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E-Commerce Minute: Tuesday -- April 24, 2012
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The E-Commerce Times -- E-Business Means Business
http://www.ecommercetimes.com
Part of the ECT News Network
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Headline Scan
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1. Anonymous Strikes Most Fear in the Hearts of IT Security Managers
2. Tech Industry Coalition Seeks More Government Transparency
3. Harnessing Big Data Through Customer Intelligence
4. Microsoft Flips AOL IP to Patent-Hungry Facebook
5. Netflix Doubles Down on European Gambit
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Story Highlights
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1. Anonymous Strikes Most Fear in the Hearts of IT Security Managers
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The hacker group Anonymous and other so-called hacktivists are the
biggest concern for IT security professionals, according to a survey by
Bit9. Its 2012 Cyber Security Survey queried nearly 2,000 IT security
experts to gauge the current state of enterprise security and otherwise
identify what keeps IT executives up at night.
See the Full Story:
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/74940.html
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2. Tech Industry Coalition Seeks More Government Transparency
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President Obama initiated an Open Government program on his second day
in office, pledging to make government information more accessible to
the public. Three years later, that program has achieved significant
success in many forums. However, the effort of making more federal
information even more accessible is a continuing one that seems to get
more challenging every year.
See the Full Story:
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/74936.html
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3. Harnessing Big Data Through Customer Intelligence
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Driving revenue performance and applying data in order to
influence/generate buying behavior throughout the customer life cycle is
not new -- it's an ongoing goal. Real-time marketing, which relies on
capturing data in real time, improves revenue performance and is the
optimal way to drive 1:1 customer interaction throughout the customer
life cycle.
See the Full Story:
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/74937.html
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4. Microsoft Flips AOL IP to Patent-Hungry Facebook
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Just two weeks after forking over more than $1 billion to AOL for
hundreds of patents and patent applications, Microsoft resold 650 of
them to Facebook on Monday. Each party in this latest transaction will
retain licenses to the intellectual property the other will hold when
the deal is completed.
See the Full Story:
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/74935.html
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5. Netflix Doubles Down on European Gambit
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Today in international tech news: Netflix vows to increase its European
expansion, malware shuts down Iranian oil facilities and government
websites, a Chinese company challenges Apple on its use of the name
"iPad," Giga OM looks at the roots of the recent YouTube/Germany
dispute, and some 38,000 entrants in the London Marathon had their
information published publicly.
See the Full Story:
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/74938.html
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