On June 4, HCL and Google Cloud announced the expansion of their partnership to bring HCL’s software offerings, starting with HCL Commerce, to Google Cloud Platform. Google Cloud Platform will now be the preferred cloud platform for HCL Commerce, taking advantage of the global reach, security, and elasticity of Google Cloud Platform. Why is this […]
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HCL’s Commerce Platform Philosophy
This week I, along with other thought leaders, had a chance to sit down and talk with Gary Schoch, HCL’s global GTM head for their newly acquired Digital Commerce platform (formerly IBM’s WebSphere Commerce). Gary discussed HCL’s perspective on the product and why HCL acquired the platform. He also spent time discussing the philosophy HCL […]
IBM Commerce and HCL: A Q&A with Our Chief Strategist
The digital commerce industry has been abuzz since last month’s announcement that HCL Technologies will acquire several technologies from IBM, including the entire Commerce portfolio IBM developed over the last two decades. We asked our Commerce Chief Strategist, Mike Rabbior, to share his insights on what this news means for the commerce technology industry, our […]
What Does HCL Buying IBM Portal Mean to You?
You may have heard that in December 2018, HCL Technologies agreed to acquire several software assets from IBM, including Lotus Notes, Domino, IBM Portal and IBM Commerce. These have all been long term investments by IBM and have had strong customer support for many years. What many people don’t know is that IBM has been […]
2019 Top Commerce Trend: HCL buys IBM Commerce and DX Products
One of the biggest shifts in the enterprise commerce solutions space in 2019 will be the acquisition by HCL of IBM’s collaboration and experience products. On December 7, 2018 IBM announced that they intended to sell a handful of software products to HCL, including WebSphere Commerce (the recently released V9 and multi-tenant IBM Digital Commerce […]