WebSphere Commerce 5.6.1 will be out of support by the end of the upcoming September, which is merely 4 months away. After that, IBM will no longer answer customers’ calls for this version. For eCommerce sites that still employs version 5.6.1, we strongly recommend them to upgrade to version 7 as soon as possible. One major downside of sticking with version 5.6.1 is that version 7 would be the last version to support direct upgrade from version 5.6.1. That is, any future Commerce will be not be able to be upgraded from version 5.6.1 without going through some intermediate version. For those of you dragging your feet to the new version, upgrade can be painful, but version 7 can also present new possibilities of doing business. Beside the fact that for most companies, owning a piece of unsupported software is unacceptable per their policies, this also a great opportunity for many customers to check out some new technologies that emerged since version 5.6.1 was released. WebSphere Commerce 5.6.1 was released back in 2005. Just to give you an idea what a difference 5 years make, Youtube was found in 2005, Facebook went online a year earlier in 2004, iPhone? It did not even exist until 2007. Google was big back then, but even that juggernaut of the decade only started dabbled into (and revolutionized) online advertising with its AdSense. In summary, so much has changed since 2005 that if you ask someone what the Internet would look like without Youtube, twitter, iPhone (or new generations of smartphone inspired by iPhone)? He probably would say two words: “Stone Age.”
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Las Vegas, Nevada – May 3, 2010 –
Zobrist Consulting announces the release of a new offering – eZcommerce – based on IBM WebSphere Commerce software running in the cloud.
eZcommerce is a complete E-Commerce Solution with an online storefront, a set of simple catalog management, smart marketing and customer care tools packaged with managed services. With eZcommerce, Zobrist uses IBM WebSphere Commerce to create the online storefront, help companies populate it with products, launch and manage it 24×7x365 using cloud computing resources. Customers will then have infinite options to extend and scale their online storefront using the initial launch as a
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Positions IBM to Lead Industry in Cloud Integration
ARMONK, N.Y.- 03 May 2010:
IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced it has acquired Cast Iron Systems to broaden the delivery of cloud computing services for clients. Cast Iron Systems, a privately held company based in Mountain View, CA, delivers industry-leading cloud integration software, appliances and services. Financial terms were not disclosed. The acquisition expands IBM’s industry-leading business process and integration software portfolio, which grew more than 20 percent in the first quarter of 2010. (more…)
Feature Pack 1 Extends Customer Experience for Version 7
With the new Feature Pack 1 launch for IBM WebSphere Commerce Version 7, IBM focuses on extending the brand experience to deliver a smarter shopping experience for customers. (more…)
The Take Control Maintenance Plan is a cost-effective way for companies to have 24×7x365 support for e-commerce sites powered by WebSphere. It alleviates the burden of monitoring, maintaining, and tuning to keep WebSphere Commerce running in a continuously uninterrupted and optimized way. Businesses will be able to concentrate on marketing and merchandising initiatives that directly deliver ROI instead of technical site housekeeping chores and support. (more…)
Zobrist Consulting today announced it has achieved certification to become an Authorized seller of IBM Information Management, Lotus, Rational, Tivoli and WebSphere software by meeting the skills requirements of the new IBM Software Value Plus initiative.
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In terms of installation, nothing new, but there are tools for migrating Marketing Campaigns… In V7, should definitely go with Management Center to take advantage of latest Marketing features.
The migration tool for V7 is improved from previous versions.
It is now based entirely on ANT scripts and custom ANT tasks, so it allows customizations. (more…)
WebSphere Commerce Build and Deploy (WCBD) is the first tool to be developed by the WebSphere Commerce development team that addresses the build and deployment aspect of a WebSphere Commerce customization project. The tool is aims to provide a standardized, ANTbased, build and deployment framework that is available to IBMers as well as business partners and customers. It is designed based on the best practices documented in the WebSphere Commerce Information Center. WCBD is designed to satisfy most typical build and deployment needs, leaving only few configuration steps for a quick startup. When needs differ from the standard implementation, the framework scripts can be customized. (more…)
Business user tool enhancements include the marketing dialog builder for creating and managing marketing and merchandising dialog activities with shoppers over time. Other enhancements include support for dynamically managing customer segments; as well as managing content, e-marketing spots and sales catalog in an extended sites model. The Promotions user interface has also been enhanced; and promotions based on catalog attributes, payment method, choice of free gift and others have been added. (more…)
WebSphere Commerce focuses on improving the customer shopping experience with a Web 2.0 Starter Store, which provides an out-of-the-box customizable storefront to get your online site up quickly. The Web 2.0 Starter Store enhances site performance, streamlines the checkout process and reduces the customization cost of the web storefront with the use of Cascading Style Sheets and enhanced Web 2.0 widgets such as: Product Fast Finder, Quick Product Info, Mini Shopping Cart, drag and drop of page objects and more. (more…)
