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Yesterday's News: Marketo Plans IPO, Eloqua Eyes B2C

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There were two bits of news from Marketing Automation Land yesterday: Marketo announced it has filed a draft registration statement for an initial public offering, and Eloqua CEO Joe Payne was quoted as saying his company plans to expand into business-to-consumer marketing. The Marketo news is long-expected. I wholly agree with the theory.

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Oracle Buys Eloqua: Winners and Losers for B2B Marketing Automation

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Oracle announced today that it has agreed to purchase B2B marketing automation leader Eloqua for $23.50 This was a bit of a surprise, given that Eloqua just went public in August. It suggests that neither Oracle nor Eloqua management felt the company was substantially undervalued. per share, which comes to $871 million.

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Insights from Eloqua's IPO Registration Statement

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Summary: Eloqua's registration statement offers new and interesting details about its business. Eloqua last week filed for an initial public offering of its stock. I expected it to grow as Eloqua sold into larger accounts. So much for what Eloqua said. (Of This is where what Eloqua didn’t reveal is intriguing.

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ExactTarget and Eloqua Stake Their Claim To Centralized Customer Management

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You probably saw ExactTarget ’s June 13 announcement of its strategic partnership with Marketo and Eloqua ’s June 21 announcement of its new AppCloud marketplace for connectors with other systems. These will be joined over time by apps that add functionality within Eloqua itself. So it’s all good.

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Eloqua Adds Free Implementation Offering

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On Monday, Eloqua announced a new free deployment service for its clients. It follows last month’s free deployment offer from Eloqua reseller Pedowitz Group , which generated quite a bit of comment on this blog. Eloqua also has its professional services group and consulting partners to provide more hands-on assistance.

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Raab Report: Act-On, Eloqua, Pardot, and Marketo Vie to Lead in Mid-Size B2B Marketing Automation Segment

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The leaders quadrant in this sector is quite crowded, with Act-On , Eloqua , Pardot , and Marketo all jostling for position. In case you haven’t caught on to my color coding, blue type indicates that Eloqua and Neolane are leaders in the large company segment, while red type shows the others have their strongest position in this sector.

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New White Paper and Eloqua Prospect Profiler

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Eloqua yesterday announced Eloqua Prospect Profiler , which makes it easier for salespeople to review prospect behaviors that are captured by the demand generation system. Back to Eloqua Prospect Profiler. But whether this is truly unique to Eloqua, I can't say. It would be done by system administrators instead.

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