Technology Partners
Adobe
Adobe is one of the leading solution providers in the field of digital experience management. Adobe Experience Cloud combines commerce, marketing, analytics and content on one platform and thus ensures an ideal and integrated customer experience.
dotSource is an Adobe Solution Partner and supports its clients in strategic concept creation, the implementation of Adobe solutions and their seamless integration into the existing system landscape.
Bloomreach
Bloomreach Experience Cloud is a platform for digital business, featuring a headless content management system (CMS) combined with an API-first solution as its core functionality. Companies such as Bosch, PUMA, Deutsche Telekom and EDEKA use Bloomreach as the centrepiece of their web, mobile and digital experience (DX) initiatives.
This is especially true when SAP® products are involved, which Bloomreach has been successfully implementing for 25 years and which are constantly modernised and optimised to meet new requirements.
CELUM
CELUM is one of the world's leading vendors of Enterprise Marketing Cloud Software. With CELUM's content collaboration cloud, customers can transform marketing because it offers them unique solutions to create, collaborate on, organise, integrate, share, local sync and provide brand and product content on any channel. Global marketing teams receive a boost through process automation, reduced time to market and increased efficiency in team collaboration.
CELUM works tirelessly on its vision to disrupt how brands tell engaging product stories and how people work better together. More than 1000 leading brands such as SCOTT Sports, Dior, CLAAS, Mammut, 3M and Silhouette trust in CELUM’s cloud technology to empower marketing content and amplify teamwork.
censhare
censhare was founded in 2001 and has set itself the goal of making digital transformation easier for companies. Today, the company works with more than 350 leading brands and offers its customers an efficient digital asset management (DAM) solution with great omnichannel reach and effective customer communication.
Headquartered in Munich, censhare also sells an enterprise CMS as well as a PIM tool, making it possible to integrate media information, organise content and products and automate related processes.
commercetools
commercetools is an international software company that provides inspiring shopping experiences across all channels with its cloud-based e-commerce platform – from mobile apps, voice assistants, chatbots, augmented reality, virtual reality and IoT applications to in-car commerce.
When it comes to digital commerce, the platform is trusted by globally renowned brands such as Carhartt WIP, Cimpress (e.g. VistaPrint and Tradeprint), Express and Wizards of the Coast (Hasbro). commercetools was founded in 2006 and has been part of REWE Digital GmbH since 2014. A total of over 150 employees work at the company's offices in Munich, Berlin, Jena, Amsterdam (Netherlands) and Durham (North Carolina, USA).
Contentful
The Berlin start-up Contentful was founded in 2011. It currently has around 300 employees in Berlin and San Francisco. In 2016, Contentful was already named as a »Rising Star« in Forbes' list of the top 100 cloud companies.
Unlike traditional content management software providers, Contentful focuses on the API-first approach and uses structured data as well as separated content and presentation layers to allow companies to integrate content into web apps and mobile apps. The software also uses a flexible microservices architecture that ensures additional speed and adaptability in all currently important programming languages.
Contentserv
With its intuitive product experience management platform, Contentserv enables companies to automatically manage their product data in one central location and create unique product experiences with the help of artificial intelligence (AI). The cloud-based solution integrates innovative technologies on an ongoing basis to help overcome new challenges and make business processes even more efficient.
With Contentserv's Product Experience Cloud, you can generate more traffic and conversions, boost the satisfaction of your target audience and improve your return on investment.
Coveo
Coveo is a cloud-based search solution for enhanced digital experiences. The use of AI and machine learning (ML) technologies enables companies to make digital experiences even more intelligent. The smart use of Coveo makes it possible to perfectly personalise content for each customer.
With intelligent navigation, category selection and filters, customers can easily find the right product for them and are provided with suitable product recommendations based on growing algorithms.
Craft CMS
Pixel & Tonic – the company behind Craft CMS – released Craft 1.0 in 2013. This CMS focuses on improving developer and author experiences and meeting the constantly changing requirements of modern web development. Craft CMS is considered one of the most widely used content management systems among top agencies and web professionals worldwide and has already won several awards such as »Best CMS for Developers« and »Best WordPress Alternative«.
The modern, flexible and user-friendly CMS offers users a wide range of features and tools to organise, structure and manage content. The solution also stands out for its ability to create custom content structures and fields, allowing users to build tailor-made websites.
Crownpeak
As the manufacturer of FirstSpirit CMS, Crownpeak is the leader in the field of web content management (WCM). Numerous renowned customers rely on FirstSpirit for the global implementation of successful web strategies as well as the creation, management and publication of content on highly diverse channels.
Following a best-of-breed strategy, FirstSpirit can be seamlessly integrated into complex system landscapes, online shops and portals and enables easy integration of any web application and (existing) third-party systems with its user-friendly publishing platform. Thus, users optimise their content management processes and simplify their editorial work.
Descartes Systems
With Descartes pixi WMS, e-commerce companies can optimise all their warehouse logistics and omnichannel back-end processes – from barcode-based pick-and-pack processes in warehouses to order dispatch and shipment tracking. Optional enterprise resource planning (ERP) functionalities, such as customer service, purchasing, payment management and DATEV export, round off the solution.
Through application programming interface (API) web services and standard interfaces, it can be flexibly integrated with shop solutions, ERP tools and other existing IT system landscapes.
econda
econda's high-end web analytics and recommendation solutions facilitate success and revenue maximisation in e-commerce with its privacy-compliant tools made in Germany. Every day, econda is in successful operation with more than 1,000 e-commerce enterprises.
The econda shop monitor is tailored to challenges that e-commerce companies face and delivers real-time analyses for the management of shop and online marketing. As such, it makes extensive multi-channel marketing and customer journey tracking possible.
Emarsys
Emarsys is a global leader in the field of cloud marketing software. As a comprehensive and fully integrated solution, the commerce marketing platform meets the requirements of modern marketers. The combination of predictive analytics, personalisation and omnichannel automation enables companies to increase customer engagement in next to no time.
Founded in Vienna in 2000, Emarsys is one of the fastest and most innovative companies in the industry. With over 800 employees at 13 locations, Emarsys supports more than 1,500 companies in 140 countries, segmenting and analysing one billion customer contacts as well as sending out over 250,000 personalised campaigns to help customers increase their revenue and return on investment.
FactFinder
FactFinder is the European market leader for product search, navigation and merchandising in online shops and is used by over 1,300 companies.
The fault-tolerant conversion engine is easy to integrate, runs virtually maintenance-free and ensures sales increases of up to 33 per cent.
Feed Dynamix
Feed Dynamix provides online shops with a comprehensive all-in-one solution for data-driven product marketing. It allows online shops to list their products on over 1,200 digital marketing channels in more than 40 countries. The solution automates the entire product data marketing process – from data analytics and the management of sales channels to product data optimisation.
As a result, online shops increase their efficiency while reaching a global audience. In the field of data feed marketing, the solution from Feed Dynamix has been trusted by online shops since 2007.
Frontastic
With its front-end-as-a-service approach, Frontastic is rethinking the digital customer experience. The solution, which is radically based on »mobile first«, enables ambitious online retailers, brands, marketplaces and even agile start-ups to implement customer centricity easily and with minimal IT effort.
Frontastic has thus already successfully established itself as the new standard front-end solution for the API economy in next to no time.
GK Software
Founded in 1990, GK Software is not only an acclaimed global player in cloud services for retail, but also the leading European provider of integrated store solutions. The company's solutions redefine customer experience and are marketed globally by SAP.
GK Software has been setting retail solutions standards for years – from enterprise cloud architecture to mobile customer engagement and AI for retail. GK Artificial Intelligence for Retail AG (GK AIR), formerly known as prudsys AG, is one of the leading providers of AI applications for personalisation, dynamic pricing and real-time prediction in e-commerce.
Google supports companies in the selection of reliable online experts. Since 2014, dotSource has been an official Google Partner.
The prerequisites for a Google partnership are certified staff and ad spends with a high quality factor.
IBM WebSphere Commerce
dotSource is an IBM Business Partner. IBM WebSphere Commerce offers a complete set of features to meet all of a company's e-commerce requirements and has a vision of seamless customer experiences across all channels.
The network of IBM facilitates the implementation of international e-commerce projects in B2B and B2C contexts. IBM WebSphere Commerce excels in high performance as well as problem-free integration of online shops into the existing IBM system environment.
InBetween
InBetween Deutschland GmbH, a global leader in digital publishing solutions, has been at the forefront of product and brand professionalisation for more than 20 years. The software automatically creates catalogs, sales folders, price lists, data sheets, and more, all based on your latest product data. This saves you significant and measurable time and costs, while increasing the quality of your output documents by reducing manual errors.
The solution offers both fully or semi-automated publications, personalised for different customer segments, in a variety of output formats and languages suiting your company.
Our PIM team will be happy to advise you on the best print solution for your individual case.
Intershop
Thanks to its former long-standing Gold partnership with Intershop Communications AG (2006-2019), dotSource has extensive experience in projects based on Intershop technology.
We offer you comprehensive background knowledge about the Intershop software and how it works.
Magento
Magento Open Source provides a flexible foundation for an online shop combined with all the necessary features. With Magento and dotSource, you can benefit from a large community and always stay up to date.
Since 2008, dotSource has been working with the e-commerce solution for small and medium-sized companies, assisting them with the strategic concept creation and implementation of Magento Open Source.
Magic Software
Magic Software was founded in Or Jehuda (Israel) back in 1983. The Nasdaq-listed company has extensive experience in connecting a wide range of system landscape components.
As a certified Magic partner, we provide our customers with the ability to connect a wide range of systems via customised interfaces. Magic xpi supports cloud-based solutions, systems hosted on-premise as well as hybrid software.
Magnolia
Magnolia CMS is a digital business platform with content management as its core functionality. Companies such as Bechtle, VHV Versicherungen, Generali and Deutsche Bahn use Magnolia as the centrepiece of their web, mobile and DX initiatives.
Magnolia was founded in 1997 and is privately owned. The company is headquartered in Basel, Switzerland, with additional offices worldwide.
Microsoft
Founded in 1975, the Redmond-based software pioneer Microsoft is now considered the largest software company in the world. Indispensable in everyday life thanks to Windows and applications such as Office 365, Microsoft takes businesses to the next level with smart cloud and business intelligence (BI) solutions.
Microsoft is one of the most valuable companies worldwide and has a strong presence in the technology industry. It works closely with developers, businesses and governments to deliver innovative solutions and technologies and drive forward digital transformation.
Microsoft Azure
In the field of cloud computing, Microsoft has been offering Azure since 2010 – a comprehensive platform for the development, provision and management of cloud applications and services.
Microsoft Azure is one of the fastest growing cloud platforms and one of the world's leading infrastructure as a service (IaaS) providers. It brings together over 200 different tools and cloud services with a focus on designing new solutions for digital experience platforms.
MuleSoft
MuleSoft’s Anypoint Platform is a cloud solution that makes it possible to connect a wide range of systems with each other and enables users to exchange data and build platforms.
As an official MuleSoft partner, we support you in strategic concept creation, the implementation of MuleSoft solutions and their seamless integration into your existing IT infrastructure.
Piwik PRO
The web analytics solution Piwik PRO has been on the market since 2016, enabling companies to analyse the entire customer journey. Thanks to several analytics and tracking tools, they can keep track of their customers individually as well as collectively. In compliance with various data protection regulations, the cloud solution is a viable alternative to other systems such as Google Analytics.
Piwik PRO supports data-driven decision making through custom dashboards, reports and integrations. Benefit from our expertise as an official Piwik PRO Partner with many years of diverse project experience.
Projektron
With Projektron BCS, project management processes can be automated, planned, executed, controlled and evaluated. The browser-based all-in-one solution with more than 830 customers throughout Europe is designed for anyone working in a project-oriented organisation. Thanks to its modular structure and numerous interfaces, Projektron BCS can be flexibly integrated into existing organisational structures.
All project members can access their project data – regardless of location. In addition, features that can be used throughout the organisation are provided, for example to assist with HR management, work according to Scrum or manage tickets. The solution is available in seven languages and is supplemented by extensive documentation. The software manufacturer Projektron currently has just over 100 employees.
Salesforce
Salesforce was founded by Marc Benioff in 1999 with the vision of redefining customer relationship management (CRM). Today, the company is one of the leading providers of cloud-based solutions for CRM, marketing, customer service, commerce, application development and analytics for large and medium-sized companies.
dotSource has been a Salesforce Partner since 2016. We provide you with all Salesforce solutions for sales, service, marketing automation and commerce from one source.
SAP
SAP is the market leader in enterprise application software and helps companies of all sizes and industries operate profitably, adapt continuously and grow sustainably. From back office to boardroom, warehouse to storefront, desktop to mobile device: SAP empowers people and organisations to automate processes and promotes interaction with customers, business partners and employees.
Thanks to our long-standing partnership, we have extensive expertise regarding SAP products. These include SAP Commerce, Marketing, Sales, Service and Customer Data Cloud, which are all part of the SAP C/4HANA suite.
Shopify
Shopify is a Canadian e-commerce platform known worldwide as a leading solution for setting up and operating online shops.
With its numerous tools and features, Shopify enables companies of all sizes to quickly and easily sell their products online.
As a Shopify Partner, we offer comprehensive support in creating, customising and optimising online shops based on Shopify. From developing tailor-made designs and integrating payment and shipping solutions to implementing marketing strategies – we help you leverage the full potential of Shopify and succeed in e-commerce.
Shopware
shopware AG is a German manufacturer of open source e-commerce software. Founded in 2000, the company has more than 100 employees and focuses on the development and support of its core product Shopware 5, an innovative shop system for businesses of all sizes.
With over 54,000 installations, 2,000 plugins and 1,200 partners, shopware AG is one of Europe's most successful manufacturers of e-commerce software. The company is 100 per cent owner-operated, independent and equity-financed, thus guaranteeing the greatest degree of flexibility.
Spryker
With its cloud-based platform-as-a-service solution, Spryker, which was founded in 2014, offers a modern and agile tool for companies that want to modernise their platform and take it to the next level in e-commerce. The provider of e-commerce software enables companies to build successful transactional business models in unified commerce, including B2B, B2C and enterprise marketplaces.
Based on the modular principle, a wide range of API-based modules and individual software packages can be combined to meet company-specific needs.
Stibo Systems
Stibo Systems is the global leader in multi-domain master data management (MDM) solutions. Industry leaders rely on Stibo Systems to provide cross–channel consistency by linking product and customer data, suppliers and other organisational assets. This enables businesses to make more effective decisions, boost sales and build shareholder value.
Over the last 30 years, Stibo Systems has helped hundreds of companies develop a trusted source of operational information. It is part of the privately held group Stibo A/S, founded in 1794 and headquartered in Aarhus, Denmark.
Tealium
Tealium revolutionises today's digital businesses with a universal approach to customer data orchestration – spanning web, mobile, offline and Internet of Things devices. With the power to unify customer data into a single source of truth, Tealium offers a turnkey integration ecosystem, supporting more than 1,000 client-side and server-side vendors and technologies.
The Tealium Customer Data Hub encompasses tag management, an API hub, a customer data platform and data management solutions that enable organisations to leverage real-time data to create richer, more personalised digital experiences across every team, technology and customer touchpoint.
TESSA
TESSA is a cloud-based DAM solution for retailers and manufacturers that allows for efficient, convenient and cross-channel management of media files such as graphics, videos and text blocks.
The data management system facilitates modern multi-channel marketing and can easily be connected to other third-party systems and tools.
Tradebyte Software
Tradebyte specialises in software solutions for vendors and marketplaces that want to benefit from the »market without limits«. As pioneers of »networked e-commerce«, Tradebyte has focused on standardised, cloud-based technologies and comprehensive services since the beginning.
Today, Tradebyte sets the standard – for optimal performance and growing success of its customers.
TYPO3
TYPO3 CMS is an open source CMS that has been available since 1999. Focused on creating and managing content in any digital form, it has set the standards for a modern, multi-lingual and multi-channel-capable CMS. With its open, modular approach, TYPO3 CMS can handle any challenge faced by companies.
In addition to the impressive out-of-the-box functionality, you have access to over 6,000 free extensions that will help you grow your business. TYPO3 has a strong focus on security, with a team of 20 developers making sure your project keeps your data secure. Despite being an open source project, TYPO3 offers long-term support versions that can be extended up to five years together with vendor service level agreements to keep your investments safe.
Vigience
Vigience started out as a spin-off from a former SAP team. Its founders had been responsible for the development of global products in various areas at SAP for many years.
With its product Overcast, Vigience specialises in business process integration and real-time data synchronisation between Salesforce and SAP ERP.
Overcast offers various connectors to integrate different Salesforce solutions such as Commerce Cloud, Sales Cloud and Service Cloud with SAP ERP.
As a partner of Vigience, we help you connect your systems effectively and implement suitable interfaces.
123 Form Builder
123 Form Builder is the online form builder used and loved by more than three million users around the world. With over 200 million form submissions and counting, 123 Form Builder makes form building easy while integrating with several of the tools you use.
Whether you are building an application form, event registration form, patient information form, customer sign up form, online order form, client feedback form or something else: 123 Form Builder allows you to collect data easily in a secure environment.
Networks and Associations
Bundesverband Digitale Wirtschaft e.V. (BVDW)
The BVDW is the organisation that represents the interests of companies in the field of interactive marketing, digital content and interactive added value. The BVDW has an interdisciplinary anchor, giving the organisation a holistic view on the topics of the digital economy.
Its mission is to make the efficiency and benefits of digital media transparent, thus promoting their deployment in the economy as a whole, in society and in administration.
Bundesverband E-Commerce und Versandhandel Deutschland e.V. (bevh)
More than 320 small, medium-sized and large companies are currently members of the bevh. They generate around 75 per cent of the total revenue in mail order business in Germany.
The bevh represents the interests of this industry. As a bevh Preferred Business Partner, dotSource provides excellent and essential services for German mail order companies.
Deutschsprachige SAP-Anwendergruppe (DSAG) e.V.
The German-speaking SAP User Group (DSAG) e.V. based in Walldorf sees itself as an independent interest group representing all SAP users in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The goal of the DSAG is to work towards the creation of SAP solutions that meet user needs and to promote the exchange of experience and information both among SAP customers and with SAP.
Founded in 1997 as a registered association, the DSAG has established itself as one of the largest SAP user groups worldwide.
ECC CLUB
The ECC CLUB offers decision-makers in trade and trade environments an exclusive networking platform and valuable industry insights.
Members receive free access to current insights and one of the best archives of e-commerce and cross-channel studies as well as tickets for exclusive brand events. Three different membership formats offer the right benefits package for every company.
K5 Liga
The K5 Liga brings together service providers and agencies that support e-commerce in strategic growth phases.
dotSource is a member of the K5 Liga and sponsor of the annual K5 Conference featuring the 500 most powerful online retailers.
Trusted Shops
Trusted Shops is a leading provider of trust-building measures in e-commerce. Through its quality seal, buyer protection guarantee and customer evaluation system, online retailers can visually display that shopping with them is guaranteed to be secure.
This way, customer trust as well as the willingness to buy increase and conversion rates rise.
UXQB
UXQB was founded in October 2013 based on an initiative by the working group »Quality Standards« within the German Usability Professionals Association (Berufsverband der Deutschen Usability und User Experience Professionals – German UPA e.V.). The purpose of UXQB is to systematically promote a consistent certification programme for usability professionals.
Since 2023, dotSource has been a certified partner of UXQB and offers »Certified Professional for Usability and User Experience – Foundation Level (CPUX-F)« training courses to interested parties based on the programme's curriculum.
Education Partners
Duale Hochschule Gera-Eisenach
Duale Hochschule Gera-Eisenach offers the option of an integrated degree programme and collaborates closely with commercial enterprises, public administrations and individual social institutions.
The three-year course consists of alternating phases of theory and practice, with students having a training contract with a partner company such as dotSource during this time.
Ernst-Abbe-Hochschule Jena
The Department of Industrial Engineering at Ernst-Abbe-Hochschule Jena (University of Applied Sciences Jena) places great value on the practical approach in both its master's and bachelor's degrees programmes [WI Industrie (Business and Engineering Industry), WI IT (Business and Engineering IT) and E-Commerce] by means of close collaboration with businesses in the region.
The broad subject range (engineering, business and legal studies) enables graduates to work with an interdisciplinary approach.
Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena (Friedrich Schiller University Jena) is particularly characterised by its practical approach and knowledge transfer with regional companies. Following the slogan »Building the future on tradition«, the University, together with dotSource as a friend and sponsor, supports outstanding students who want to intensify their interest in topics related to e-commerce.
Every year, the two partners award the Deutschlandstipendium scholarship to students with exceptional achievements.
GRUNDIG AKADEMIE Gera
GRUNDIG AKADEMIE in Gera has been a state-approved technical college / higher vocational college since 1991. A focus of its training is a vocational course, training students to become certified engineers or certified business economists.
For many years, GRUNDIG AKADEMIE has also provided initial vocational training, among others for technical IT assistants.
Staatliches Berufsschulzentrum Hermsdorf
The vocational training centre Staatliches Berufsschulzentrum Hermsdorf is located in the Saale-Holzland district and bundles competencies in significant IT professions.
Other focuses lie in vocational training for saddlers and fabric technicians as well as in the professional fields of wood technology, ceramics and housekeeping.
Steinbeis Career Center
Steinbeis Career Center is a powerful network of leading institutes of Steinbeis University Berlin, which offers extra-occupational, transfer- and application-oriented degree programmes with nationally and internationally renowned partner academies.
This includes promising training programmes such as the Bachelor and Master of Business Administration.