E-commerce platform BigCommerce has added Big Open Data Solutions, which lets users send customer, order, and product catalog data to other systems including Google BigQuery and the Twilio Segment CDP. Additional integrations connect with analytics, business intelligence, and personalization systems. The BigQuery integration might let BigCommerce qualify as a CDP in its own right, but it doesn’t seem to collect data from other systems.
Data management software vendor Precisely, which just Monday announced acquisition of Winshuttle, is back in the news with a new self-service digital engagement platform called EngageOne Communicate. This moves them out of the IT department to let business users design and deliver real-time customer interactions. Channels include personalized interactive video, chatbots, email, SMS, and “dynamic PDFs”, which include barcodes and QR codes.
It provides President Xi Jinping with power to shut down or fine tech companies for leaking data or when seen to be in violation of national security.
The U.S. Senate has passed a bill that could potentially ban TikTok in the U.S. if its Chinese owner, ByteDance, does not sell its holdings within a year. The bill now goes to the President Biden, who has said he will sign it. Court challenges are likely to follow.