A place to start for each Amazon Web Services projects: http://aws.amazon.com/architecture/ Interesting eCommerce architectures: 1) AWS_ac_ra_ecommerce_webfrontend_14 2) AWS_ac_ra_ecommerce_checkout_13 3) AWS_ac_ra_ecommerce_marketing_15 You can find more info about this topic on Amazon Web Service site: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/three-new-aws-reference-architectures-for-e-commerce/
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The Europe eCommerce B2C 2014 report. Let’s wait for the 2015. european-b2c-ecommerce-report-2014
The traditional operating model is based on the assumption that consumers begin and end their shopping experiences in one place, usually the store. But that assumption is no longer valid; the explosive consumer adoption of “smart” mobile phones has triggered new anytime/anywhere shopping behaviors. Now consumers can carry the store around in their pockets and purses, and retailers have… Read More »
Cloud isn’t just a cost saver, and any company changing their IT infrastructure for that reason alone is missing out important aspects. 2014 KPMG Cloud Survey Report – Final 12-10-14
Accounting 1. FrontAccounting This Web-based accounting/ERP app handles purchase orders, invoices, accounts payable, inventory, sales orders, general ledger, and more. In addition, it supports multiple languages, multiple currencies, and multiple GST/VAT settings. Operating System: Windows, Linux. Commercial Support Available? No, but a list of partners is available. 2. osFinancials osFinancials includes accounting, invoicing, stock control,… Read More »
An interesting article about how we do shopping and how much Google knows about us 🙂 December of 2014 may be remembered as the first truly omni-channel holiday season: the year retailers really stretched the sales funnel to include mobile, store visits and online buying under one big connected holiday umbrella. Let’s take a break… Read More »
A list with open source alternatives to enterprise products Desktop Project Managment Software Consider as Alternative to Comments Real-World Use Project.net Microsoft Project Project.net is an an enterprise scale project management application Project.net is listed in Gartner Magic Quadrant for IT Project and Portfolio Management Applciations. Referenceref Customers include FT Services, Genesys Conferencing, City of… Read More »
What Are Your Options? First, let’s cover what are the various data models. These have been adapted from Emil Eifremand NoSQL databases. Document Databases Lineage: Inspired by Lotus Notes. Data model: Collections of documents, which contain key-value collections. Example: CouchDB, MongoDB Good at: Natural data modeling. Programmer friendly. Rapid development. Web friendly, CRUD. Graph Databases Lineage:… Read More »
Thousands of internet debates are dedicated to the SQL vs NoSQL fight. But does it have to be a fight? If you are choosing one over the other, do you know for sure why and what the potential benefits of each are? This article is a run-down of most common benefits and pitfalls of both… Read More »