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Oracle Buys Eloqua: Winners and Losers for B2B Marketing Automation

Customer Experience Matrix

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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The Evolution of Marketing Automation: Are Traditional Platforms on Their Way Out?

Heinz Marketing

In the past, I’d assume the answer to that would always be limited to Marketo, Pardot, Hubspot or Eloqua. And in my earlier consultant roles with Heinz Marketing, I was acquainted with the other major players like HubSpot, Pardot, and Eloqua through various projects and engagements. Maybe not so much anymore.

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A Highly Detailed Comparison of HubSpot vs Each Major Competitor

ATAK Interactive

Marketing automation platforms have become invaluable tools for businesses, enabling them to automate processes, nurture leads, and improve customer engagement. HubSpot is a well-known player in the marketing automation space, but how does it stack up against its major competitors?

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Key Findings from the 2021 ANNUITAS Enterprise Marketing Automation Platform Analysis

ANNUITAS

But in an enterprise environment, MAP is literally a keystone element – underpinning Enterprise Demand Process and enabling marketing and sales systems (and their data) to successfully operationalize go-to-market around customer journey. ADOPTING ENTERPRISE DEMAND PROCESS. You can download this ANNUITAS|research report here.

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Sales and Marketing: The technology behind CRM

markempa

Tweet Customer relationship management (CRM) is defined a number of different ways. At the same time, the real engine driving CRM and keeping prospects moving through the sales funnel is technology. The first technology that comes to mind is CRM software, such as Salesforce.com or Microsoft Dynamics.

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The ANNUITAS Perspective on the Adobe Acquisition of Marketo

ANNUITAS

For those of you with Marketo in your Demand Process technology stacks, your next question is probably what does this mean for me ? AND, Adobe invests in its products; whereas, we’ve seen a gap in Oracle and Salesforce’s commitment to the Eloqua and Pardot marketing automation platforms that they acquired. Good morning.

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Top 10 marketing automation tools every marketer must have

ClickZ

In order to pick the most apt tool, marketers will need to keep in mind the usability, pricing, ease of integration, capabilities around email, social media, content, ecommerce, CRM and sales competencies, while choosing the right marketing automation software. Oracle Eloqua. Perfect for: Delivering personalized marketing campaigns.