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How composable DXPs simplify technology migrations
How composable DXPs simplify technology migrations
If you intend to deliver showstopping digital experiences, your technology stack must be flexible and agile enough to incorporate innovations rapidly and at minimum cost.
But upgrading your stack, particularly one anchored by a content management system (CMS), makes controlling time and budget difficult, creates plenty of headaches, and can ultimately generate little business value.
Conversely, a composable digital experience platform (DXP) offers a more manageable, more efficient path to assembling a flexible tech stack. Its no-code integrations provide maximum flexibility and adaptability to engage visitors in a rapidly changing landscape.
The best part is that you can use a composable DXP to facilitate incremental, seamless migrations on your schedule–no rip-and-replace necessary.
The best part is that you can use a composable DXP to facilitate incremental, seamless migrations on your schedule–no rip-and-replace necessary.
Curious how a composable architecture can drastically improve your replatforming project? Read on to learn how going composable makes upgrading simpler, faster, and more affordable.
Replatforming is difficult
Relying on one CMS provider for your digital needs may seem ideal. But what happens when this turnkey technology becomes outdated, or you need to add modern tools and additional systems to your digital experience stack?
If you deliver digital experiences via a CMS or monolithic platform, undertaking a massive replatforming project has typically been the only path to gaining enhanced features, faster workflows, and improved performance.
However, upgrading these self-contained systems is challenging:
- Costs and plans can spiral out of control during the several months (or years) needed to migrate entirely from a CMS.
- Engineering can not start from scratch during a traditional replatforming; therefore, they must manage existing systems to keep your business running.
- Vendor lock-in—one of the most significant drawbacks of a legacy platform—requires custom integrations or switching platforms, which is time-consuming and costly.
Complicating matters:
- Digital production processes slow. Digital teams must learn new skills and field unique concerns about new systems. This hinders how quickly and effectively teams work across enterprise-wide systems.
- Downtime is unavoidable. Performance suffers, and resources are diverted from value-added projects.
- Roll-out speed is impacted. A complete overhaul means you must test code across your entire stack, which affects your ability to enhance your experience and get to market quickly.
Composable solutions enable you to escape the trap of vendor lock-in, runaway costs, and disrupted operations and update your stack incrementally and at your own pace.
Why composability makes replatforming easy
Composable architecture eliminates the burden of heavy coding using an API-first approach. When new tools emerge, you aren’t stuck with one vendor or a team of dedicated coding resources. Upgrades are simple and smooth, enabling you to:
- Trial new technologies at your own pace.
- Reduce the need to maintain custom code indefinitely.
- Respond swiftly to emerging trends, market shifts, and customer expectations.
For example, composable tools allow you to upgrade your personalization engine without touching your CMS. Or enhance localization and multilingual features without disrupting the on-site experience of international users.
Think of it as replacing your home's light fixtures instead of rewiring the whole house. You can add innovations like generative AI or whole systems like a second CMS while keeping your foundational technology intact and connected, making upgrades far easier and cheaper in the long run.
Reduce migration challenges
While many companies require the one-stop-shop convenience of an all-in-one vendor, future-thinking brands pursue the flexibility and adaptability offered in a composable solution.
A composable DXP provides this versatility, eliminating the need to rip out aging systems simultaneously. Instead of implementing a “rip and replace” approach, you can:
- As superior options become available, replace outdated systems at your own pace.
- Implement and test new technologies while existing systems operate uninterrupted.
- Adapt and scale the stack with your business, spreading costs and modernization efforts over time.
- Integrate new technology, content, and data from any source, enabling digital teams to modify experiences without sacrificing branding or using code easily.
Composable DXPs are rooted in modularity, making your stack infinitely more scalable, sustainable, and less expensive to manage.
Transitions happen on your timeline and budget by upgrading your systems in manageable steps. You can integrate cutting-edge capabilities at a fraction of the cost of a “big bang” replatforming and ensure your business and digital experience remain stable throughout the migration process.
Migration without breaking your budget
Upgrading your stack doesn’t need to be painful. Uniform offers a composable DXP that simplifies replatforming and unifies teams, processes, and technology.
Plus, you can go composable at your own pace, skipping the extensive code, sky-high licensing fees, and vendor lock-in.
Get in touch to learn how our composable DXP can help transform your replatforming strategy.
