasticsearch for search capability. From an abstract perspective it consists of three major components: · MySQL, a relational database for storing data· Elasticsearch, a search...

Akeneo: The Missing MTA Documentation

Sincerely, Akeneo has some of the best documentation available for installing their software. Here's the main link: https://docs.akeneo.com/4.0/install_pim/index.html. Follow the instructions for Installing Akeneo Manually. And, it is well worth your time...

Keys to a Great Akeneo Discovery

Key Takeaways 1. Great discoveries make great projects. Without them, you are flying blind (in most cases). 2. Validating a project's statement of work (SOW) in a discovery is step #1--must catch misaligned assumptions, undefined requirements, and project risk. 3....

E-Commerce Trends for 2020

With your holiday ecommerce strategy in full swing, it's time to look ahead to 2020 trends. Ecommerce in 2020 is unfolding with a few common themes, centered around the customer's experience of your brand. Find top ways to get customers talking about you this year by...

Akeneo 4.0 Features We Are Most Excited About

Akeneo 4.0 brings several welcome changes to its PIM software. Upgrades to Symfony, Mysql, and PHP offer incremental updates to the technical stack, while performance improvements abound. I was lucky enough to be at the Akeneo PIM Summit 2020 to witness the unveiling,...