Improving Site Performance: A Deeper Dive on Page Load (Part Two)
In the previous installment, I talked conceptually about how to approach testing and what we are trying to learn. This time we’re going to get our hands dirty and start… Read more
No Smoke-and-Mirrors! Acquia Lands on the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Sixth Consecutive Year
Managing a message, integrating systems, and delivering the right content to the right audience is a challenging endeavour -- especially for those at the helm of enterprise-… Read more
Eight Ways to Implement Site Personalization
Concierges are highly skilled people who can add real value to your life by taking care of some essential and time-consuming tasks for you. In the same way a concierge will… Read more
Bill C-81: A Paper Tiger or Real Change? For Your Business it Doesn’t Matter
It’s hard to criticize “progress,” but when progress comes with quotes around it, sometimes the perception of moving forward can be more detrimental to the cause than inertia… Read more
Graduating Your College or University Website to Drupal 8
The question most struggle with as Drupal 7 reaches end of life is whether to move to Drupal 8 now, or wait and start fresh with Drupal 9. Historically, that's a valid… Read more
Why Does a Website Cost So Much?
“You paid how much? My neighbour’s kid could have built you a website for just a couple of hundred bucks.” That’s the thing about building digital solutions, including… Read more
Smart Date - Time to Level Up!
Just over a month ago, I shared with you some information on a new Drupal module that we’ve been developing called Smart Date. Today, I’m excited to announce the stable… Read more
Acquia Certified Cloud Pro, At Your Service!
Our namesake, the echidna, is an adaptive, resourceful animal. It is a fitting mascot for Digital Echidna, because we exist in a digital environment that’s always changing… Read more
Virtually Scrubbing Up: Pre-’Surgery’ Site Speed Checklist
Just as with medicine, when you’re trying to fix site speed issues, you want to ensure that you’re curing the cause -- not just dealing with a symptom. An issue may present… Read more
Money Is Nice, But That's Not All It Takes: Motivation At Work
We all work in increasingly fast-paced environments, face tighter deadlines, and have to sort through competing priorities to manage expectations from multiple stakeholders.… Read more
Ice-ing on the Canada Day Cake
As you may know, echidnas’ natural habitat is in the southern hemisphere. The interesting thing is that they don’t tolerate extreme temperatures all that well. Oddly enough,… Read more
Pantheon announces data residency for Canadian, EU, and Australian Regions
For consumers, competition is always better -- it improves motivation, supports competitive pricing, and offers flexibility. For Canadian companies looking for reliable… Read more
Thoughts On All Things Digital
