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Key highlights in 2009 for Magento included:

Over 1.4 Million downloads, 30,000+ merchants and over $25 Billion in transactions processed through the Magento platform.  Top brands running Magento include Vizio, Lenovo, 3M, Nespresso, The North Face, Homedics, Myla, Stussy, Samsung and many more... The Magento Enterprise Edition subscription was released in April , making available the first Enterprise Open Source eCommerce Platform alternative to Enterprise Commercial offerings Forrester Research named Magento as an ‘ Emerging Player To Watch ’ in the eCommerce space Magento Connect , Magento’s marketplace for third party extensions and enhancements reaches over 1,500 contributed extensions Magento saw continued adoption by some of the world’s largest brands ( Magento Spotting: Apparel and Accessories Roundup ) The new Magento Solution Partner program was announced targeting larger, established eCommerce specialized partners, capable of expanding awareness and adoption of Magento around the world. Over 40 partners were res

System Requirements for magento installation

Supported Operating Systems: Linux x86, x86-64 Supported Web Servers: Apache 1.3.x Apache 2.0.x Apache 2.2.x Supported Browsers: Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and above Mozilla Firefox 2.0 and above Apple Safari 2.x Google Chrome Adobe Flash browser plug-in should be installed PHP Compatibility: 5.2 Required extensions: PDO_MySQL simplexml mcrypt hash GD DOM iconv curl SOAP (if Webservices API is to be used) Safe_mode off Memory_limit no less than 256Mb (preferably 512) MySQL: 4.1.20 or newer InnoDB storage engine SSL: If HTTPS is used to work in the admin, SSL certificate should be valid. Self-signed SSL certificates are not supported Server - hosting - setup: Ability to run scheduled jobs (crontab) with PHP 5 Ability to override options in .htaccess files