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SharePoint products and technologies - including Microsoft Office SharePoint Server, SharePoint Portal Server 2003, and Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Windows SharePoint Services help you organize information, readily access that information, manage documents, and enable efficient collaboration.
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Windows SharePoint Services is a versatile Windows Server technology that organizations and business units of all sizes can use to help increase the efficiency of business processes and improve team productivity. Windows SharePoint Services provides a robust storage and collaboration infrastructure, a foundation platform for building Web-based applications and services, and easy to use tools for information-sharing that help people stay connected across organizational and geographic boundaries and gain access to the information they need.
See how SharePoint Services can help keep your team on track.
Included in This Document
- Create, Capture, and Share Community Knowledge
- Connect with Users Inside and Outside the Organization
- Keep Teams in Sync
- Help Protect Critical Information Resources
- Extend the Platform with New Capabilities
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ASP.NET eCommerce for Business
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Ecommerce That Fits Any Business Scenario
Each business has different process requirements. Whether you're a B2B or B2C-oriented company, you will need a platform that will give you the flexibility to handle business the way you want it. With ECF G5, and it's support for virtually unlimited customizations and multiple third-party integrations, you can develop a full solution that tailors perfectly for whatever scenario or situation. ECF G5 also features tracking and reporting tools to monitor the health of your commerce store.
The ECF is part of an End to End Solution that will increase your sales, generate revenue and save you on long-term costs. That is because ECF G5 can be tailor-made specifically for your processes.
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Features
A Platform to Build and Expand Upon
ECF" G5 is a true commerce engine, and as such, supports and offers a whole new set of features and capabilities from a variety of perspectives that are critical to the success of a full system delivery and operational lifecycle. Below you will find some major highlights to give you perspective on the nature of ECF" G5.
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What exactly is the ECF"?
The Mediachase .NET eCommerce Framework (ECF") G5 is an end-to-end .NET development framework and solution for building, extending, and delivering professional ecommerce sites complete with integration capabilities. The ECF" is designed and developed using best practices and allows marketing, business teams, developers and IT organizations ultimate flexibility to extend and adapt the ECF" to virtually any type of commerce business scenario.
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For .NET Developers, Integration Engineers, & System Architects
- Exceptional architecture and C# code
- Latest .NET technologies and tools
- Fully customizable and extensible subsystems and object models
For Systems Integrators and Solutions Experts
- Flexible connections between other best of breed systems
- Clean base to solve multiple different commerce solutions
- Improved efficiency and productivity for implementation teams
For eCommerce Administrators, End Users, & Site Managers
- Easy to access and use screens and tools
- Fast performance of functionality using Web 2.0 technologies
- Common interfaces for all functions reduces training
For IT Operations, Security, and Network Management
- Best practices operations using standard Microsoft management tools
- Streamlined configuration and performance tuning parameters
- Multiple options for implementation and scaling vertically or horizontally or both
For Executives, Business Managers, and Other Key Decision Makers
- Ability to track and measure site statistics, transactions, and more
- Ability to automate and consolidate multiple platforms to reduce costs
- Focus your business on the business and not the technology
For Consumers, Dealers, and other Interactions with Your Business
- Superior shopping and catalog access
- Streamlined checkout and self service
- Faster search and other efficiency tools
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Technology You Control
We recognize that a true commerce solution cannot be implemented with a single platform. Although you can, in fact, launch a comprehensive and complete solution using just the ECF" G5, most businesses have other systems that naturally need to connected to and integrated with. We call this the ECF" G5 ecosystem, and we've taken great care in ensuring that YOU can control the extent, nature, and choices about YOUR own solutions and 3rd party system selections.
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What Does It All Mean
It means that the ECF" G5 technology provides you with a few things that virtually guarantee connections between your present day needs and your future capabilities all within the context of controlling and choosing your destiny.
Unparalleled User Experiences
- Support multiple sites, languages, and brand identities simultaneously
- Leverage Web 2.0, and Web 3.0 technologies to innovate for users
- Extend Virtually any type of feature or capability your customers need
Powerful Commerce Capabilities
- Catalog/Product/Content Management
- Customer/Membership Profiling
- Promotions, coupons, and discounts
- Real-Time Shopping Cart
- Advanced URL based SEO support
- Extensible Order System
Advanced Architecture and Code
- Decrease custom development time
- Intelligent Loosely Coupled Architecture for re-use, extensibility, and integration
- Multi-Year Future Proof Architecture
- Well Written managed .NET Code (C#)
Flexible Database and Integration Options
- Native support for Web Services and Developer APIs
- Customizable & Extensible Workflow Activities
- Variety of Integration Approaches and APIs
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Unlimited Execution Choices
If you understand how architecture can make a big difference in the way you plan, develop, design, integrate, and deploy commerce solutions, then you are going to be really happy when you get your hands on the ECF" G5 C# source code.
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Multiple Architectural Perspectives
There is no such thing as a single architecture in an eCommerce solution. You live with the consequences and/or benefits of implementing a certain architectural perspective. With ECF" G5, we have looked across several dimensions to balance the nature of our code, database schema, and everything in between to provide a clear picture of each perspective.
Extensibility by Design
The ECF" G5 was designed from top to bottom to support the different types of people and teams involved from the beginning of your project to the end. Every aspect of the system is truly extensible, changeable, and provides the ultimate control in your commerce solutions.
Integration without Compromise
From subsystems, to interface components, to the database architecture, every aspect of the ECF supports potential integration points. Integration points can range from .NET user controls to full blown workflow integration.
Making the Hard Stuff Easy
Sure, you can write your own system, but why bother? Our job (at least the way we see it) is to make the hard things easy so you can focus on the aspects of your solution that are unique and support your own special requirements, integrations, and connections to other products.
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Key Business Features
- Support for virtually any business scenario (B2B, B2C, B2G) with support for your current setup
- Merchandise products products through association, comparisons, and "What You Make Like."
- Multiple Payment Methods
- Multi-catalog, multi-site support, and multi-language support
- End to end commerce solution that will save you on costs in the long-term
- Create campaigns and promotions to bolster interest and sales
- Generate reports to track your overall sales and inventory
- Implement virtually any shipping and payment gateways you want
- Support for Search Engine Optimization and Google Analytics to grow and track site traffic
- End-User friendly backend and frontend UIs that minimize learning curves and training
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