IBM United States Software Announcement
214-379, dated October 1, 2014
IBM WebSphere Commerce V7.0 Feature Pack 8
accelerates time-to-market for next generation B2B
e-commerce and adds important new capabilities for
both B2B and B2C
Table of contents
1 Overview 4 Technical information
2 Key prerequisites 5 Ordering information
2 Planned availability date 6 Terms and conditions
2 Description 6 Prices
4 Program number 6 Order now
Overview
Business to business (B2B) customers now expect the same rich content, cutting-
edge capabilities, and productivity benefits that they experience when using
business to consumer (B2C) websites. At the same time, many B2B businesses are
looking to grow their business through direct B2C online selling channels. These
businesses need to manage all their channels, whether B2B or B2C, on a common
platform that provides business user tools with the capabilities to quickly create
and publish engaging and seamless brand experiences across all digital channels,
including mobile, with a reduced dependency on their IT department.
IBM® WebSphere® Commerce V7.0 Feature Pack 8 delivers enhanced e-commerce
capabilities for B2B businesses that help accelerate time-to-market and deliver
engaging brand experiences through an updated WebSphere Commerce Aurora
store. Using best practices for store implementations and management, the Aurora
store now provides a single starter store that supports both B2C and B2B models
and takes advantage of the WebSphere Commerce representational state transfer
(REST) application programming interface (API). With Feature Pack 8, B2B and B2C
businesses are able to benefit from leading capabilities designed to:
• Enable sellers to engage with buyers through their chosen devices using
Responsive Web Design (RWD) to optimize the storefront search and browse
experience.
• Achieve faster time-to-market for new campaigns and initiatives. IBM Commerce
Composer for WebSphere Commerce reduces the dependency on IT departments
and gives business users unprecedented control over site content and the user
experience.
• Expedite the adoption of innovative third-party services and solutions from
a wide range of partners by providing access to prebuilt integrations for
WebSphere Commerce that are validated as Ready for IBM Smarter Commerce .
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Integrations include partner widgets for Commerce Composer that are designed
to further enhance the customer experience.
• Allow buyers to find more relevant products faster using the power of WebSphere
Commerce search with features that include faceted search, search-based
merchandising, and product recommendations, all supported by business user
tools that enable product attribute-level control over products offered.
• Deliver value faster and at lower cost by taking advantage of WebSphere
Commerce Starter Store Companion Assets. These assets include documented
use cases, wireframes, a style guide, and test scripts for the automated test
framework.
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In addition, WebSphere Commerce V7.0 Feature Pack 8 delivers productivity
benefits with dynamic sales categories, flexibility through an expanded range of
B2B and B2C REST API services, enhanced integration for IBM Sterling Configurator,
and further enhancements for the benefit of B2B and B2C businesses as requested
directly by customers through the IBM Request for Enhancement (RFE) Community.
The RFE Community is available at
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe
WebSphere Commerce V7.0 Feature Pack 8 replaces Feature Pack 7 and includes all
of the features previously released with Feature Pack 7. For complete details about
WebSphere Commerce V7.0 and previous feature packs, refer to the announcement
listed in the Reference information section.
For ordering, contact your IBM representative, an IBM Business Partner, or IBM
Americas Call Centers at 800-IBM-CALL (Reference: YE001).
Key prerequisites
WebSphere Commerce V7.0 Feature Pack 8 runs on selected levels of the IBM AIX®,
IBM i, Microsoft Windows , Red Hat Enterprise Linux , Sun Solaris, and SUSE
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Linux Enterprise operating systems. Refer to the Technical information section for
details.
Planned availability date
• November 26, 2014: Electronic download
• December 5, 2014: Physical media
Description
Enhancements in IBM WebSphere Commerce V7.0 Feature Pack 8
A single storefront for B2B and B2C
The Aurora storefront is enhanced with business to business (B2B) capabilities
that include requisition lists, purchase orders, line of credit, multiple carts, product
entitlement, and contract pricing to create a single starter store for all business
models. The single storefront provides the following additional benefits:
• A consistent and functionally rich customer experience for both B2B and business
to customer (B2C) that leverages:
– IBM Commerce Composer for business control of the user experience.
– Responsive layouts and widgets that deliver content optimized for the browser
size and aspect ratio.
– WebSphere Commerce search for advanced search-based merchandising, eSite
and B2B price facets, and auto-suggestions with entitlement.
– WebSphere Commerce Companion Assets to help expedite faster solution
delivery at lower cost.
• An enhanced user experience for buyer administrators and buyer approvers with
administrative and operational functions provided directly within the storefront.
Buyer administrators can approve new buyers, create buyer approvers, and
perform specific tasks on behalf of buyers, including the management of
requisition lists and submitting orders.
• Access to validated prebuilt integrations to third-party services and solutions
from a wide range of partners. Integrations include partner widgets designed for
Commerce Composer.
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Expanded REST API services
The WebSphere Commerce representational state transfer (REST) application
programming interface (API) is expanded to include support for additional B2C
functionality in the Aurora starter store and introduces B2B-specific functionality. In
addition, the REST framework is updated to simplify the creation and consumption of
REST APIs and helps support:
• Development of native mobile applications.
• Use of alternative web UI technologies for storefront presentation.
• A consistent approach for partner widgets, designed for Commerce Composer, to
interact with the WebSphere Commerce server.
Enhanced IBM Sterling Configurator integration
Feature Pack 8 simplifies and accelerates the selling of complex products through an
enhanced integration to IBM Sterling Configurator that:
• Enables business users to set up multiple predefined configurations for
configurable products in the WebSphere Commerce catalog and manage
purchase entitlement for specific customers. Predefined configurations support:
– WebSphere Commerce search for faceted search and navigation.
– Merchandising associations, marketing activities, and promotions.
• Supports globalization across WebSphere Commerce, Sterling Configurator, and
IBM Sterling Visual Modeler.
• Enables pricing integration, including enhanced support for the price lock
capability.
• Enables WebSphere Commerce orders that have configured products to be
processed by IBM Sterling Order Management.
You must acquire Sterling Configurator, Sterling Order Management, and IBM
Sterling Order Management Configurator Add-on for WebSphere Commerce software
separately. For details, refer to the Software requirements section.
Dynamic sales categories
Powerful new Management Center catalog tooling enables business users to quickly
create sales categories containing products and SKUs based on search rules.
• Business users can define the contents of a category using rules based on
categories, attributes, and other properties that are in the WebSphere Commerce
Search index.
• Products and SKUs in dynamic sales categories can be set at authoring time or
can be dynamically updated on a predefined schedule.
• Business users can explicitly specify products to supplement the list generated
from the search rule.
IBM Tealeaf® integration for B2B
Business users can employ Tealeaf Customer Experience to help rapidly identify and
resolve hidden or hard-to-find site application problems through analytical insights
and problem area drill down. By replaying troublesome shopper interactions, exact
problems can be quickly pinpointed and resolutions can be actioned. The Aurora
starter store B2B checkout flow is preconfigured for Tealeaf Customer Experience
in Feature Pack 8. (The B2C checkout flow was preconfigured for Tealeaf Customer
Experience in Feature Pack 6.)
Feature Pack 8 bundles IBM Tealeaf Customer Experience and IBM Tealeaf Impact
for use in test environments. You must acquire IBM Tealeaf Customer Experience
software separately for production and staging use. For details, refer to the Software
requirements section.
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Reference information
For details about WebSphere Commerce V7.0 Feature Pack 7 and previous feature
packs, refer to 214-002, dated January 07, 2014.
Availability of national languages
Availability
Description date Language
IBM WebSphere V7.0 Feature Pack 8 November 26, English
Electronic Download 2014 French
German
Italian
Polish
Portuguese
(Brazilian)
Romanian
Russian
Spanish
Chinese
(Simplified)
Chinese
(Traditional)
Japanese
Korean
IBM WebSphere V7.0 Feature Pack 8 December 5, As above
Physical Media 2014
Program number
Enhancements in Feature Pack 8 affect the following products:
Program
number VRM Program name
5724-I36 7.0.0 IBM WebSphere Commerce Express
5724-I37 7.0.0 IBM WebSphere Commerce Developer
Express
5724-I38 7.0.0 IBM WebSphere Commerce Enterprise
5724-I39 7.0.0 IBM WebSphere Commerce Developer
Enterprise
5724-I40 7.0.0 IBM WebSphere Commerce
Professional
5724-I41 7.0.0 IBM WebSphere Commerce Developer
Professional
Technical information
Specified operating environment
Hardware requirements
For basic requirements, refer to 209-362, dated October 27, 2009.
After the general availability date, visit the IBM WebSphere Commerce V7.0
Knowledge Center for the latest information at
http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSZLC2_7.0.0/
com.ibm.commerce.install.doc/re fs/rigsrvprereq.htm
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Software requirements
For basic requirements, refer to 209-362, dated October 27, 2009.
After the general availability date, visit the IBM WebSphere Commerce V7.0
Knowledge Center for the latest information at
http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSZLC2_7.0.0/
com.ibm.commerce.install.doc/re fs/rigsrvprereq.htm
The program's specifications and specified operating environment information may
be found in documentation accompanying the program, if available, such as a
readme file, or other information published by IBM, such as an announcement letter.
Documentation and other program content may be supplied only in the English
language.
Planning information
Packaging
The products detailed in this announcement will be available in both ESD and
packaged formats. Physical media is delivered on CDs or DVDs. This program, when
downloaded from a website, contains the applicable IBM license agreement and
License Information, if appropriate, and will be presented for acceptance at the
time of installation of the program. For future reference, the license and License
Information will be stored in a directory such as LICENSE.TXT.
Software Services
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needs. You can leverage the deep technical skills of our lab-based, software services
team and the business consulting, project management, and infrastructure expertise
of our IBM Global Services team. Also, we extend our IBM Software Services reach
through IBM Business Partners to provide an extensive portfolio of capabilities.
Together, we provide the global reach, intellectual capital, industry insight, and
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Ordering information
This product is only available via Passport Advantage®. It is not available as
shrinkwrap.
These products may only be sold directly by IBM or by authorized IBM Business
Partners for Software Value Plus.
For more information about IBM Software Value Plus, visit
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Passport Advantage
The licensed part numbers for ordering have not changed.
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Refer to 209-362, dated October 27, 2009.
Terms and conditions
The terms and conditions for WebSphere Commerce V7.0, as previously announced
in Software Announcement 209-362, dated October 27, 2009, are unchanged.
Separate License Information documents are available for Feature Pack 8.0 as
follows:
Product License
identifier Product name Information ID
5724-I38 WebSphere Commerce Enterprise L-JTAG-9LUQ63
V7.0 Feature Pack 8
5724-I40 WebSphere Commerce Professional L-JTAG-9LUQ63
V7.0 Feature Pack 8
5724-I36 WebSphere Commerce Express® L-JTAG-9LUQ63
V7.0 Feature Pack 8
5724-I39 WebSphere Commerce Developer L-JTAG-9LUQ63
Enterprise V7.0 Feature
Pack 8
5724-I41 WebSphere Commerce Developer L-JTAG-9LUQ63
Professional V7.0 Feature
Pack 8
5724-I37 WebSphere Commerce Developer L-JTAG-9LUQ63
Express V7.0 Feature Pack 8
The programs' License Information is available for review on the IBM Software
License Agreement website at
http://www.ibm.com/software/sla/sladb.nsf
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Prices
The prices are unchanged by this announcement.
Order now
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Smarter Commerce is a trademark of IBM Corporation in the United States, other
countries, or both.
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