E-Commerce Minute

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E-Commerce Minute: Wednesday -- May 18, 2016

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Microsoft, SAP Deepen Partnership to Blend Cloud Offerings
AT&T Snags Quickplay for DirecTV Expansion
Privacy Concerns Curb Online Commerce, Communication
Marketing and Loyalty
Apple Invests $1B in Chinese Uber Competitor Didi Chuxing
What SMBs Want From IT Services
Charter-TWC Merger Clears Final Regulatory Hurdle

Today's Story Highlights

Microsoft, SAP Deepen Partnership to Blend Cloud Offerings
Microsoft and SAP have announced plans to integrate their respective
cloud-based systems, allowing the SAP HANA database to work with
Microsoft Azure, which will enable Office 365 to communicate directly
with SAP enterprise apps. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and SAP CEO Bill
McDermott sat down before a packed audience at Sapphire Now and outlined
how the enhanced partnership will benefit customers.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/83518.html

AT&T Snags Quickplay for DirecTV Expansion
AT&T on Monday announced that it has agreed to buy Quickplay Media,
which will serve as the backbone for DirecTV's upcoming multiplatform
streaming video services. Quickplay, which supports AT&T's U-Verse TV
Everywhere service, will support DirecTV Now, DirecTV Mobile and DirecTV
Preview. The services will allow DirecTV content to be viewed on mobile
phones, smart TVs, PCs and tablets.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/83513.html

Privacy Concerns Curb Online Commerce, Communication
Concern about online security and privacy are leading Americans to
curtail online activity, the NTIA reported last week. More than 41,000
households with at least one Internet user in July responded to several
privacy and security questions the U.S. Census Bureau posed for the
NTIA. Eighty-four percent of those households named at least one online
privacy and security concern.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/83509.html

Marketing and Loyalty
The CRM industry is shining a bright light on digital marketing, and it
is a sign of how early we are in the digital marketing boom that few
vendors are championing the idea of using marketing in any way other
than for driving sales. Based on recent events by Oracle and Salesforce,
it appears that the focus on driving more sales makes perfect sense for
organizations just getting their feet wet.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/83510.html

Apple Invests $1B in Chinese Uber Competitor Didi Chuxing
Apple CEO Tim Cook on Monday met with executives from Didi Chuxing, just
days after the company announced that it had received a US$1 billion
investment from Apple. After arriving in Beijing, Cook tweeted out
photos of himself taking a taxi with Jean Liu, the president of Didi
Chuxing, and of her showing him the mobile app. Apple hosted a panel of
iOS developers at the Apple Store in Beijing.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/83508.html

What SMBs Want From IT Services
When small businesses choose an IT and support service provider, the two
most important considerations are the provider's ability to include all
of the company's devices and provide a comprehensive IT service plan.
More than half of small businesses that use professional IT services use
two or more services. However, small businesses may have to rely on
multiple vendors to address their IT needs.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/83506.html

Charter-TWC Merger Clears Final Regulatory Hurdle
Charter Communications and Time Warner Cable last week announced that
California regulators approved their planned merger following a series
of hearings in which the companies agreed to open access to underserved
communities. The California Public Utilities Commission voted
unanimously to approve the merger, which requires the combined company
to provide low-cost broadband access.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/83507.html

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