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There is a lot of energy in the Global4Net team after the holiday break and we are definitely ready for New Year's challenges, but let's stop for a minute to see what has happened in the company throughout 2018. We'd like to invite you to read this short summary.

Today, Magento officially announced the release of Magento 2.3. The decision is quite unexpected because the original date of the release of the stable version in October at Magento Live Barcelona was determined for the first quarter of 2019. Many companies have been waiting for the official release of version 2.3 to migrate shops from version 1.9 because of the significant change planned in the system's architecture. Is it a good idea to implement the new version 2.3?

In October, Magento Live Barcelona hosted the largest Magento event in Europe and the representatives of Global4Net had the pleasure to be there. Numerous interesting presentations were performed. However, the most exciting topic was the release of the new version of Magento 2.3. It should be noted that this will be the first new version of the system since the acquisition of Magento by Adobe. So what can you expect from the new version?

Within half a year, criminals placed malicious scripts in over 7,000 stores based on the Magento engine. As a result of this practice, hackers stole customers’ credit card data, gaining access to their bank accounts.

Magento officially announced the end date of support for Magento 1. Bearing in mind that many companies actively used Magento version 1, the official Magento support was systematically prolonged, but ultimately the company decided to publish the official end date of the support.

SAP is software for enterprises designed to manage such aspects of e-commerce as various business operations and relationships between companies and clients. Although SAP systems are most often used by large companies, there are software solutions designed for small enterprises as well. There are of course appropriate extensions that simplify the integration of Magento 2 SAP.

There is a chance that your Magento store is not yet ready for GDPR, if you are still not sure how to approach this problem, you've come to the right place. In this post, we compare the two robust extensions that allow the implementation of the GDPR in Magento created by Amasty and Aheadworks.

The Internet of Things is a concept that has been established for several years in the consciousness of B2C stores. Even the use of beacons allows you to generate a unique shopping experience, such as illuminated shelves to locate the item you are looking for in a stationary store. Offline is increasingly connected to online, and the Internet of Things (IoT) supports this phenomenon. The B2B sector is also increasingly looking at the Internet of Things.

One of the best e-commerce platforms - Magento decided to immensely enlarge its presence within B2B sales. Along with the new version 2.2 the platform is going to make the digital transition easier for producers and distributors, often covering complicated business rules and transactions and integrations with external ERP systems.

More and more companies are selling products simultaneously in the B2B and B2C channels to increase sales and their market shares. Companies that produce goods or sell it in larger quantities can benefit from economies of scale and generate huge margins sold directly to consumers, not just to companies with a wholesale discount.

It’s not a secret that eCommerce is the basis of B2B strategy. From growing income to increased satisfaction and client’s loyalty, companies see a chance for growth thanks to digital channels.

Customer expectations are constantly growing, regardless of the industry in which the company operates. B2B companies must undergo digital transformation to stay on the market. If you do not offer a better web interface, mobile or conversational, your customers will look for a provider who does.

The time needed to find a product is a key variable of a well-designed B2B system. An effective search engine can and usually is a key factor for its proper operation. Through proper preparation should ensure easy and quick access to products for contractors. What factors influence the fact that the search engine fulfills its role?

Even though Magento is very popular and used widely, it still is one of the most complicated platforms to implement. Therefore, its implementation should be properly planned and carried out accordingly, in a way that the process will go smoothly and with no problems. Typical Magento implementation can be divided into a few stages.

The new Google reCAPTCHA service and the two-step authentication function (2FA) are now available in Magento. Magento has added the functionality of reCAPTCHA and 2FA to all versions of Magento 2.1 and higher. ReCAPTCHA and 2FA authentication modules provide increased security to protect the Magento store by reducing unauthorized access and significantly reducing spam.

Magento enjoys immense popularity among large online stores both in Poland and in the world. High scalability and the ability to adapt Magento to your own needs makes it a popular choice among large online stores and well-known recognizable brands.

In the case of small online stores, the choice of a potential platform is really high Woocommerce, Shopify, X-Cart, Zen Cart, Prestashop, Open Cart, osCommerce and dozens of other platforms compete for the choice of sellers. But what about large online stores that require Enterprise-class software? There are just a few sensible solutions, the most important of them is Hybris, belonging to SAP, Demandware belonging to Salesforce and Magento belonging to Adobe. The following article will focus on the comparison of the last two.

There are some notable differences between B2B and B2C sales. The fundamental one is the number of transactions that platforms supporting individual solutions need to process. In the case of B2C, it is necessary to handle many small transactions and the purchasing process is usually much simpler. In the case of B2B transactions, their volume is usually much smaller, while the value of a single shopping cart exceeds the one that occurs in the B2C store significantly. Therefore, the purchase process and requirements are also different.