If your business is centered around selling inventory online or even offline, then a PIM is probably a necessary component for your business. A PIM is the bridge between your front end website shopping platform, in-store Point of Sale systems, affiliate sales channels, and internal ERP, CRM, inventory control, and accounting back office systems. So why should you be using a PIM? Here's 5 reasons why your business should be using a PIM.

For years now, eCommerce has dominated the way people buy and sell goods and services. Any business that is online today relies upon eCommerce platforms to remain current and secure. The decision facing many new companies today is whether to stay with their current legacy platform or use a modern SaaS based solution like BigCommerce.

This year the Fortuitas away team (aka me) made their way to the Internet Retailer Conference and Exhibition (IRCE). For those of you who may not be familiar with IRCE, this show typically focuses on ecommerce, but this year brick-and-mortar retail was also included.

Good friends are hard to come by, especially in business. When you find someone that fits your core values, you do what you can to work together. This is exactly why we sponsored a partner mixer with the fine folks at Jasper PIM and Vesta. 

We have just been alerted that there has been an increase in DNN sites compromised by a vulnerability that is affecting versions up to DNN 9.1.1. This is stemming from a previously released notice from DNN of the vulnerability, but it looks like the hackers are back. For those of you who have not upgraded, it's probably time to do so before you get targeted.