Trying to tack on an application to handle such tasks could prove challenging, Kramer says. Oracle iStore bundles click-stream and transaction data in its reports. Microsoft Site Server uses Site Server Analysis, which lets users customize their findings. However, Kramer says Site Server Analysis is complex to learn and use. InterWorld Commerce Exchange features few reporting capabilities, whereas IBM Net.
Commerce offers none.
Because many of these products rely on other platforms, browsers, databases and applications to fill in the gaps, it's important to know how well they play with other products. Database interaction covers the gamut, including Oracle, Sybase, Microsoft, IBM and Informix. As would be expected, IBM's Net. While DB2 is the preferred database package, the product does work with Oracle database. To that end, Oracle and Microsoft urge you to use their database products to support their e-commerce servers.