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Microsoft has had a long and complicated relationship with ecommerce in general and with its ecommerce vendor, Digital River, in particular.
Microsoft's ecommerce history started with its 1996 acquisition of Commerce Server from eShop, a company founded by Pierre Omidyar, who went on to create eBay.
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Sitecore's announcement on Tuesday of its new e-commerce offering, Sitecore Commerce 8 powered by Microsoft Dynamics, at the NRF Big Show made waves in the e-commerce world for a number of reasons.
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It's been an interesting couple of weeks for Digital River. Its deadline to re-sign Microsoft to an extension of the Microsoft Operations Digital Distribution Agreement, which would continue Digital River provision of Microsoft Store’s e-commerce platform beyond March, 2015 came and went on Dec. 1.
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If it hasn't sunk in yet for digital experience providers, let's remind them: Forrester sees no leaders in digital experience delivery platforms. The results came from the research giant's first Forrester Wave for Digital Experience Delivery Platforms.
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No one, says Forrester. In its first Forrester Wave for Digital Experience Delivery Platforms, released today, analysts said no vendor offers a truly "end-to-end solution." "Overall completeness and adoption" in this space is "middling," according to analysts. Unified platforms are "more myth than reality," they wrote in the Wave.
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When it comes to social media monitoring, most companies are eager, but soon become overwhelmed by the lack of metrics. Connecting the dots between tweeting and direct revenue isn’t always easy, but Digital River’s SocialStream is trying.
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