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The Next Level of E-Commerce Payment Processing

E-commerce merchants are literally at the mercy of the digital checkout systems tied to their web stores. For retailers, what happens on the other side of the "pay" button is critical to avoiding denied approvals ...

Stale Open Source Code Rampant in Commercial Software: Report

Organizations, regardless of industry, must do a better job maintaining open source components given their critical nature in software, according to this year's risk analysis report by cybersecurity firm Synopsys ...

App Designing Factors That Make or Break the Mobile Commerce Experience

Most businesses today that want an app have an app. But having one is not the entire process. The app maker and the business behind the mobile application still need to get it to actually work effectively. ...

Amazon Cuts Deal to Buy MGM for $8.45B

Amazon and Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM) on Wednesday announced a definitive merger agreement for Amazon to acquire MGM for $8.45 billion. Completion of this transaction is subject to regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions ...

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How to Build a CX Business Case for Your CFO

Establishing a customer experience (CX) program's ROI is one of the greatest challenges that CX practitioners and the organizations they serve face in the modern experience landscape ...

New Report Profiles Ransomware Cybergangs

That old adage about crime never pays could not be more false, at least when it comes to modern-day cybercriminals. For those bad actors using ransomware as their weapon, crime is paying more than ever ...

REVIEW

Garuda Desktops Put a New Spin on Linux Looks

The Linux operating system is many things to many users. It is not a one-size-must-fit-all computing platform like Microsoft and Apple provide ...

Dissecting the Colonial Pipeline Incident

IT experts at the hacked Colonial Pipeline did a good job in mitigating the May 7 cyberattack and successfully stopped it when discovered by shutting down the network. But the attack was mostly invisible in the weeks-long initial stages, according to a briefing NTT Security executives conducted Tuesday ...

Research Exposes 10 Common Threats Vexing Cloud Customers

New research by a threat detection and response firm shows that the most common threats to corporate networks remain consistent throughout all companies -- no matter their size ...

Mobile Devices Under Siege by Cyberattackers

Mobile phishing exposure doubled among financial services and insurance organizations between 2019 and 2020. Cyberattackers are deliberately targeting phones, tablets, and Chromebooks to increase their odds of finding a vulnerable entry point ...

Alliances Formed to Plug Security Holes in the IoT

Efforts by several internet industry groups are focusing on new measures to fix inherent security weaknesses with the rapidly expanded use of internet of things (IoT) devices for enterprises and consumers ...

E-Commerce Opportunities Abound in Latin America, Despite Challenges

If you are looking to expand your sales territory and have not yet put Latin America on your bill of lading, you're missing a golden opportunity. Latin America offers the fastest-growing regional e-commerce marketplace in the world ...

Automated or Human, Consumers Demand Smart, Speedy Service

After one year of avoiding physical stores due to the pandemic, consumers have had time to adjust to the likes and dislikes of digital stores. But if vendors hope to keep customers visiting their online wares, they had better tune in more sharply to the new wave of shoppers' attitudes toward online customer service practices ...

The Great OS Replacement: How to Find the Best Linux Distribution

Picking the ideal Linux distribution takes research and planning. Not because Linux is a challenge. Rather, the Linux OS offers a seemingly unending selection of distributions to meet general computing as well as special needs for enterprise, SMBs, and personal use ...

Outdated Windows Users Flout Computing Safety

Kaspersky on April 26 released survey results revealing that almost one quarter (22 percent) of PCs still run the end-of-life OS Microsoft Windows 7, which stopped receiving mainstream support in January 2020. ...

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

Will FAA Rules Be a Drag on Drone Deliveries?

A surge in online shopping sprung up over the past year due to the pandemic. The rapid adoption pushed the expected timeline for consumers to expand their online shopping forays. It also opened the door to a drone delivery industry to feed a growing demand for increased online deliveries ...

Red Hat’s Virtual Summit Airs Latest Linux Technology

Red Hat on Wednesday concluded its April two-day Summit 2021 Virtual Experience with a hefty list of announcements and presentations by the company's innovative customers driving the latest open-source technologies and trends ...

This New Online Marketplace Caters to Creators

TrovaPage, a new global open internet marketplace, helps creators and other entrepreneurs focus on marketing without detracting from their creativity ...

How to Avoid the Cost of Churn With Better Customer Experiences

Customer churn is costing mid-market companies an average of $5.5 million per year. Retailers need to avoid the costly mistakes that result in such disastrous churn, according to a recent CRM and Sales Impact Report from SugarCRM. ...

Open Source Joins Efforts to Create Gene Therapies for Rare Diseases

Some 400 million patients worldwide are affected by more than 7,000 rare diseases; yet treatments for rare genetic diseases remain an underserved area. More than 95 percent of rare diseases do not have an approved treatment, and new treatments are estimated to cost more than $1 billion ...

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