eCommerce Engines

I've been pretty heavy in eCommerce for a while and have some knowledge of a variety of the systems sold to support those efforts.  This little write-up on the Forrester Wave analysis of those eCommerce engines caught my eye as useful.

Not surprising that Salesforce is at the top (the Demandware platform) along with SAP.

Here is the full article:

https://www.clickz.com/forrester-b2c-commerce-suites-what-made-the-winners-stand-out/247573/

You will have to become a client of Forrester to get their full research.

Happy Reading,

J.W. Gant

Create a B2B Platform Plan With Help from B2C Practitioners

I am always interested in the startup space.  Ideas that become reality, for a while, and maybe transform in to something else as the team looks to add-value in a meaningful way.

The customer-facing world has seen a massive rise of digital disruption transforming every aspect of our lives.

UBER has transformed the taxi industry.  Facebook is ... well ... something.

The business to business world has also seen some trans-formative moments as we entered the Information Age.  It occurred to me recently we might be seeing a trend of B2B companies learning lessons from the B2C world and looking for that add-value moment.

Here is my latest white paper that covers the subject:

Create a B2B Platform Plan With Help from B2C Practitioners

Happy Reading,

J.W. Gant

PS  Uber for dumptrucks?  Yeap.  TRUX.  Worth taking a look at.