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Running a Legacy hybris System? Here’s Why You Should Set the Course for Future-Proof Commerce Now

Written by Sebastian Lauk | Jun 27, 2024 8:57:00 AM

hybris on-prem is reaching the end of its life cycle. This is a good reason and opportunity for businesses to usher in a new era of digital commerce with Emporix.

TL;DR

  • The end-of-life (EOL) for hybris on-prem 2205 is scheduled for July 31, 2026.
  • Forward-looking executives start to realign their technology strategy now.
  • Monolithic legacy systems hinder innovation and can cause massive costs.
  • Software design principles such as MACH help build highly tailored systems.
  • Emporix and foryouandyourcustomers support businesses with the migration.

hybris Will Soon Be History

For many businesses, hybris has long been a key entity in their commerce technology landscape. However, with rapidly changing customer expectations and technology requirements, the limitations of the system become evident. Meanwhile the end-of-life (EOL) for hybris on-prem 2205 has now been officially scheduled: according to current documentation development and support will end on July 31, 2026.

Why Forward-Looking Executives Act Now

Prudent business decision-makers don't wait until their legacy hybris system runs out of service. They know that a fundamental change in commerce technology needs in-depth planning and preparation. No matter if they decide to stick with hybris or take the opportunity to realign their technology strategy from scratch.

But for many companies, the need to modernize their stack — to save money in the middle and long term, increase their top line revenue and better meet consumer demands — has become critical.

The sooner the legacy system's limited adaptability and ability to innovate and high operating costs (TCO) can be overcome, the sooner competitiveness and customer satisfaction can be taken to the next level.

Leaving Monolithic Commerce Systems Behind

Monolithic software architecture has long been the state of the art in digital commerce. Technically such systems bundled all functionality in one single code base and were not designed for individual customization at all. Therefore, it is not surprising that in today's businesses, where the ability to adapt and innovate quickly is vital for survival, monolithic legacy systems are reaching their limits. And worse: monolithic systems often prevent or slow down innovation and cause massive development and maintenance costs.

Switching to Tailored Commerce Orchestration

Modern businesses must be able to react quickly and flexibly to new customer expectations and capitalize on technical innovations. This is why new software concepts are on the rise, enabling executives to orchestrate technologies individually according to the best-of-breed principle. Microservices, API-first, Cloud-native SaaS and Headless (MACH) are key design principles of such commerce systems - each component is pluggable, scalable and interchangeable and can be continuously improved to meet changing business requirements.

How Emporix and foryouandyourcustomers Help Boost Transformation

Emporix and foryouandyourcustomers help sales organizations free themselves from the shackles of rigid legacy commerce systems. Emporix offers the leading cloud-native, MACH-certified commerce orchestration platform. foryouandyourcustomers analyses, advises, designs and supports the change from hybris to Emporix-based composable commerce. With the Emporix platform, businesses set the strategic and tactical course for a digital commerce that makes it easier than ever to customize and innovate their tech stack.

Reach out to us, if you want to learn more about Emporix and how we can support you by migrating your legacy commerce platform to Emporix composable Commerce Orchestration Engine.