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7 Reasons Why Oracle's Market2Lead Acquisition Makes a Lot of Sense

LeadSloth

Oracle has just acquired Market2Lead , one of the early Marketing Automation vendors. People asked my opinion on this acquisition. Market2Lead Probably Got A Good Deal. Market2Lead was one of the early Marketing Automation vendors. The Market2Lead product has been developed using the Java programming language.

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Oracle Buys ATG: Bad News for Marketing Automation?

Customer Experience Matrix

But if you look back at my “doughnuts and pizza slices” post on software acquisitions , it does make perfect sense. Nor have I forgotten that Oracle already bought marketing automation vendor Market2Lead, plugging a different set of holes. So… Oracle bought ATG today for $6.00

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Marketing Automation Vendor Consolidation: Lessons from History

Customer Experience Matrix

Of course, Oracle has already made its move by purchasing Market2Lead's intellectual assets. Salesforce.com is the big question and no one would be surprised to see them make an acquisition. Note that many of these are already part of larger suites whose owners could easily afford a marketing automation acquisition.

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Will Marketing Automation Be Free?

LeadSloth

Industry consolidation is starting (Market2lead acquired, LeadGenesys refocused). Some vendors will sell below cost to gain market share, so higher prices or acquisitions may follow. My take: even though your project may be too large for these free versions, you may get a better deal for paid versions from whichever vendor.

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Oracle Integrates On Demand Marketing with On Demand CRM

Customer Experience Matrix

If I were more on the ball, I would have noticed that May 25 marked a full year since Oracle bought the intellectual property* of high-end B2B marketing automation vendor Market2Lead. Except for improved reporting, the features of the new Oracle product are pretty much the same as the old Market2Lead, which I last reviewed two years ago.

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Demandbase: A New Twist In The Lead Management Automation Market

Online Marketing Institute

I would put the lead management automation crop here: Eloqua, Loopfuse, Manticore Technologies, Market2Lead, Marketo, and Vtrenz. When evaluating any technology to help manage demand, the short list of features should look something like: 1) Prospect data acquisition — helps with targeting, list building, list management, and data quality.

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The 2010 marketing technology proto-landscape did consolidate by 61%

chiefmartech

having acquired Eloqua, Responsys, Market2Lead, ATG, RightNow, Maxymiser, BlueKai, NetSuite, and Endeca ( plus many more not included on my 2010 proto-landscape). Over 10 years, approximately 65% of businesses end (although I wouldn’t call a good exit-by-acquisition an unhappy ending). It wasn’t Martechageddon.