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28 articles

Composable solutions – when to use them and when not?

3 April 2023

Kimmo Parkkinen

Gartner´s views on the development of the e-commerce market

20 September 2022

Mikko Jokela

Intranet Search Engine Optimization

8 March 2022

Perttu Tolvanen

The beginning of the end of the Magento Open Source version?

1 October 2021

Heikki Toivo

Digital Work Environment Trends in 2021

26 August 2021

Camilla Heikkilä

Planning and initiation of an agile digital project

19 April 2021

Sami Kalanen

Many end up choosing two web content management systems

23 November 2020

Perttu Tolvanen

What you measure is what you get!

16 January 2019

Heikki Toivo

What are digital workplace, intranet and ESN anyway? This is how I define them

11 June 2018

Hanna P. Korhonen

Ingredients for utilizing web analytics

5 December 2017

Mikko Jokela

Are there any alternatives for Office 365 intranet?

30 November 2017

Kimmo Parkkinen

Expert advice: Native mobile apps, bots or web apps?

14 November 2016

Perttu Tolvanen

Good news: web sites ARE getting better

19 September 2016

Virpi Blom

What are the advantages of commercially licensed web content management platforms over open-source products?

23 May 2016

Mikko Jokela

How to start intranet renewal

6 April 2016

Perttu Tolvanen

Philosophical differences: Sitecore vs. EPiServer

6 October 2015

Perttu Tolvanen

Digital Customer Experience Marketing Cloud Platform

16 September 2015

Mikko Jokela

Our partner selection process opened up

28 June 2015

Kimmo Parkkinen

Intranet requirement specification – 10 tips for good results

26 January 2015

Hanna P. Korhonen

Modern CMSs are built for power users – interview of Tony Byrne

2 September 2014

Perttu Tolvanen

eCommerce is the new name for web content management – interview with Boris Kraft

25 August 2014

Perttu Tolvanen

Renewing an existing digital service – From chaos to an organized roadmap

27 April 2014

Kimmo Parkkinen

Concept design done right

1 October 2013

Perttu Tolvanen

Present and future of CMSs by Jeff Eaton

26 September 2013

Perttu Tolvanen

Predicting the CMS of 2017: Smart previews, stream management and simpler CMSs

17 September 2013

Perttu Tolvanen

CMS trends: App store model

10 December 2012

Perttu Tolvanen

Preparing for a successful web project

23 October 2012

Sami Kalanen

An effective RFP for a web project

16 October 2012

Sami Kalanen

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    A prestudy is the right choice when you are framing a larger initiative, building internal alignment, or testing whether an idea is worth pursuing — for example a platform change, a new digital service, a consolidation effort, or an AI/automation use case.

    In four to eight weeks we interview key stakeholders, map needs, assess the current state across content, architecture, integrations, and governance, and combine vendor‑neutral market insight with technical feasibility and risk analysis.

    We then outline effort, budget, and timeline ranges with clear assumptions and scenarios, and we shape a high‑level solution concept and target architecture sketch.

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    Independent supervision is most effective when you already have a delivery partner and want oversight that keeps scope, quality, and budget on track.

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