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On Second Thought, Maybe Web Advertisers Will Dominate Web Marketing Systems

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Wednesday’s post about online marketing systems generated some interesting discussion. But as I reflect on the really big recent acquisitions -- Google / Doubleclick , Microsoft / aQuantive , WPP / 24/7 Real Media – I wonder whether the real heavyweights will be the Web advertising vendors.

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Marketing Automation Vendor Consolidation: Lessons from History

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Exchange Applications went to Amdocs , Prime Response went to Chordiant (itself recently purchased by Pegasystems ), Protagona was purchased by DoubleClick (now part of Google ), Ceres ended up with Teradata , Intrinsic was bought by SAS , Epiphany became part of Infor , Paragren was bought by Siebe l (now Oracle ).

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Aprimo 8.0 Puts a New Face on Campaign Management

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Over the past few years the company acquired additional technology from Doubleclick, picking up the SmartPath workflow system and Protagona Ensemble consumer-oriented campaign manager. It has offered traditional campaign management as well, although with more of a business-to-business slant than its competitors. which came out last November.

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Online Marketing Systems Are Still Very Fragmented

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My diagram is divided into two main areas: traffic generation systems that lead visitors to a Web site, and visitor treatment systems that control what happens once people get there. Demand generation systems like Vtrenz , Eloqua and Manticore combine email with some Web page creation and analytics.