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Microsoft Buys LinkedIn for $26.2 Billion: Get Ready for Software Vendors as Data Owners

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It still feels odd to think of a software company owning a data business, although Salesforce.com bought Jigsaw (now Data.com) in 2010 and Oracle purchased the BlueKai and Datalogix in 2014. Other vendors like Nimble and HubSpot have done a better job of simplifying access to third party data about an individual or company.

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The Pond Just Got More Crowded: Google, Salesforce.com and Sequoia Invest in HubSpot

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Summary: HubSpot announced a $32 million investment yesterday by Sequoia Partners, Google and Salesforce.com. Salesforce.com and Google announced their long-anticipated entry into the marketing automation industry, in the baby-step form of investments in HubSpot. Yet something really bothered me about yesterday’s announcement.

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2010 Will Bring New Features to Demand Generation Systems

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Summary: the demand generation market will continue to grow in 2010, and it may attract some new, big competitors from outside the industry. Perhaps most important, many potential buyers still don’t understand the value provided by these systems—although vendors are working very hard to educate them. What will 2010 bring?

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10 BtoB Marketers Predictions for 2010

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Here are 10 concrete ways I think the environment in which BtoB Marketers operate will evolve in 2010. I predict you will see Facebook surpass Google by Valentines day 2010. So that begs the question - what’s on the horizon specifically for BtoB for marketers next year? Mark it down people ;-).

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Hushly Helps Marketers Connect With Anonymous Web Site Visitors

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When this blog last left Geoff Rego in 2010 , he had just sold the assets of pioneering B2B marketing automation vendor Market2Lead to Oracle. Once a Hushly member has downloaded vendor content, vendors can send emails to the member via Hushly. Members can block messages from a vendor if they wish.

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10 BtoB Marketers Predictions for 2010

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Here are 10 concrete ways I think the environment in which BtoB Marketers operate will evolve in 2010. I predict you will see Facebook surpass Google by Valentines day 2010. So that begs the question – what’s on the horizon specifically for BtoB for marketers next year? Mark it down people. Tweet This! Share this on Facebook.

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Oracle Buys Eloqua: Winners and Losers for B2B Marketing Automation

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Oracle does have an existing B2B marketing automation product, based on the technology it acquired from Market2Lead in 2010. So that’s all fine, but what industry observers really want to know is how Salesforce.com will react. Okay, now we can talk about Salesforce.com. Wouldn’t that be nice? We’ll see how they handle it.

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