Magento

The Magento Team are proud to announce the availability of Magento Enterprise Edition 1.6.0.0-rc1.  With the latest version of Magento Enterprise Edition coming soon, this release candidate gives a preview of new features and functionality which are planned for the release later this month and a great opportunity for those already on Magento Enterprise Edition to get prepped for upgrading.  Key features include the new CMS+ Content Management Engine and the new Targeted Merchandising Suite.

Other new key features:

• widget instances management
• rule-based merchandising
• customer segmentation
• cms page versioning
• cms pages hierarchy and navigation
• marketing personalization zones (banners)

Changes include:

• included all changes/fixes from CE 1.4 (including robust indexing and new taxes)
• php_mhash usage was removed, as well as removed from official requirements list
• customer balance and gift card accounts work as regular total models introduced in CE 1.4
• refactored staging module logging and event handling
• refactored admin actions log module - improved configuration structure, introduced processor observer model and event changes
• various minor admin UI improvements
• disposed of CE themes and skins and downloader in the package

If you’re a merchant looking for more information please contact Varien or one of our Enterprise Partners for more information.