E-Commerce Minute

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E-Commerce Minute: Friday -- June 30, 2017

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VA Gives Thumbs Up to Commercial IT Software
4 Marketing Strategies That Can Boost B2B Sales: Study
Will Record Fine Cramp Google's Style in Europe?
Petya Ransomware Sinks Global Businesses Into Chaos
SugarCRM Launches Hint, 1st in Relationship Intelligence Line

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Today's Story Highlights

VA Gives Thumbs Up to Commercial IT Software
A Veterans Affairs decision to pursue a new direction in processing
health records has created a highly visible endorsement of the use of
COTS information technology by federal agencies. President Trump cited
the VA's action as an example of the administration's commitment to
vastly improve federal IT management. The sheer size of the VA makes the
decision to use an outside contractor noteworthy.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/84647.html

4 Marketing Strategies That Can Boost B2B Sales: Study
Four business marketing strategies can boost business-to-business sales
conversion rates by up to 25 percentage points, based on results of a
survey Altman Vilandrie released this week. However, only 15 percent of
businesses fully take advantage of them. Even those that do use the
strategies sometimes fail to maximize sales conversions because of a
lack of coordination and integration.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/84648.html

Will Record Fine Cramp Google's Style in Europe?
The European Commission has walloped Google unit with a record $2.7
billion for giving its own shopping comparison site preference above
smaller competitors, and thus abusing its dominant position as a search
engine. Google must end the conduct within 90 days or face penalties of
5 percent of its average daily global revenue, the EC said. Google
expressed disagreement with the EC's findings.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/84645.html

Petya Ransomware Sinks Global Businesses Into Chaos
A new ransomware exploit dubbed "Petya" struck major companies and
infrastructure sites this week, following last month's WannaCry
ransomware attack, which struck more than 300,000 computers worldwide.
Petya is believed to be linked to the same set of hacking tools as
WannaCry. Petya already has impacted a Ukrainian international airport
and shut down radiation monitoring systems at Chernobyl.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/84643.html

SugarCRM Launches Hint, 1st in Relationship Intelligence Line
SugarCRM has launched Hint, the first in its new line of relationship
intelligence products. Hint users can enter a few contact details about
a person with whom they want to connect, and Hint automatically will
search social sources on the Web for information. That data, along with
other details from a company's internal files, will be served up to the
user in a side-panel view.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/84642.html

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