(Length: 16 pages)

April 29, 2005

The Forrester Wave™: Commerce Platforms, Q2 2005

Lab-Based Evaluation Of Top Commerce Platform Vendors Across 200 Criteria

by Tamara Mendelsohn

with Carrie Johnson, Sharyn Leaver, Nate L. Root, Sean Meyer


Executive Summary (This is a document excerpt)

Over the past 10 years, commerce platforms have evolved into much more than just a shopping cart to manage transactions. Today, they are the key to building a whole new sales channel that can stand alone or work in conjunction with existing channels. To assess the state of the commerce platforms market and see how the vendors stack up against each other, Forrester evaluated the strengths and weaknesses of top commerce platform vendors across 200 criteria. The result: ATG and IBM lead the pack for B2C-focused sites, and IBM, Oracle, and SAP provide the strongest options for B2B sites. Included in this report is an interactive vendor comparison tool that provides detailed product evaluations and customizable rankings.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

NOTES & RESOURCES

itemThe Return Of Commerce Platforms

itemLicensed Solutions Fall Into Three Camps

itemCommerce Platforms Evaluation Overview

itemEvaluation Criteria

itemEvaluation Methodology

itemEvaluated Vendors

itemVendors Leverage Legacy Expertise For Mature eCommerce Offerings

itemeCommerce Demands Rise Beyond The Basics

itemVendor Profiles

itemSupplemental Material

Forrester conducted lab-based evaluations in February 2005, and interviewed 14 vendor and user companies, including ATG, BroadVision, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, and SAP. We also analyzed data from Forrester's Business Technographics® November 2004 North American And European Benchmark Study.

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Technology: eBusiness/eCommerce, Packaged Applications
Industry: Business-To-Consumer eCommerce, eBusiness/eCommerce Vendor Selection, eCommerce Platforms & Technologies, Retail, Retail Technologies
Geography: Asia Pacific, Europe, North America

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