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Recently, numerous e-commerce stores running on Magento 1.x were hacked to steal sensitive customer data. The incident has highlighted how Magento1.x, which had reached its End of Life in June 2020, as a platform is susceptible to security attacks. The most viable solution for the Magento 1.x store owners now: Replatforming. How? Explore here.

As Magento support for 1.x versions of Magento Commerce comes to an end, it is imperative that store owners migrate to the latest version. Magento 2 offers enhanced site performance, improved admin interface and ‘Instant Purchase’ features, amongst several other benefits.

In the current global scenario where retail businesses have been adversely impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, the importance of custom ecommerce website development is profound. Here, we explore the various aspects to be considered while transitioning from offline to online retail.

  Magento 2 processes ~39% more orders per hour and supports ~51% faster checkout times. So migrating to Magento 2 makes business sense, but how will you make this technology change while managing core business activities? In this video, Embitel's Magento 2 expert makes things simpler for you with a step-by-step Magento 2 migration guide. [...]

During the times when online commerce had not become omnipresent, the interactions at limited customer touch-points were transactional and simple.      (Image Source – SAP Hybris)  With the dawn of Omni-Chanel Commerce, these interactions at multitudes of customer touch-points are now customer-centric and way more complex!     (Image Source – SAP Hybris)  This […]

Magento Commerce, a technology platform for ecommerce website, has been named as a Leader in the 2018 Magic Quadrant for Digital Commerce.   Gartner, who released this report recently, has identified Magento as a leader for the second consecutive year, based on its completeness of vision and ability to execute   Gartner terms companies as […]

In the”What matters today” video series, we had a conversion with Daniel Rebhorn (Chairman, Embitel) to understand his views on Adobe’s acquisition of the Magento Commerce. Here’s the complete transcription of the video. Qn: Adobe & Magento! Your first reaction? Ans: The acquisition of Magento by Adobe is not really surprising to me. There have [...]

Such IT services companies are plenty in India, and the hurdles of time and distance are easily overcome with seamless connectivity between the two countries. But how can German businesses ascertain which partner will be able to provide the kind solid and dependable collaboration they seek? Ulrich Schmauz, the business head for the European region […]

When an ecommerce website experiences outage, the damage is considerable. The loss suffered by the business is not limited to lost sales—the customer is disappointed, the brand reputation suffers and determining the cause of outage and fixing it is costly too. Maintaining maximum uptime is crucial, so dedicated ecommerce website hosting partners provide 24×7 ecommerce […]

The ecommerce industry in India has seen exponential growth over the last few years and even though there have been bumps in between, it has always bounced back. This trend is expected to continue, and the industry, valued at $14.5 billion in 2016, is expected to touch a whopping $80 billion by 2020. This makes […]

At Embitel, we’ve been in the business of ecommerce a long time. We’re putting our knowledge and experience to use here to help with a dictionary of the terminology used in ecommerce tech to help your understanding. Whether you’re an enthusiast, a developer or a business project manager looking to go the ecommerce way, this […]

How important is it for your team to be cohesive? Very important, of course. This unanimity helps in swift and efficient decision making, leading to greater progress. I always believed in this obvious idea until I read about the 1986 Challenger shuttle disaster. Many will remember this horrific incident – the shuttle breaking apart in […]

SayFix is a hyperlocal home upkeep services provider that makes its services available to customers through an Android app, and recently also through online and phone booking. When SayFix chose Embitel as their technology partner, both the teams had one goal: to disrupt this niche segment. Since the launch of the SayFix app in October [...]