E-Commerce Minute

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E-Commerce Minute: Wednesday -- August 19, 2009

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Today's Headlines:
Successfully Navigating Cross-Border E-Discovery Disputes
A Slip, a Slide, and a Bounding Bull Run for Apple
The Appointment Principle
HP's Q3 Profit Slumps as Ink Sales Dry Up
Ex-Informant Charged With Largest Credit Card Heist in US
Thinner PS3 Comes With Slimmed-Down Price Tag

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Podcast
The Enterprise Architects of the New Era (42:55 minutes)
As interest in cloud computing grows, the role of the enterprise
architect is changing. Changing into what, exactly? That's still open
for debate. The architect's role may well become the key office where
the buck stops. New duties will present new opportunities.
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Today's Story Highlights

Successfully Navigating Cross-Border E-Discovery Disputes
Sun Microsystems CEO Scott McNealy summed up the American policy on the
disclosure of corporate and personal information when he said, "You
already have zero privacy -- get over it." Corporate America has widely
accepted the erosion of data privacy and the fact that electronic data
residing within an organization is no longer private.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/67898.html

A Slip, a Slide, and a Bounding Bull Run for Apple
Buoyed by a bullish report on smartphones from RBC Capital Markets,
Apple share prices shot up by more than $4 on Tuesday. Share prices of
Research In Motion and Palm also rose. If RBC is right, we're in for a
wild, high ride. If it's not -- hey, the iPhone is about to go into
China, the next iPod touch will probably have new features, and perhaps
an iTablet is on the way.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/67897.html

The Appointment Principle
Beagle Research did some market research earlier this year that we are
now announcing. The project aimed to understand some of the nuances
involving scheduling appointments for services and walking in. What we
discovered was in some cases reassuring and in others surprising, and I
present some of our findings here.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/67892.html

HP's Q3 Profit Slumps as Ink Sales Dry Up
HP's 19 percent drop in quarterly profit shows that the company still
relies heavily on printer ink and the troubled personal computer market,
despite the aggressive transformation it's undertaking to branch out and
encroach more on rival IBM's turf. IBM, which ditched its PC division as
part of a major facelift over the past 15 years, now makes most of its
money from software and services.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/67900.html

Ex-Informant Charged With Largest Credit Card Heist in US
Albert Gonzalez, 28, a hacker already in jail awaiting trial for what
was deemed the largest identity theft in the U.S., has apparently topped
himself. Along with two unnamed coconspirators, Gonzalez has been
indicted by a federal grand jury in New Jersey for an identity theft
that trumps the previous recor-setter.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/67894.html

Thinner PS3 Comes With Slimmed-Down Price Tag
The prospect of a cheaper PlayStation 3 has been churning its way
through the gaming world's rumor mill all summer long, and now it's
reality. The big question for industry analysts and gaming enthusiasts:
Is it too little, too late for Sony? The blogosphere buzz ratcheted into
high gear Tuesday with reports of promotional materials appearing on Web
sites for Kmart and Sears.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/67893.html

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