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The Magento community has been awaiting the arrival of Magento 2 for the past 5 years. During this time lots of different platforms have entered the mix. This has increased competition. So, does Magento 2 live up to the success of Magento?

Magento has cemented itself as the software solution for many online retailers. From small independent companies to larger global brands. The community around Magento has one of the largest stockpiles of modules and extensions helping it deliver some of the best online shopping experiences.

Magento 2 has new features to create a user friendly and stable future of Magento. But are these enhancements worth upgrading to?

The new Magento 2 has functionality previously reserved for Magento Enterprise, now in the Magneto 2 Community edition. Such as; Full Page Caching, faster query processing and built in HTML5 and CSS pre-processing. Magento 2's functionality complements the fresh and friendly customisation process so that updating, modifying and extending Magento 2 is faster and easier than before.

Some of these new and important items include:
<ul>
 	<li>20% speed increase</li>
 	<li>Automated testing</li>
 	<li>Improved security</li>
 	<li>Enriched scalability</li>
 	<li>jQuery replaces Prototype javascript library</li>
</ul>
Do you now want to upgrade from Magento to Magento 2? Should you ditch Shopify and use the worlds leading eCommerce package? If you want extendability that is fast and easy to use then Magento 2 is definitely for you!

If you choose to upgrade from Magento to Magento 2 we will run a technical audit to ensure Magento 2 is ready for you. We will source the Magento 2 modules to update your existing functionality or tailor one to suit you.

If you feel you want to make the switch to Magento 2 contact us today to discuss how we can help. We’ll even bring the coffee.