In this episode of the Sitecore Standard Values podcast, host Rick Bauer engages in a conversation with Steve Davis, the Vice President of Engineering for Commerce at Sitecore. They delve into the topic of Sitecore Order Cloud, a headless software solution. Steve explains that the decision to pursue a headless strategy was driven by the need to customize user experiences and adapt to the rise of mobile devices. The introduction of Ajax and clean APIs further reinforced the idea of decoupling the front end from the back end, leading to the birth of Order Cloud.

The platform's focus on composable architecture and principles like modularity, autonomy, orchestration, and discovery allows customers to own their own roadmap and tailor the solution to their specific business needs.

With a robust test suite and frequent releases, Order Cloud enables rapid iteration and responsiveness to customer requests. It provides both complex B2B and simpler B2C solutions, blurring the lines between the two and offering a seamless buying experience for various user types.