Outsourcing is the outsourcing of a phase of the production process or service in which the company is not specialized or does not have the resources to carry out internally. An external company has its own resources and infrastructure for carrying out the required processes and tasks relating to information technology. More and more companies are outsourcing certain aspects of their business by hiring the services of specialized institutions to achieve cost savings and optimization, improved processes or simply to focus on their business strategies.

Online retail is becoming increasingly popular, especially during the pandemic. For customers, it is a quick and easy way to compare services and products from different brands without having to leave the house. You can visit a store regardless of the time or day. An online store allows its owners to be operational 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and at the same time increase sales and therefore income, and in order to remain competitive, online businesses, including online stores, are constantly improving their online presence.

The owners of new online stores are usually divided into two diametrically opposed categories:

In September 2020, security problems occurred in Magento 1, as a result of which around two thousand online stores were attacked by Magecart. These attacks occur from time to time in online stores, where the infrastructure is broken into and a well-disguised skimmer is placed. By skimming sensitive information from the checkout pages, such as customer data, email addresses and payment information, these can easily be stolen by the attackers. These attacks were first discovered and investigated by Sansec Anti-Skimming Technologies.

Shopware was developed in 2014 and is an open source e-commerce platform based on PHP that can be used to create professional online stores and provide support at all stages of development. The head office is located in Schöppingen.

In the age of online shopping, customers expect the online shopping experience to be not only worthwhile, but sometimes even better than in a physical shop. It goes without saying that the user can view the image of the product they want to order, as well as often change the colour and size from the predefined sizes. But it goes even further when customers want a completely customised solution for their needs while shopping from the comfort and safety of their own home: Taking a close look at every product detail, material, size and shape, adding their own logo, sometimes even their own design - it's already possible now thanks to a product configurator.

Imagine you want to buy a pair of sneakers on the Internet. You open the browser, and as you type in the request, you imagine all the time spent searching for the desired product. But then, when you open a favorite online store, you immediately see the recommendation for sneakers with the color, material, size and type you need. "Lucky you!" - you will immediately think. But it's not that simple. This is where personalization happens.

2020 will go down in history as the year of sudden dramatic changes due to COVID-19. Under the pressure of the lockdown and massive restrictions, the global economy suffered and shrank, with some industries coming to a complete standstill. Humanity is in a phase of revolutionary transformation of the world of work, with teleworking experiencing a major boom. As a result, a large number of office buildings have been all but abandoned and the majority of companies are having to restructure their business and establish a digital infrastructure for working from home in order to survive in the market.

Google considers the quality of search results to be a strategically important goal. The main question is: how to reduce the number of websites in search results that cause a negative experience and increase the number of websites that meet user needs? To solve this problem, Google will implement new factors for evaluating resource quality - the Core Web Vitals, which came into force in May 2021.