How Taobao, JD.com, and Suning Built Their E‑Commerce Platforms: A 2014 Tech Architecture Review
Although written in 2014, this article remains relevant as it compares the distinct technology strategies of three major Chinese e‑commerce players—Taobao’s open‑source approach, JD.com’s .NET‑based architecture, and Suning’s adoption of IBM WCS—highlighting their development demands, scaling challenges, and staffing efforts.
This article, originally published in 2014, still offers valuable insights.
Taobao follows an open‑source strategy; the author personally favors this approach, though it demands highly skilled engineers and few companies are willing to adopt it, except perhaps leaders like Jack Ma who are less technical and allow developers freedom.
JD.com’s founder Liu Qiangdong understands development himself and built the platform on .NET from the start; the system has grown large and is now undergoing a painful transformation as the business expands.
Suning.com, with extensive internal ERP and CRM applications, chose the mature commercial suite IBM WCS for its lower‑level and business layers. However, it lacks senior e‑commerce consultants, so Suning is recruiting Java developers to strengthen its development capabilities.
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Source: http://blog.csdn.net/jhzyz/article/details/33737111
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