HCL Commerce explained

HCL Commerce Cloud
Author:IBM
Developer:HCLSoftware
Latest Release Version:9.1.15.2[1]
Operating System:Cross-platform
Genre:Internet application
License:Proprietary

HCL Commerce Cloud (formerly known as WebSphere Commerce and WCS (WebSphere Commerce Suite))[2] is a software platform framework for e-commerce, including marketing, sales, customer and order processing functionalities. WebSphere Commerce is built on the Java - Java EE platform using open standards, such as XML, and Web services. Formerly a product of IBM, the product was sold to HCL Technologies in July 2019.[3]

Versions

The first version of the platform was introduced in 1996,[4] during the emergence of e-commerce with a product called Net.Commerce (V1.0 and subsequently V2.0, V3.1, and V3.2) that was first deployed to sell event tickets and merchandise for the 1996 Olympic Games. In 2001, Net.Commerce was renamed to WebSphere Commerce Suite, releasing versions V4.1 and V5.1. In 2002, WebSphere Commerce V5.4 was released, followed by V5.5 in 2003, V5.6 in 2004 and V5.6.1 in 2005. The latest major release versions are:

There are three editions of WebSphere Commerce software. Each edition provides an increasing set of functionality in comparison:[10]

IBM provides an integrated development environment that is used to build and test customizations. The developer platform is called IBM WebSphere Commerce Developer for which there are also 3 editions that pair with their runtime environments (i.e. WebSphere Commerce Developer Express, WebSphere Commerce Developer Professional, and WebSphere Commerce Developer Enterprise).[14]

The WebSphere Commerce Developer toolkit runs within IBM Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software (RAD) as the foundation Java IDE, and RAD extends the Eclipse environment with visual and other development features.[15]

A specific WebSphere Commerce version uses a specific version of RAD, for example:

Primary components of the software platform

WebSphere Commerce consists of 4 main components:[16]

Databases which are supported with WebSphere Commerce V9.1 are:[17]

Application servers which are supported with WebSphere Commerce are IBM WebSphere Application Server and IBM WebSphere Liberty,[18] are also provided with the product.

Supported Web server IBM HTTP Server, is provided with the product.

HCL Commerce Search uses Apache Lucene as the basis of its Search framework. Lucene powers the Apache Solr search engine and the Elasticsearch search engine.[19]

Operating systems

Only Linux is supported by HCL Commerce v9.1 where as the developer version is supported on Microsoft Windows 10[20]

The following operating systems were supported for WebSphere Commerce V7:[21]

WebSphere Commerce Developer V7 supported operating systems:[22]

WebSphere Commerce Developer v9 is limited to Windows. Tools such as Accelerator, Org Admin Console and WCS Admin Console still require Internet Explorer.[23]

HCL Commerce is shipped with below products as well which is part of the bundle.[24]

Notes and References

  1. https://help.hcltechsw.com/commerce/9.1.0/install/release/91150.html
  2. Web site: 2021-05-25 . TradeCentric for HCL Commerce - TradeCentric . 2024-07-30 . tradecentric.com . en-US.
  3. Web site: Deal Done: Can HCL Technologies Revive IBM's Legacy Software?. Kovar. Joseph F.. 2019-07-02. CRN. 2019-09-16.
  4. http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/history/year_1996.html IBM Archives 1996
  5. http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/wchelp/v6r0m0/index.jsp WebSphere Commerce Knowledge Center v6
  6. Web site: IBM WebSphere Commerce Knowledge Center for v7.
  7. Web site: HCL Commerce Knowledge Center for v8.
  8. Web site: HCL Commerce Knowledge Center for v9.
  9. Web site: HCL Commerce Knowledge Center for v9.1.
  10. http://www-142.ibm.com/software/dre/hmc/compare.wss?HMC02=O320505T55331W09 Compare editions
  11. http://www-306.ibm.com/software/genservers/commerce/express/index.html WebSphere Commerce Express
  12. http://www-306.ibm.com/software/genservers/commerce/wcpe/index.html WebSphere Commerce Professional
  13. http://www-306.ibm.com/software/genservers/commerce/wcbe/index.html WebSphere Commerce Enterprise
  14. http://www-01.ibm.com/software/genservers/commerce/commercestudio/ WebSphere Commerce Developer Editions
  15. http://www-01.ibm.com/software/awdtools/developer/application/index.html Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software
  16. https://help.hcltechsw.com/commerce/9.1.0/developer/concepts/csdsoftwarecomp.html
  17. https://help.hcltechsw.com/commerce/9.1.0/install/refs/rigrecfix.html#recfix__section_jch_2qx_clb WebSphere Commerce Version 9.1 software requirements
  18. https://www.ibm.com/products/cloud-pak-for-applications/liberty
  19. https://help.hcltechsw.com/commerce/9.1.0/search/concepts/csdsearch_91.html
  20. https://help.hcltechsw.com/commerce/9.1.0/install/refs/rigrecfix.html#recfix__section_a4x_3qk_tlb
  21. http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/wchelp/v7r0m0/topic/com.ibm.commerce.install.doc/refs/rigsrvosprereq.htm Operating system prerequisites for installing WebSphere Commerce
  22. http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/wchelp/v7r0m0/topic/com.ibm.commerce.install.doc/refs/rigprereq.htm WebSphere Commerce Developer hardware, software, and network prerequisites
  23. https://help.hcltechsw.com/commerce/9.1.0/install/refs/rigrecfix.html#recfix__section_a4x_3qk_tlb
  24. https://help.hcltechsw.com/commerce/9.1.0/install/refs/rigrecfix.html#recfix__recommended

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