<s>
Magento	B-Application
is	O
an	O
open-source	B-Application
e-commerce	O
platform	O
written	O
in	O
PHP	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
uses	O
multiple	O
other	O
PHP	B-Application
frameworks	O
such	O
as	O
Laminas	B-Language
(	O
formerly	O
known	O
as	O
Zend	B-Language
Framework	I-Language
)	O
and	O
Symfony	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Magento	B-Application
source	O
code	O
is	O
distributed	O
under	O
Open	B-License
Software	I-License
License	I-License
(	O
OSL	O
)	O
v3.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Magento	B-Application
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Adobe	O
Inc	O
in	O
May	O
2018	O
for	O
$1.68	O
billion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
was	O
originally	O
developed	O
by	O
Varien	O
Inc.	O
,	O
a	O
US	O
private	O
company	O
headquartered	O
in	O
Culver	O
City	O
,	O
California	O
,	O
with	O
assistance	O
from	O
volunteers	O
and	O
open-source	B-Application
software	I-Application
contributors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
platform	O
code	O
has	O
been	O
downloaded	O
more	O
than	O
2.5	O
million	O
times	O
,	O
and	O
$155	O
billion	O
worth	O
of	O
goods	O
were	O
sold	O
through	O
Magento-based	O
systems	O
in	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
April	O
2021	O
,	O
Magento	B-Application
holds	O
a	O
2.32	O
%	O
market	O
share	O
in	O
global	O
e-commerce	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Roy	O
Rubin	O
,	O
the	O
former	O
CEO	O
of	O
Varien	O
,	O
later	O
sold	O
a	O
share	O
of	O
the	O
company	O
to	O
eBay	B-Application
,	O
which	O
eventually	O
completely	O
acquired	O
and	O
then	O
sold	O
the	O
company	O
to	O
Permira	O
;	O
Permira	O
later	O
sold	O
it	O
to	O
Adobe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
November	O
17	O
,	O
2015	O
,	O
Magento	B-Application
2.0	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Magento	B-Application
employs	O
the	O
MySQL	B-Application
or	O
MariaDB	B-Application
relational	O
database	O
management	O
system	O
,	O
the	O
PHP	B-Application
programming	I-Application
language	I-Application
,	O
and	O
elements	O
of	O
the	O
Zend	B-Language
Framework	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
applies	O
the	O
conventions	O
of	O
object-oriented	B-Language
programming	I-Language
and	O
model	O
–	O
view	O
–	O
controller	O
architecture	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Magento	B-Application
also	O
uses	O
the	O
entity	B-General_Concept
–	I-General_Concept
attribute	I-General_Concept
–	I-General_Concept
value	I-General_Concept
model	I-General_Concept
to	O
store	O
data	O
and	O
as	O
of	O
version	O
2.4	O
it	O
requires	O
Elasticsearch	B-Application
for	O
its	O
catalog	O
search	O
capability	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
top	O
of	O
that	O
,	O
Magento	B-Application
2	O
introduced	O
the	O
Model-View-ViewModel	O
pattern	O
to	O
its	O
front-end	O
code	O
using	O
the	O
JavaScript	B-Language
library	O
Knockout.js	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Magento	B-Application
officially	O
started	O
development	O
in	O
early	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Varien	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
owning	O
Magento	B-Application
,	O
formerly	O
worked	O
with	O
osCommerce	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Varien	O
had	O
originally	O
planned	O
to	O
fork	B-Application
osCommerce	B-Language
but	O
later	O
decided	O
to	O
rewrite	O
it	O
as	O
Magento	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
first	O
years	O
of	O
its	O
existence	O
,	O
the	O
platform	O
has	O
been	O
the	O
winner	O
of	O
the	O
"	O
Best	O
of	O
Open	B-Application
Source	I-Application
Software	I-Application
Awards	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
SourceForge	O
Community	O
Choice	O
Awards	O
"	O
several	O
times	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2011	O
,	O
eBay	B-Application
announced	O
it	O
had	O
made	O
an	O
investment	O
in	O
Magento	B-Application
in	O
2010	O
,	O
worth	O
a	O
49%	O
ownership	O
share	O
of	O
the	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
6	O
,	O
2011	O
,	O
eBay	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
be	O
acquiring	O
the	O
rest	O
of	O
Magento	B-Application
,	O
which	O
would	O
join	O
its	O
new	O
X.Commerce	O
initiative	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Magento	B-Application
's	O
CEO	O
and	O
co-founder	O
Roy	O
Rubin	O
wrote	O
on	O
the	O
Magento	B-Application
blog	O
that	O
"	O
Magento	B-Application
will	O
continue	O
to	O
operate	O
out	O
of	O
Los	O
Angeles	O
,	O
with	O
Yoav	O
Kutner	O
and	O
me	O
as	O
its	O
leaders	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yoav	O
Kutner	O
left	O
Magento	B-Application
in	O
April	O
2012	O
,	O
citing	O
that	O
the	O
vision	O
for	O
Magento	B-Application
had	O
changed	O
since	O
the	O
time	O
of	O
acquisition	O
due	O
to	O
high-level	O
staff	O
changes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
result	O
of	O
the	O
breakup	O
of	O
eBay	B-Application
following	O
Carl	O
Icahn	O
's	O
raid	O
,	O
Magento	B-Application
was	O
spun	O
out	O
as	O
an	O
independent	O
company	O
by	O
the	O
new	O
owner	O
Permira	O
private	O
equity	O
fund	O
on	O
3	O
November	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2018	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
that	O
Magento	B-Application
would	O
be	O
acquired	O
by	O
Adobe	O
for	O
$1.68	O
bn	O
with	O
a	O
view	O
to	O
integrating	O
it	O
into	O
Adobe	O
Experience	O
Cloud	O
,	O
its	O
Enterprise	O
CMS	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Magento	B-Application
provides	O
two	O
distinct	O
platforms	O
:	O
Magento	B-Application
Open	O
Source	O
(	O
previously	O
Magento	B-Application
Community	O
Edition	O
)	O
and	O
Magento	B-Application
Commerce	O
;	O
the	O
latter	O
is	O
available	O
in	O
an	O
on-premises	O
version	O
(	O
previously	O
Magento	B-Application
Enterprise	O
Edition	O
)	O
or	O
as	O
a	O
platform-as-a-service	B-Application
(	O
previously	O
Magento	B-Application
Enterprise	O
Cloud	O
Edition	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
were	O
also	O
two	O
former	O
platforms	O
,	O
Magento	B-Application
Professional	O
Edition	O
,	O
and	O
Magento	B-Application
Go	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Magento	B-Application
Open	O
Source	O
,	O
previously	O
Magento	B-Application
Community	O
Edition	O
,	O
is	O
an	O
open-source	B-Application
eCommerce	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
the	O
first	O
public	O
beta	O
version	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2007	O
,	O
Magento	B-Application
Open	O
Source	O
has	O
been	O
developed	O
and	O
customized	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
provide	O
a	O
basic	O
eCommerce	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
current	O
release	O
and	O
each	O
of	O
the	O
previous	O
historical	O
release	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
1.X	O
and	O
2.X	O
version	O
branches	O
of	O
Magento	B-Application
Open	O
Source	O
are	O
available	O
on	O
the	O
Magento	B-Application
Commerce	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
website	O
for	O
download	O
as	O
single-file	O
downloads	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
of	O
the	O
2.X	O
version	O
branch	O
of	O
Magento	B-Application
Open	O
Source	O
is	O
coordinated	O
publicly	O
on	O
GitHub	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Magento	B-Application
1.9.4	O
,	O
the	O
last	O
version	O
of	O
Magento	B-Application
1.X	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
,	O
reached	O
end-of-life	O
on	O
June	O
30	O
,	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Magento	B-Application
will	O
remain	O
Open	O
source	O
after	O
the	O
recent	O
acquisition	O
by	O
Adobe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
fork	B-Application
of	O
the	O
last	O
ever	O
release	O
of	O
Magento	B-Application
1.x	O
(	O
version	O
1.9.4.5	O
)	O
was	O
made	O
available	O
on	O
GitHub	B-Application
under	O
an	O
initiative	O
named	O
which	O
is	O
short	O
for	O
Opensource	O
Magento	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shortly	O
afterwards	O
a	O
new	O
unofficial	O
community-driven	O
project	O
was	O
created	O
to	O
offer	O
long-term	O
support	O
and	O
patches	O
to	O
Magento	B-Application
1.x	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Magento	B-Application
2	O
has	O
many	O
new	O
and	O
improved	O
features	O
,	O
developer	O
tools	O
,	O
and	O
its	O
architecture	O
is	O
quite	O
different	O
from	O
all	O
the	O
previous	O
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Magento	B-Application
2	O
was	O
announced	O
in	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
then	O
Magento	B-Application
1	O
and	O
Magento	B-Application
2	O
have	O
existed	O
simultaneously	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Magento	B-Application
caters	O
to	O
three	O
levels	O
of	O
businesses	O
;	O
small	O
business	O
,	O
mid-market	O
,	O
and	O
enterprise	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Released	O
April	O
11	O
,	O
2016	O
,	O
Magento	B-Application
Commerce	O
is	O
an	O
e-Commerce	O
platform	B-Application
as	I-Application
a	I-Application
service	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
long-term	O
project	O
to	O
integrate	O
the	O
acquired	O
Magento	B-Application
sales	O
,	O
marketing	O
,	O
and	O
product	O
teams	O
within	O
the	O
Adobe	O
Experience	O
Cloud	O
business	O
unit	O
,	O
in	O
April	O
2021	O
Magento	B-Application
Commerce	O
was	O
rebranded	O
to	O
Adobe	O
Commerce	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Magento	B-Application
Commerce	O
(	O
On-Premises	O
)	O
,	O
previously	O
"	O
Magento	B-Application
Enterprise	O
Edition	O
"	O
is	O
derived	O
from	O
Magento	B-Application
Open	O
Source	O
and	O
has	O
the	O
same	O
core	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
Magento	B-Application
Commerce	O
has	O
annual	O
maintenance	O
fees	O
,	O
neither	O
Open	O
Source	O
nor	O
Commerce	O
(	O
On-Premises	O
)	O
include	O
hosting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Magento	B-Application
team	O
develops	O
Magento	B-Application
Commerce	O
by	O
cooperating	O
with	O
users	O
and	O
third	O
parties	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
on	O
the	O
2.X	O
branch	O
of	O
Magento	B-Application
Commerce	O
is	O
coordinated	O
publicly	O
on	O
GitHub	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
latest	O
actively	O
supported	O
versions	O
of	O
Magento	B-Application
Commerce	O
is	O
2.3.4	O
(	O
EE	O
and	O
CE	O
)	O
released	O
on	O
October	O
8	O
,	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Magento	B-Application
Solution	O
Partners	O
are	O
development	O
agencies	O
who	O
specialise	O
in	O
eCommerce	O
delivery	O
for	O
Magento	B-Application
Commerce	O
merchants	O
and	O
have	O
extensive	O
experience	O
implementing	O
,	O
maintaining	O
and	O
upgrading	O
Magento	B-Application
eCommerce	O
websites	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
Magento	B-Application
solution	O
partners	O
develop	O
their	O
own	O
extensions	O
,	O
solutions	O
and	O
customisation	O
into	O
the	O
Magento	B-Application
Commerce	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Magento	B-Application
Technology	O
Partners	O
are	O
companies	O
or	O
products	O
that	O
help	O
merchants	O
improve	O
their	O
website	O
out	O
of	O
the	O
box	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
ensure	O
quality	O
and	O
compatibility	O
,	O
all	O
Magento	B-Application
Technology	O
Partners	O
pass	O
a	O
rigorous	O
business	O
and	O
technology	O
review	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Magento	B-Application
Technology	O
Partners	O
can	O
be	O
found	O
in	O
the	O
official	O
website	O
directory	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2015	O
it	O
was	O
reported	O
that	O
outdated	O
or	O
unpatched	O
Magento	B-Application
web	O
stores	O
were	O
susceptible	O
to	O
a	O
cross-site	O
scripting	O
attack	O
,	O
which	O
allowed	O
attackers	O
to	O
perform	O
online	O
skimming	O
to	O
steal	O
user	O
credit	O
card	O
information	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
a	O
security	O
expert	O
,	O
more	O
than	O
4000	O
Magento	B-Application
web	O
stores	O
were	O
vulnerable	O
to	O
such	O
an	O
attack	O
in	O
October	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2017	O
security	O
company	O
DefenseCode	O
reported	O
that	O
Magento	B-Application
CE	O
web	O
stores	O
were	O
susceptible	O
to	O
a	O
remote	O
code	O
execution	O
attack	O
,	O
which	O
allowed	O
attackers	O
to	O
perform	O
web	B-Protocol
skimming	I-Protocol
,	O
steal	O
stored	O
credit	O
card	O
information	O
of	O
future	O
and	O
previous	O
customers	O
,	O
take	O
control	O
of	O
the	O
database	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
some	O
instances	O
even	O
the	O
complete	O
server	O
-	O
including	O
other	O
Magento	B-Application
instances	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
's	O
suspected	O
that	O
up	O
to	O
260,000	O
Magento	B-Application
web	O
stores	O
could	O
be	O
vulnerable	O
to	O
such	O
an	O
attack	O
in	O
April	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2019	O
,	O
Magento	B-Application
reported	O
a	O
potential	O
vulnerability	O
in	O
its	O
administration	O
URL	O
location	O
for	O
its	O
2.1.x	O
,	O
2.2.x	O
,	O
and	O
2.3.x	O
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Similar	O
incidences	O
of	O
a	O
Magecart	O
attack	O
and	O
Magento	B-Application
killer	O
have	O
also	O
been	O
faced	O
by	O
e-commerce	O
store	O
owners	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
Imagine	O
eCommerce	O
"	O
is	O
the	O
annual	O
Magento	B-Application
eCommerce	O
conference	O
that	O
has	O
run	O
since	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
event	O
was	O
held	O
in	O
February	O
2011	O
in	O
Los	O
Angeles	O
with	O
more	O
than	O
600	O
Magento	B-Application
merchants	O
,	O
partners	O
,	O
and	O
developers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Besides	O
Imagine	O
,	O
Magento	B-Application
also	O
organizes	O
local	O
"	O
Magento	B-Application
Live	O
"	O
events	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
participants	O
will	O
have	O
opportunities	O
to	O
learn	O
more	O
about	O
e-commerce	O
in	O
general	O
,	O
get	O
introduced	O
to	O
local	O
Magento	B-Application
partners	O
and	O
learn	O
about	O
upcoming	O
changes	O
to	O
the	O
Magento	B-Application
software	O
itself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Magento	B-Application
Live	O
events	O
have	O
been	O
held	O
in	O
Australia	O
(	O
Sydney	O
)	O
,	O
UK	O
(	O
London	O
)	O
,	O
The	O
Netherlands	O
(	O
Amsterdam	O
)	O
,	O
Spain	O
(	O
Barcelona	O
)	O
,	O
France	O
(	O
Paris	O
)	O
and	O
Germany	O
(	O
München	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
a	O
non-profit	O
organization	O
that	O
was	O
established	O
in	O
2019	O
and	O
that	O
contributes	O
upto	O
more	O
than	O
24	O
global	O
"	O
Meet	O
Magento	B-Application
"	O
events	O
per	O
year	O
named	O
"	O
Magento	B-Application
Association	O
"	O
The	O
association	O
is	O
open	O
to	O
all	O
companies	O
who	O
are	O
active	O
in	O
ecommerce	O
in	O
any	O
way	O
and	O
want	O
using	O
Magento	B-Application
commerce	O
now	O
or	O
in	O
future	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
has	O
been	O
run	O
on	O
all	O
developed	O
markets	O
of	O
Magento	B-Application
like	O
Germany	O
,	O
Austria	O
,	O
Switzerland	B-Protocol
,	O
France	O
,	O
Sweden	O
,	O
Denmark	O
,	O
Italy	O
,	O
Spain	O
,	O
the	O
Netherlands	O
,	O
Poland	O
,	O
Romania	O
,	O
Russia	O
,	O
India	O
and	O
also	O
Vietnam	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
four	O
different	O
Magento	B-Application
certifications	O
:	O
three	O
of	O
them	O
aim	O
to	O
prove	O
developers	O
 '	O
competency	O
in	O
implementing	O
modules	O
;	O
one	O
(	O
Certified	O
Solution	O
Specialist	O
)	O
targets	O
business	O
users	O
(	O
consultants	O
,	O
analysts	O
,	O
project	O
managers	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Magento	B-Application
Front	O
End	O
Developer	O
Certification	O
is	O
mainly	O
focused	O
on	O
improving	O
the	O
user	O
interface	O
(	O
UI	O
)	O
of	O
back-end	O
developers	O
who	O
implement	O
the	O
core	O
modules	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Plus	O
certification	O
tests	O
a	O
deep	O
understanding	O
of	O
Magento	B-Application
Enterprise	O
modules	O
and	O
the	O
entire	O
architecture	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Magento	B-Application
DevBox	O
is	O
a	O
Docker	O
container	O
that	O
allows	O
for	O
the	O
easy	O
installation	O
of	O
the	O
latest	O
Magento	B-Application
2	O
CE	O
or	O
EE	O
platform	O
in	O
a	O
virtual	O
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
allows	O
developers	O
to	O
link	O
to	O
an	O
existing	O
local	O
Magento	B-Application
2	O
installation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Magento	B-Application
Commerce	O
2.3.4	O
released	O
on	O
January	O
28	O
,	O
2020	O
,	O
the	O
latest	O
version	O
is	O
v2.3.4	O
,	O
download	O
it	O
from	O
tech	O
resources	O
page	O
or	O
GitHub	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Magento	B-Application
1	O
migration	O
to	O
Magento	B-Application
2	O
can	O
be	O
done	O
by	O
the	O
official	O
Data	O
Migration	O
Tool	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
migration	O
can	O
be	O
performed	O
by	O
developers	O
with	O
extensive	O
Magento	B-Application
1	O
and	O
2	O
experience	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Magento	B-Application
also	O
has	O
a	O
diverse	O
group	O
of	O
eCommerce	O
articles	O
written	O
to	O
help	O
B2B	O
and	O
B2C	O
companies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
eCommerce	O
case	O
studies	O
are	O
also	O
another	O
portion	O
of	O
the	O
Magento	B-Application
website	O
that	O
provides	O
inside	O
information	O
on	O
how	O
Magento	B-Application
impacts	O
brands	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
TechCrunch	O
article	O
reports	O
that	O
according	O
to	O
its	O
sources	O
,	O
former	O
Magento	B-Application
employees	O
claim	O
they	O
have	O
been	O
collectively	O
"	O
cheated	O
out	O
"	O
of	O
nearly	O
7-10	O
%	O
of	O
Magento	B-Application
,	O
a	O
stake	O
that	O
would	O
have	O
been	O
worth	O
approximately	O
$18	O
million	O
when	O
eBay	B-Application
acquired	O
the	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
