Sitecore Commerce Server

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Sitecore Commerce Server
Developer(s) Sitecore
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Sitecore Commerce Server 11.1 / October 2014
Website www.sitecore.net

Commerce Server was a software product for building multichannel e-commerce applications and systems using .NET Framework technology. The product has changed ownership and names several times. Previously known as Microsoft Commerce Server, it was at the end of the product lifecycle developed, sold, and supported by Sitecore for building multichannel e-commerce applications. It was replaced in 2021 [1] with Sitecore Commerce Cloud. The latest release of the product was Sitecore Commerce Server 11.1, released in October 2014. [2]

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Ownership History

The core software that formed the basis for the Commerce Server product line was developed by eShop and purchased by Microsoft in 1996. [3] eShop’s technologies were integrated into Microsoft Merchant Server, which evolved into Microsoft Site Server in 1997,* and eventually to Microsoft Commerce Server in 2000.

In 2007 Microsoft outsourced product development of Commerce Server to Cactus Commerce, which was acquired in 2011 by Ascentium. [4] Ascentium then bought outright the Commerce Server business from Microsoft that same year. [5] In 2012 Ascentium re-branded its company as SMITH and split off the Commerce Server product division into a wholly owned subsidiary known as commerceserver.net. [6]

Sitecore acquired commerceserver.net in late 2013 [7] [8] and released the product as Sitecore Commerce Server in 2014. [9]

Product Description and Components

Sitecore Commerce Server is a set of pre-packaged tools for building and deploying e-commerce websites and e-commerce software applications using .NET Framework technologies. It can be run on-premise or, with the additional support for Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services introduced in version 10.1, it can be run in the cloud. [10] Version 11.1 of the Commerce Server codebase is the first built entirely in .NET Framework 4.5 and Visual C++ 2013, eliminating Visual Basic 6 and various Visual C++ runtime dependencies. [2]

Sitecore Commerce Server has the following components:

Sitecore Commerce Server forms the technology foundation of and is included in Sitecore Commerce, Sitecore's primary commerce offering that also includes Sitecore Commerce Connect. [9] It is marketed and sold as an optional, integrated module of the Sitecore Experience Platform, which also offers other modules for content management, multichannel customer experience management, and big data storage and management.

Product Release History

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References

  1. ↑ "Sitecore Commerce Product Lifecycle". support.sitecore.com. Retrieved 2022-09-29.
  2. 1 2 "Sitecore Commerce 7.5 Now Available". MSDN. 28 October 2014.
  3. ↑ "Microsoft Acquires eShop Inc". Microsoft Inc. 11 June 1996.
  4. ↑ "Microsoft sloughs off its e-commerce technology". Internet Retailer. 14 November 2011.
  5. ↑ "Microsoft Folds Its Hand And Abandons Commerce Server: What It Means". Forrester Research. 11 November 2011. Archived from the original on 3 January 2015. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
  6. ↑ "Commerce Server, Cactus Commerce & Ascentium - The Path Forward". Forrester Research. 30 November 2012.
  7. ↑ "Sitecore Acquisition Highlights Customer Experience, E-Commerce Disconnect". CMS Wire. 22 November 2013.
  8. ↑ "Sitecore Acquires Commerceserver.net to Extend .NET CXM Play". Gartner Inc. 27 November 2013.
  9. 1 2 "Sitecore Commerce: An In-Depth Introduction". MSDN. 6 August 2014.
  10. ↑ "Using Commerce Server 10.1 on Amazon Web Services". MSDN. 9 August 2013.
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