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.

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.

To the applause of the audience at Monday’s general session, Craig Hayman announced that IBM has acquired Cast Iron Systems. Afterwards, at a press conference Hayman was joined by the CEO of Cast Iron Systems, Ken Comee. The Mountain View, California company provides industry-leading cloud integration software, appliances and services.