Prior to the pandemic in early 2020, we released a feature that allowed a small subset of users to edit requested ship dates on open orders using their My Samtec account. This feature was well-received and highly used for a few months. Then we all know what happened in the spring of 2020. Supply chains were disrupted and lead times across multiple industries skyrocketed. Our industry was not spared. At that time, we had to pull that feature due to those lingering bottlenecks. However, that … [Read more...]

This month we fully launched our new checkout system, made some updates to our Picture Search, released a new industry standards page, and made some updates to how we use APIs across the website. Here are the major website updates to Samtec.com for October 2022. Full Checkout Launch Our new checkout has made the transition to the primary system to buy products on Samtec.com. The old system will be fully decommissioned by the end of November. This new system brings an improved user … [Read more...]

We processed our first order in the new checkout in early August 2022. This system replaced a legacy system that had been running for nearly a decade. It had a great run, but it was time for an upgrade. In August, the new system was a limited release only for those who chose to use it. Today we're happy to announce that the new Checkout system is fully launched and operational, and processing 99% of new orders on Samtec.com (there are still a few lingering integrations to the old one we are … [Read more...]

This month we released a really slick integration of our Solutionator tools on several relevant pages on our website, continued to increase performance through image optimization, added a new line of RF products, and made several updates to our new checkout system. Here were the major updates to Samtec.com for September 2022 Flex Stack and High-Speed Board-to-Board Solutionator Integrations We have recently released an integration of our new popular High-Speed Board-to-Board and Flex … [Read more...]

When it comes to website speed, a lot of things can be taken for granted these days. With increasing Internet speeds in many areas around the globe and enhanced adoption of cloud architecture and content delivery networks, sometimes website speed optimization can take a backseat to new feature development. Part of building modern website experiences is by making use of highly-detailed imagery, as Samtec.com does on many of its flagship product pages - High-Density Arrays, for example. While … [Read more...]

In August we moved several huge releases live to Samtec.com. We released a brand new way to build optical cables online, as well as a brand new checkout experience, and a small release of a new order management tool in My Samtec. Here were the major updates to Samtec.com for August 2022. Build Optical Cables Online Samtec users have been able to build a variety of different cable products online through various software applications we’ve released over the years, but until now, we … [Read more...]

Samtec users have been able to build a variety of different cable products online through various software applications we've released over the years, but until now, we never had a solution to build Active Optics cables on Samtec.com. With the release of our new Active Optics Solutionator®, users can now build an Active Optics cable online from beginning to end in under a minute. By answering just a single question (or more if desired), users can see a list of qualifying Samtec optical … [Read more...]

If you’ve been paying attention to the Coming Soon section in our most recent web updates, you might have noticed we have been working on an upgraded Checkout system for the website for the last several months. We’re happy to announce that this application is now accepting orders in production in a Beta state. As I write this, it's processing about 10% of our orders. We'll be incrementally moving this closer to being the default checkout option in the near future. This new and upgraded … [Read more...]