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Znode’s Ecommerce Software the World’s First on Microsoft Azure Cloud Services

Znode’s leading ecommerce solutions will allow users greater scalability, flexibility and efficiency for designing and maintaining a cloud-based ecommerce presence. Click link below to read the press release:

http://tinyurl.com/4n6udks

Znode’s Multifront® Software Nominated as Finalist for Outstanding Product of the Year

Znode, a leading ecommerce solutions provider, recently had its Multifront ecommerce software nominated as a finalist for “Outstanding Product of the Year”. The finalist honor was bestowed upon it at the 2010 TechColumbus Innovation Awards held on February 3rd, 2011 in Columbus, Ohio. The recognition comes immediately after a year in which the company grew 113% and significantly increased the visibility of its brand and products.

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Znode launches new Marketplace™ software - online franchising is born!

As you may already know, Znode’s flagship ecommerce software, Multifront makes it simple for online retailers to rapidly launch multi-store ecommerce solutions in order to best address and serve unique market segments.

Marketplace™ is a platform that builds on the functionality of Znode’s Multifront to enable any organization to become an Online Franchisor.  By extending multi-store capabilities to a company’s key business partners, the result is a compelling go-to-market strategy in which key business partners become Online Franchisees that launch and market their own Multifront stores that include the franchisor’s products.  Online Franchisees can easily launch online, mobile and social commerce storefronts.  Marketplace is used by retailers, manufacturers, distributors and payment processors to rapidly expand their business by leveraging the unique market positions and knowledge of a network of Online Franchisees. 

 

Read more in our first press release about Marketplace here: 

Znode Launches Revolutionary Online Franchising for Manufacturers

Fechheimer Selects Znode to Power Its Ecommerce Storefronts

Znode’s Multifront is seen as the clear choice to manage large apparel database, multiple stores and ERP system integration.

The Fechheimer Brothers Company, a Berkshire Hathaway Company, manufactures uniforms for the public safety industry and maintains the largest in-stock offering of public safety uniforms in the U.S. They have chosen Znode to power their ecommerce storefronts.

With Znode’s Multifront, Fechheimer now has a single solution that can handle their entire catalog, is centrally managed and is easily customized.  Multifront also makes it easy for them to quickly move forward with their multi-store strategy by allowing them to manage all of their online stores through a single product database.

Find out why Fechheimer says Znode is fueling their long term growth.

Click here to download the entire case study. 

Achieve the Ultimate Ecommerce Scalability with Multifront v6.2

Znode Inc is pleased to announce a major version release of Multifront™. The newest Multifront release, v6.2, expands upon scalability with highly tuned database and application layers.

Multifront is the best choice for online storefronts that require flexibility and performance scalability.  With the performance enhancements included in release v6.2, Multifront running on a single CPU can support 4+ million unique visitors per month with a catalog size of 100,000 products and 10 storefronts. 

The system can then scale easily  by adding additional CPUs and load balanced web servers.  See for yourself by accessing our comprehensive Load Test Results.

Multifront is the industry-leading .NET ecommerce platform which enables businesses to create and manage one or multiple storefronts using a single system.



Get more information on Multifront at www.znode.com/multifront

WallPops! Launches on Multifront

WallPops! (www.wall-pops.com), a company that sells movable, reusable wall decals, recently re-launched their ecommerce presence on Znode's Multifront™. 

Using Multifront, the new WallPops! site makes it easy for customers to sort through almost 750 products to find the ones they're looking for, and related items.

WallPops! products are sold at major retailers including Target, Home Depot, Lowes, Barnes & Noble and more.  Multifront's Store Locator functionality enables customers to easily locate the nearest store that carries these products.

Rise Above the Competition with Multifront

The online retail space is getting crowded. It is becoming more and more important for retailers to clearly differentiate their brand and stand above the others.  At Znode we have lots of experience creating winning strategies for retailers from virtually every industry. 

Znode's Multifront platform in essence gives you a best-practices framework for orchestrating a strategy that can help you effectively beat the competition.  We have created a comprehensive white paper to analyze these strategies.

Click here to download the white paper

Multifront Hotfix 6.1.2.1 - Fixes logging issue on Localhost

When debugging or running under localhost the Multifront base library logs an excesive number of messages which could impact performance. This issues does not happen on a production URL and is limited to "localhost" only.  

All customers who are using MultiFront v6.1 SP1 should download and apply this hotfix to their code base.

Download the hotfix from: http://www.znode.com/support/downloads.aspx

Znode Releases Multifront v6.1 Service Pack 1

Znode has released a service pack (SP1) for Multifront v6.1.  This service pack includes 2 minor releases v6.1.1 and v6.1.2 packaged together in a MSI.  A patch is also available separately for customers who may prefer to do manual upgrades.

Multifront v6.1 SP1 addresses various bugs including some critical issues. It is highly recommended that customers upgrade their Multifront installation using the included patches. 

The release notes are included in the MSI package. Please contact your account manager for more information including download links and documentation.

Click here to access patches and release notes 

Introducing Multifront v6.1 - With Advanced Globalization

Znode released Multifront v6.1 earlier this weak – a major upgrade to our Flexible .NET Ecommerce platform with rich features that take content personalization to a whole different level.

Enterprises with a global presence or localization requirements can now take advantage of Multifront’s powerful Globalization capabilities. With Multifront you can create a single store with multiple languages or multiple stores personalized for different regions.

Multifront allows unprecedented targeting of content and promotions based on the target audience or locale. This enables online retailers to increase customer satisfaction and brand loyalty thereby achieving a significantly higher ROI.

Multifront’s unique faceted technology enables advanced content personalization that is not possible with any other ecommerce platform in the market today.

Here are some of Multifront's globalization features:

• Allow customers to switch between multiple languages on a storefront
• Website appearance can be completely customized for each locale
• Set different products and pricing based on selected locale
• Present different content including images and rich media based on locale
• Customize shipping, taxes, currency and units based on locale
• Administration tool allows content editor with full control over the localization capabilities including personalized content, site look and feel and more