Bits & Bytes

By Saya Weissman • February 17, 2011 •

Unifying customer data: e-mail marketing software company Constant Contact acquired social CRM company Bantam Live for $15 million. Direct Marketing News
The Pentagon wants to spend $500 million to research new cyber security technologies including cloud computing and encrypted data processing. Bloomberg
Retailers want to get more personal with their customers. AdAge
Targeted ads on social networks could improve clickthrough rates. The Financial
Online video services are looking more and more attractive to advertisers for targeted advertising opportunities. Multichannel News