Author Archives: Sanjeev Gupta

Do all roads for eBay lead to X.commerce ?

eBay was one of the most notable successes during the dot com boom. One of the reason being that eBay offered an enormous opportunity to individuals and small merchants by opening up the huge online marketplace from them. That said … Continue reading

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Magento eCommerce Review

The fastest growing eCommerce platform in the recent past, Magento is a PHP based Open Source eCommerce platform. Magento is also the youngest member of the eCommerce platform family; that said the brains behind the product have been around in … Continue reading

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Commercial Open Source – gate crashing the party

Open Source project are primarily ‘community driven’ project that are often lead (but not governed) and supported by the community. While some customers ( primarily individuals and small organizations) have been prompt in adopting these open source projects; a significant … Continue reading

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Microsoft Commerce Server – breaking off or just taking a pause

I was a bit surprised (but not shocked) when I read Mary-Jo Foley’s blog about Microsoft offloading it’s Commerce server. Not shocked cause Microsoft commerce hasn’t been a particularly well recognised product offering in the eCommerce space. In my years … Continue reading

Posted in ATG, eCommerce, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle | 2 Comments

Wish you a very Happy Diwali

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Why NOT to buy a Sony VAIO

When you buy a Sony product, you’d expect a funky looking quality product backed by a great customer service. Well that’s what I had expected before a Sony VAIO VPCSB18GG – it had pretty sleek looks, good configuration and service … Continue reading

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Hannon Hill and TerminalFour – similar but different

In our recently released Web Content Management Vendor Evaluations version 20.2 we’ve updated our research on two interesting vendors – Hannon Hill and TerminalFour.On the surface, they seem quite similar. Both are based in Java, both endeavor to release simple … Continue reading

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FatWire and OpenText WEM — newer names, older technology

Web Experience Management (WEM) is the latest buzz word in the WCM marketplace, having been adopted — at least in theory — by vendors small and large. I recently took a closer look at two of the larger vendors: FatWire … Continue reading

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