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Worried About Holiday Site Stability? Build an Infrastructure Plan
According to Deloitte, holiday ecommerce sales will get a huge boost this year, climbing 25-35%. With droves of shoppers moving online (and shopping earlier than ever), merchants are staring down two big challenges: What if your infrastructure isn’t up to the challenge? During these peak times, site stability is essential. Even small missteps in your
Building an Oracle Commerce (ATG) Autoscaling Solution
Originally published in the Pivotree Cloud Technology Blog. The Challenge Pivotree had a client who wanted to autoscale ATG application servers under certain conditions. The challenge was that previously servers were provisioned and built up based on requirements and were static. Server configurations were baked into the EAR and called using JVM args. Any platform integration was
Commerce and Customer Experience Events for B2B and B2C in 2020
Whether you’re looking to network, find new solutions to grow your business, or get inspired by experts and innovators, attending the right conference can be just what your business needs to develop and deliver on its vision. To help you plan out your calendar in 2020, we’re breaking down the year’s hottest events, both for
Deploying Oracle ATG Commerce in AWS Cloud [2019 Updated Review]
In the past, I have written critically about running ATG Oracle Commerce in “The Cloud” (Here and here). I’ve recently spent several months working on a project implementing ATG Oracle Commerce at AWS in partnership with Pivotree and wanted to share what I’ve learned. Pivotree is the only AWS and Oracle ATG partner certified to
How to Master Cloud Planning with Commerce Managed Services
Cloud economics can be a touchy subject. Much of the hype surrounding cloud hosting points to a shiny list of organization-wide changes — this includes watershed upgrades to strategy, scalability, cost and beyond. While such excitement is deserved, the cloud is not as plug-and-play as most promotions would have us believe. An apples-to-apples comparison of
Tenzing Migrates DXL’s Oracle Commerce to Amazon Web Services on Tight Holiday Timeline
UPDATE: Tenzing is now operating as Pivotree, a global commerce and information management services firm. The unprecedented Oracle Commerce to AWS migration maximized performance, resulted in 30% savings on hosting fees and launched DXL’s long-term cloud strategy. Destination XL Group Inc., the largest omni-channel specialty retailer of big & tall men’s apparel, selected Tenzing
4 Arguments to Convince Your Boss to Migrate Oracle Commerce to the Cloud
For the past 5 years, my career has slowly been taken over by all things cloud. Luckily for me, I find the opportunity to work with one of the most powerful tools in human history fascinating. It’s a rewarding passion – because the cloud is actually everywhere. The seemingly abstract, all-encompassing computing powers it’s
Evolution of Ecommerce Hosting and the Impact of Cloud
For both B2C and B2B online stores, the performance and flexibility of the infrastructure can make the difference between success and failure. The nature of ecommerce hosting has changed dramatically over time, especially during the past several years. Once the only game in town, the days of large dedicated environments for ecommerce delivery have become
Key Considerations when Migrating to AWS from Traditional Managed Hosting
An increasing number of organizations are moving their workloads to the public cloud. A recent report about cloud adoption suggests spending in this area will reach double-digit growth in 2017 alone. The main driver behind migrating to AWS, Google Cloud Platform, and others is a compelling business event. A company may “want to go” because