E-Commerce Minute

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E-Commerce Minute: Thursday -- April 20, 2017

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Headline Scan
Microsoft Inches Toward a World Without Passwords
Executive Order Triggers H-1B Jitters in Silicon Valley
Take Marketing Off Autopilot and Get Creative
Cleveland Murder Intensifies Scrutiny of Facebook Live
Federal Agencies Turn to Software-Defined Data Storage
CPQ: Boost Selling Performance and Accuracy

Today's Story Highlights

Microsoft Inches Toward a World Without Passwords
Microsoft has announced the general availability of its phone sign-in
for customers with Microsoft accounts -- a system that could be the
beginning of the end for passwords. The new system requires that
customers add their accounts to the Microsoft Authenticator app, which
comes in both iOS and Android versions, noted Alex Simons, director of
program management of the Microsoft Identity Division.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/84471.html

Executive Order Triggers H-1B Jitters in Silicon Valley
President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a long-anticipated executive
order that addresses a campaign promise to begin shifting the country
toward the "Buy American, Hire American" strategy that appealed to much
of the industrial working class population in the Rust Belt states. The
order calls on the U.S. government to shift purchasing toward
domestically produced goods.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/84467.html

Take Marketing Off Autopilot and Get Creative
More than a quarter of marketers went into marketing because they wanted
to be creative, researchers have found. So why do so many B2B marketing
efforts seem exactly the same? The reason, in part, is that some things
work well. In nature, convergent evolution leads different kinds of
organisms to similar solutions when they work. The number of strategies
that will lead to success is limited.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/84466.html

Cleveland Murder Intensifies Scrutiny of Facebook Live
Video footage of a senseless murder in Cleveland, posted after the fact
on Facebook Live, has attracted national attention to the role of the
platform in criminals' minds. Authorities Tuesday morning announced that
Steve Stephens -- the 37-year-old suspect wanted for the cold-blooded
shooting of Robert Godwin Sr. -- shot himself to death after a short
pursuit by Pennsylvania State Police.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/84464.html

Federal Agencies Turn to Software-Defined Data Storage
Federal agencies seeking to deal with huge amounts of information have
begun embracing the software-defined data center, a technology tool that
has come into vogue for managing and storing data. The SDDC is an
offshoot of IT virtualization that uses a software-defined architecture.
Agencies have been striving to save money and improve data storage and
management in response to government mandates.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/84461.html

CPQ: Boost Selling Performance and Accuracy
They say it can take a product idea 10 years to go from concept to mass-
market appeal but that might be only an optimist's viewpoint. Some of
the best ideas in CRM right now have been marinating for at least that
long -- and some for much longer. Two great examples are analytics and
CPQ, which companies like Oracle, Salesforce and others have embraced
with passion.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/84462.html

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