Magento is one of the most recognizable eCommerce platforms. Adobe currently owns it, and it has around 4% market share in the world as of the end of 2021. This platform is most popular with medium-sized companies, but you can find bigger players also using it. It comes in free and paid versions. The paid […]
April 21, 2022
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Commerce & Customer Experience
4 Types of eCommerce fraud that retailers should look out for
The term fraud is used in the business world to refer to any act of criminal deception with the intention of achieving financial gains. ECommerce fraud occurs when an individual conducts a business transaction on an eCommerce site using fraudulent means such as fake credit cards. This leaves the store without the payment for sales […]
April 20, 2022
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Strategy & Transformation
Cloudflight AI Patterns
Intro It is nowadays impossible to question the fact that Artificial Intelligence unlocks enormous opportunities for the economy. According to a study by the German digital association Bitkom on the use of AI, which it also repeated in 2021, almost 70% of the 600 companies surveyed see AI as the most important technology of the […]
April 20, 2022
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Strategy & Transformation
Achieving Sustainability through Technology: An Introduction
The thrive of making business more sustainable has encompassed people, organizations, processes and operations, transforming sustainability itself – beside an environmental concern – into a social and economic need. Companies that understand the relevance of integrating such demand in the workplace are also the ones committed to the development of dedicated projects, departments and business […]
April 8, 2022
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UX/UI Design
B2B eCommerce and user-experience design
Over the last couple of years, we’ve been witnessing a gradual transition from traditional shopping in physical stores to eCommerce platforms. A growing number of businesses have started on a path to digital transformation by incorporating digital purchasing, remote work, or technologies driven by artificial intelligence (AI). More and more customers are starting to use […]
April 4, 2022
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Sovereignty & Compliance
The German Federal Government and Digital Administrations
A pleasant surprise – that’s the current German government’s push to digitize and de-bureaucratize German administrations for all proponents of digital transformation. In fact, the plans are not just a push; they are top of the priority list. Distance learning, contact tracking and digital vaccination passports are just a few of the keywords that have […]
April 1, 2022
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Strategy & Transformation
Beyond sustainability: how corporate leaders can lead the way into a green digital future
For far too long, the topics of environmental awareness, social commitment and a good corporate purpose were for the most part just material for insubstantial speeches and colorful advertising slogans – those days are now finally over. Companies have recognized that environmental social governance (ESG) alone and on paper only is not enough to survive […]
March 31, 2022
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Embedded & Industrial
Fighting fires and saving lives with digitalization: a joint effort by Rosenbauer and Cloudflight
The IT world is full of buzzwords. Digitalization, Internet of Things, Cloud Native, Artificial Intelligence – all these concepts are already part of our lives, but for your average human they remain at the very least hard to grasp. They sound abstract and create a sense of detachment. IT companies, too, tend to have meaningless […]
March 21, 2022
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Data & Platforms
Transactional REQUIRES_NEW considered harmful — Spring/Java transaction handling pitfalls
Databases and Transactions are great, Spring is great, Kotlin/Java are great (ofc. Kotlin is better 😉), simplifying transaction-handling is great. But as we all know, simplifying things almost always creates some new pitfalls if the things that were simplified aren’t fully understood. The Issue The Spring @Transactional Annotation is a powerful tool to make transaction-management […]