Weekly News Wrap-up for February 20th to 24th

Welcome to Laura and Venus’ weekend Coffee Chat, where we discuss our thoughts and commentary on the stories of the week, to catch you up on what the popular topics of conversation have been in the Digital Business world.

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nopCommerce: The Open-source eCommerce Solution

nopCommerce, ASP.NET based open-source eCommerce platform, has piqued our interest as the platform has been downloaded more than 1,800,000 times and used by leading brands such as Volvo, Puma, Reebok, DHC skincare, Columbia, Medindia, Speedo, and so on.

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What Gartner Magic Quadrant for Digital Marketing Hubs Tells Us?

This month, Gartner’s little dots, have once again, wiggled around for digital marketing hubs to demonstrate for us who lost ground on their competitors, and who jumped from one category to another over the past year. Adobe, Oracle, Salesforce, and Marketo have retained their spots as leaders.

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Oracle's 'Big Mistake' Turned Out Salesforce's Huge Gain

Today in 2017, Block turned out being Oracle’s “big mistake” while Salesforce’s huge gain as now the CRM giant has roughly 1,300 customers that are under contracts worth $1 million or more. According to Pacific Crest, that's a 30 percent jump from last year and a 2.6-times increase from the second quarter of 2013.

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Exclusive Interview on What's Paramount about Sitefinity 10.0

Hot on the heels of the new release, CMS-Connected reached out to Dale Young, Manager Sitefinity Sales & Channels, to inquire about what is paramount about Sitefinity 10.

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The Power of an All-Star Team

The National Basketball Association (NBA) hosted its annual All-Star game February 19th in New Orleans, LA. All-Star weekend is packed with exciting pre-game activities, entertaining and thrilling fans – from the skills challenge to the dunk contest to the celebrity exhibition game. 

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