eBay
Enterprise, an eBay
Inc., company, today announced Microsoft Azure and Joyent are
joining its Magento Hosting Partner ecosystem— further expanding the
company’s global cloud-hosting solution options for retailers and
brands. This expands the global footprint of Magento’s existing roster
of partners delivering cloud-hosting solutions, including Rackspace and
Peer1, to offer a greater choice among leading enterprise-class cloud
infrastructure providers. As merchants look to create innovative,
scalable customer experiences as part of their commerce strategies in
2015, cloud solutions are a natural choice because they offer faster
time to market for new deployments, greater flexibility to scale
capacity during peak periods, a global footprint to facilitate
international expansion, and lower capital expenses.
“Our cloud partners provide access to cost-effective, scalable and more
secure infrastructure to retailers on a global scale,” noted Craig
Hayman, president, eBay Enterprise, “which complements Magento’s unique
worldwide developer network and their ability to deliver customized,
innovative commerce experiences. Together, this powerful ecosystem
allows merchants to have total creative control while also delivering
solutions to fuel their growth.”
Today, thousands of Magento sites utilize cloud hosting to optimize
their commerce operations. High growth retailers, such as fashion
accessory brand Kendra Scott, rely on Magento in the cloud to keep pace
with brisk holiday sales. “I love the ability to easily expand during
critical peak periods when we need the extra bandwidth and then just as
easily turn that capacity off with our managed cloud solution from
Rackspace,” said Tria Foster, vice president of Ecommerce and Loyalty
for Kendra Scott Design.
Rackspace, a long-standing Magento Platinum Hosting Partner, delivers
reliable, high performance managed services for the full Magento stack.
This includes architecture guidance that increasingly takes advantage of
the cloud’s ability to quickly respond to changes in customer traffic –
a key benefit of deploying Magento in the cloud for customers like
Kendra Scott.
Delivering Premier Cloud-Hosting Solutions for Merchants
Magento Hosting Partners offer customers a choice of powerful, flexible
and reliable cloud-hosting solutions which can be tailored to support
their needs in ways cookie-cutter platforms cannot. The addition of
Azure and Joyent to the Magento Hosting Partner program signifies
Magento’s leadership and continued focus on enabling virtually unlimited
flexibility in both software and infrastructure options.
Microsoft Azure, a new Magento Platinum Hosting Partner, offers a
complete platform so merchants can get everything they need from a
single cloud solution. An open and flexible platform supporting any
operating system, language, tool and framework, Azure provides merchants
more choice and control to help them move faster, do more, and save
money.
“We’re excited to collaborate with Magento to deliver ecommerce
solutions that meet the needs of the most demanding merchants,” said
Vibhor Kapoor, Director of Product Marketing, Microsoft Azure. “Backed
by the world-class experience of Microsoft, Azure blends an
enterprise-proven, hybrid cloud with one-click setup and easy-to-use
monitoring technology to provide Magento merchants a platform with the
scalability, flexibility, and reliability to achieve global success.”
Joyent, a new Magento Silver Hosting Partner, offers a
high-performance public cloud infrastructure purpose built for
fast-growing and innovative ecommerce companies who want to build
reliable, resilient, and seamlessly scalable applications. Joyent has
developed reference architectures that are pre-configured and optimized
to specifically fit the needs of Magento merchants, and offer
unprecedented ease-of-use, including pre-configured, push-button
deployment. Also, Magento merchants benefit from Joyent’s
container-based cloud, which offers exceptional performance and security
for ecommerce applications.
“Partnering with Magento is a natural fit for Joyent. We share a common
focus of delivering secure, scalable and best-in-class solutions to
merchants, for whom performance is paramount,” said Joyent CEO, Scott
Hammond. “When you combine Joyent’s high-performance infrastructure
capabilities with Magento’s industry-leading commerce software,
companies get the flexible, cost-effective experience they need to be
successful.”
More about Magento in the Cloud
Magento is also facilitating cloud deployments by supporting flexible,
custom cloud pricing and by developing cloud hosting educational
resources for merchants. Pricing information can be obtained directly
from the Magento
sales team.
Details on the pros and cons of cloud hosting, as well as
recommendations for using Magento in the cloud, are available in a new
whitepaper, “Understanding Magento Cloud Hosting,” posted at our Magento
Cloud Information Site.
Magento merchants also benefit from a broad set of Technology Partners
offering commerce tools and features optimized for use with Magento, as
well as an experienced network of Solution Partners who are well-versed
in quickly deploying and scaling Magento in the cloud to support rapid
growth.
Magento at NRF
eBay Enterprise and Magento will be showcasing their technology
solutions, including their cloud-hosted offerings, at the National
Retail Federation Big Show, Jan. 11-13, 2015, in New York City at the
Jacob K. Javitz Convention Center. eBay Enterprise and Magento will be
located at booth #3163.
About eBay Enterprise
eBay Enterprise is a leading global provider of retail-optimized
commerce solutions, including the Magento platform, order management,
fulfillment, customer care, and marketing solutions. We enable brands
and retailers of all sizes to deliver consistent omnichannel experiences
across all retail touch points to attract and engage new customers,
convert browsers into loyal buyers, and deliver products with speed and
quality. With unrivaled flexibility and control, our clients are armed
to accelerate sales growth and win with today’s digitally connected
consumer. eBay Enterprise is headquartered in King of Prussia, Pa. and
has offices in Austin, Barcelona, London, Los Angeles, New York, and
Shanghai. eBay Enterprise is an eBay Inc. (Nasdaq:EBAY) company. More
information can be found at www.ebayenterprise.com and
www.magento.com.
Copyright Business Wire 2015