Ucommerce The Ultimate E-commerce solution

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What is uCommerce?

Ucommerce is referred as Ubiquitous Commerce and widely used by

eCommerce service provider companies

to deploy and publish eCommerce portals and websites for varied requirements. The development of uCommerce is based on information and Technologies and is device as well as place independent. The use of ubiquitous network supports uninterrupted communications and transaction at any level.

Ucommerce is described as evolution of E-commerce as well as M-commerce also with V-commerce and television-commerce as it involves the use of ubiquitous networks for communication support. It is said that it is combination of electronic, wireless/mobile, television, voice, and silent commerce. Ucommerce is used with Umbraco or SiteCore.

Technology

The underlying technologies of UCommerce includes M2M communication, GPS (Global Positioning System), RFID (Radio-Frequency Identification) and AI (Artificial Intelligence). Ucommerce comes into existence for the standardization of network infrastructures, standardized wireless communication protocol and compatibility of system softwares.

Analysis

Brief	Used to refer to the wireless communication, exchange of information among users, retailers, consumers and systems.
Framework	Based on information and communication technologies like Internet, Wireless LAN, UMTS, HSDPA, TV technologies/add-ons like Teletext and increasingly IPTV, EDI, XML, Web Services.
Features	Ability to connect at any time regardless of page and also have integration of human – computer interaction in most of the devices. Unique identification of each costumer, current context, needs and location resulting into individual service. Data integration across applications and devices to provide consistent data irrespective of place and device.
Type	E-Commerce website
Supported databases	Order Processing Systems works on SQL or MySql. Product related info are stored in NoSQL database like MongoDB, Riak or RocksDB
Programming Language	Based on technology used
Supported browsers	Based on technology used
Open Source	No
Price	Paid versions are available depends on features.
Benefits	Supports highly customizable product presentation. Supports best way to manage content and data in flow. Inventory management Multiple Language Support Multiple Store Support
Disadvantages	Requires Umbraco or SiteCore CMS setup and running before you can setup uCommerce.
Support	Support is available through community forums

Conclusion

uCommerce requires Umbraco or SiteCore as a base to build an eCommerce website. Using uCommerce with Umbraco, the major benefit is that if the site is currently built in Umbraco, eCommerce solution provider companies can facilitate their customers sell online from the same interface that they’re already using providing full end-to-end solution for the customers.