SAN JOSE, Calif., Dec 07, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) —
LEWEB 2011 — X.commerce, eBay’s open commerce ecosystem,
announced today several upcoming technical updates that collectively
mark a major milestone in its mission to define the future of commerce.
Following a formal introduction at Innovate 2011 in October, today
X.commerce is announcing a soon to be released update to its Developer
Package and a limited beta program for its Developer Sandbox. The
X.commerce ecosystem combines the technology assets and developer
communities of eBay, PayPal and Magento in order to better enable
merchants and developers to respond to the ‘new normal’ of the commerce
environment.
“Since we formally unveiled the vision for X.commerce a couple months
ago, we’ve heard loud and clear from the community that they’re ready to
take full advantage of the ecosystem now available to them,” said
Matthew Mengerink, vice president and general manager of X.commerce.
“With today’s announcement, we are continuously innovating the tools and
technologies we offer merchants and developers so they can keep pace
with consumer shopping habits. Together, we are creating the future of
commerce.”
The updates shared today include:
—
An updated Developer Package. The X.commerce
Developer Package is a downloadable package consisting of all the
necessary code, message contracts and samples to get started building
and testing with the X.commerce Fabric, the world’s first open
commerce operating system. With the updated package, users can create
the X.commerce environment on their local workstations without any
external dependencies. Also included is a generic capability emulator
that simplifies development, as well as an updated version of the X.commerce
Plugin for Eclipse, which is designed to improve developer
productivity.
—
A limited beta of the Developer Sandbox. By joining the limited
beta, developers, partners and systems integrators will get access to
a cloud hosted development environment that contains X.commerce
components including the X.commerce Fabric, the eBay Marketplace
Channel adapter and the X.commerce Catalog Taxonomy adapter. Using the
Sandbox, beta users will be able to experience for the first time the
end-to-end flow of the current capabilities of the X.commerce
ecosystem. Among other things, users will have the ability to develop
new components and validate them in a complete flow.
Both the updated Developer Package and the limited beta for the
Developer Sandbox will be available in late December via
www.x.com .
In addition to technical updates, X.commerce announced several new
partnerships and additional support for the ecosystem, as well as the
continued expansion of the trusted commerce identity system, PayPal
Access. For more information visit:
www.x.com/developers/x.commerce
About X.commerce
X.commerce
brings together the technology assets and developer communities of eBay,
PayPal and Magento to support eBay Inc.’s mission of enabling commerce.
Through the X.commerce ecosystem of developers, partners and tools,
merchants now have access to open commerce technology to scale and grow
their businesses.
About eBay Inc.
Founded in 1995 in San Jose, Calif., eBay Inc.
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is about
enabling commerce. We do so through eBay,
the world’s largest online marketplace, which allows users to buy and
sell in nearly every country on earth; through PayPal,
which enables individuals and businesses to securely, easily and quickly
send and receive online payments; and through GSI,
which facilitates ecommerce, multichannel retailing and digital
marketing for global enterprises. X.commerce
brings together the technology assets and developer communities of eBay,
PayPal and Magento,
an ecommerce platform, to support eBay Inc.’s mission of enabling
commerce. We also reach millions through specialized marketplaces such
as StubHub,
the world’s largest ticket marketplace, and eBay classifieds sites,
which together have a presence in more than 1,000 cities around the
world. For more information about the company and its global portfolio
of online brands, visit
www.ebayinc.com .
SOURCE: X.commerce
AccessPR for X.commerce
Dave Garcia, 415-844-6287
teamxcommerce@accesspr.com
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