On May 27 EPiServer released a new version of the Digital Experience Cloud Platform. What does this new EPiServer version bring us? Cloud and connectivity seems to be the keywords here.

Cloud

“Cloud first” seems to be the way to go. Although the EPiServer Digital Experience Cloud package is presented as a cloud first solution, it can still be deployed on premise. The cloud solution comes with a pay-as-you-go model. Several levels will be available based on page views, number of items and availability. EPiServer Find will be included in the package.

References:
http://www.episerver.com/digital-experience-cloud/
http://www.episerver.com/how-to-buy/

Connectivity

New for EPiServer is the Digital Experience Hub, a technology that was already available in Ektron.
The Digital Experience Hub provides connectors to marketing automation and analytics tools like Salesforce Sales Cloud (formerly Pardot), Oracle Eloqua, Silverpop, Marketo, HubSpot, and Salesforce Marketing Cloud (formerly ExactTarget).

References:
http://www.episerver.com/cloud-platform/digital-experience-hub/

Other features

• Marketer Empowerment: New content comparison capability and improved experience editor for in-page editing.
• Digital Commerce: Improved way to manage catalogs, products and variant. Now showing thumbnails in the product catalog.
• Content Staging: Preview an entire project before you publish, and collaborate on new content items.
• Search: Find is included in the Digital Experience Cloud package,
  Powerslice gives you the ability to work with selections of your content.

For a complete overview see:
http://www.episerver.com/cloud-platform/new-features/
http://world.episerver.com/features/episerver-features—spring-2015/