E-Commerce Minute

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E-Commerce Minute: Thursday -- January 28, 2016

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Feds Embrace Salesforce Platform Offerings
Wall Street Backs Off Apple
Sony's Gaming Biz Coming to America
An Idea Whose Time Has Come... Again
iPhone Sales Could Be Slowing
AOL Buys AlephD to Boost Publisher Support

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Today's Story Highlights

Feds Embrace Salesforce Platform Offerings
The U.S. government has authorized an information technology contract
with a potential value of $503 million that is designed to meet newly
adopted goals for greatly improving IT acquisition. The General Services
Administration, which issued the contract for software and cloud-related
services, described the acquisition approach as a first-of-its-kind
initiative.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/83041.html

Wall Street Backs Off Apple
Their fears confirmed, investors were bearish on Apple Wednesday, the
day after the company reported its slowest-growth quarter ever. The
company's shares closed the day at $93.44, down 6.55 percent. In its Q1
earnings report, Apple prepared investors for what may come next: its
weakest quarter for iPhone sales in 13 years. Even worse is its gloomy
forecast for next quarter's iPhone sales.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/83040.html

Sony's Gaming Biz Coming to America
Sony on Tuesday announced plans to merge its PlayStation operations in a
new company to be headquartered in the U.S. Sony Interactive
Entertainment will open for business on April 1, starting with $2
million in operating capital. The new California-based firm will merge
the operations of Japan-based Sony Network Entertainment International
and Sony Computer Entertainment.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/83036.html

An Idea Whose Time Has Come... Again
Whether you call it "industry CRM," "vertical CRM" or something else,
the concept is gaining altitude. Not that it's new or ever been gone,
but today's vertical CRM is different -- a constellation of
quantitatively and qualitatively different and better CRM solutions than
we've ever seen. Vendors like Veeva, Vlocity and Salesforce are getting
into the act.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/83038.html

iPhone Sales Could Be Slowing
In the runup to the release of Apple's Q1 2016 earnings report Tuesday,
one of the big unanswered questions was whether the iPhone could
maintain its sales momentum. Q1 2015 iPhone sales hit a record 74.5
million units, and it's possible the latest quarter's shipments may not
equal -- let alone exceed -- that mark. IDC has forecast of slowing
sales industrywide for 2016.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/83034.html

AOL Buys AlephD to Boost Publisher Support
AOL on Monday announced that it has agreed to purchase AlephD as it
ramps up efforts to boost its key assets: its global content brands,
millennial-focused over-the-top content, original video content, and
programmatic advertising platforms. AlephD's algorithms focus on
publisher analytics and price floor optimization. They let publishers
control and optimize inventory pricing and packaging.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/83033.html

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