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2 hrs ago | Silicon Alley Insider

Here's The Weird Thing About The Buddy Media And Vitrue Deals

The most interesting thing about the recent acquisitions of Buddy Media and Vitrue is who didn't do the buying: The big Madison Avenue ad agency holding companies like WPP, Omnicom, Interpublic Group and Publicis.

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Related Topix: Public Relations, Buddy Media, Startups, Oracle Corporation, Telecom, WorldCom, Pillar Data Systems, IT Services, Offbeat

3 hrs ago | Bleed Cubbie Blue

Online Marketing News: Facebook vs. Google Ads, 5 Conversion Tips,...

A recent infographic from WordStream A asks the not so age old question: Facebook vs.

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Related Topix: Google, Startups, Emerging Technology, Search Engines, AdMob, Marketing, WordStream

Thu May 31, 2012

Customer Interaction Solutions

Ascent Announces OEM Integration with Zenkraft

Somerville, NJ, May 31, 2012 -- "We are extremely pleased with this opportunity.

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Read/Write Web

Government Market Drags Microsoft Deeper into the Cloud

The single biggest and most valuable customer any software vendor could hope for is the United States government.

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Related Topix: Microsoft, Startups, Google, Widevine Technologies, Science / Technology, Microsoft Office

Benzinga

Salesforce Taking Heat from Oracle

Trip Chowdhry, the Managing Director of Equity Research at Global Equities Research, sent out an incremental update on Oracle to discuss the company's forthcoming cloud announcements.

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Related Topix: Startups, Telecom, WorldCom, Pillar Data Systems, Hyperion Solutions, IT Services, Oracle Corporation, Project Insight

DigiDay

The Filter: Salesforce Buys Buddy Media, Mobile Ads Haven't Fulfilled Promise

In this week's Filter, Aereo explains how it works,A Salesforce is about to buy Buddy, the Times-Picayune goes from daily to three days a week, mobile ads still haven't hit their potential and Google launches Google Plus Local.

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Related Topix: Emerging Technology, Search Engines, Startups, Facebook, Social Software

ZDNet

Salesforce's Desk.com going multilingual in June

The social customer service platform Desk.com is branching out to a bigger global audience thanks to increased language support.

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Related Topix: Startups, Salesforce.com, Heroku, Assistly

TechCrunch

Salesforce Adds Multilingual Features To Customer Support Service Desk.com

Anthony Ha is a writer at TechCrunch, where he covers media, advertising, and startups.

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Related Topix: Startups, Salesforce.com, Assistly, Cloud Computing, Science / Technology

CMSWire

Recession Relief: New Jobs at Salesforce, Jive, Bitly, Acquia and Siteworx

Receive the Free CMSWire Newsletter We keep thousands of people informed each week via concise updates.

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Related Topix: bit.ly, CA, Palo Alto, CA, Jive Software, Knowledge Management

The Inquirer

Oracle's Larry Ellison rants about HP and Salesforce

OPINIONATED Oracle founder and CEO Larry Ellison didn't hold back Wednesday, attacking several of the firm's rivals as he announced that Oracle will unveil cloud computing products in June.

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Related Topix: Startups, Oracle Corporation, Lawrence Ellison, Science, Computer Science, Cloud Computing, Science / Technology, Salesforce.com

PE Hub

Optimizely Inks New VC Funding

San Francisco-based Optimizely , a YCombinator-backed company that makes website optimization tools for enterprises and small businesses, has raised a new round of funding from Battery Ventures , Google Ventures , and InterWest Partners .

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Related Topix: Venture Capital, Emerging Technology, Startups, InterWest Partners

AdExchanger.com

Internet Trends: Mobile Will Be Big; Battling 'Showrooming';...

In spite of the fact that former Morgan Stanley analyst has joined the VC world , she is still cranking out her famous Internet Trends report which she presented at All Things D's D10 conference.

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Related Topix: Cell Phones, Cellphones, Electronics, AppNexus, Skype, Marketing

Wed May 30, 2012

Reuters

Oracle plans new cloud-based products, first Ellison tweet

Larry Ellison, the billionaire chief executive of software maker Oracle Corp, said his company will launch a new suite of cloud-based software products and computing services the first week of June and he plans to send out his first tweet to announce the event.

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Related Topix: Startups, Oracle Corporation, Lawrence Ellison, Science, Computer Science, Salesforce.com, Assistly

Freshnews

CloudAlly Launches Amazon DynamoDB Backup Service

Amazon DynamoDB is a fully managed NoSQL database service that provides extremely fast and predictable performance with seamless scalability.

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Related Topix: Amazon

CMSWire

Program Manager -- Content Curation in San Francisco at Salesforce

The Program Manager of Content Curation is responsible for the design, development, and delivery of an adaptive and interactive knowledge management ecosystem to support customers and employees globally.

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Related Topix: Knowledge Management

TMCnet

Salesforce.com Sees Tremendous Growth Across Europe, Increases Local Investment

ENP Newswire - 30 May 2012 Release date- 29052012 - LONDON - Cloudforce 2012 - Salesforce.com [NYSE: CRM], the enterprise cloud computing company , today announced tremendous growth in Europe and plans to add more than 750 new jobs over the next couple of years to meet the growing demand for the social enterprise in the region.

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Related Topix: Startups, Salesforce.com, Heroku, Assistly, Radian6, Jigsaw

Advertising Age

Will Salesforce's Acquisition of Buddy Media Make Social CRM Real?

Forrester Study: Brand Marketers Must Explore New Technologies To Capture Display Advertising's Full Potential How to Maximize Earned Media with Social: 5 Proven Strategies of the World's Most Talked about Brands Creativity and Technology: The Devices, Digital Habits and Startups Transforming Marketing The Right Message at the Right Time: The Power ... (more)

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Related Topix: Buddy Media, Marketing, Startups, Facebook, Mobile Marketing, Radian6

Sramana Mitra on Strategy

Salesforce.com vs. SAP for CRM Market Share

According to Gartner's report, in 2011, the customer relationship management software market was dominated by SAP, which captured a 19.3% market share.

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Related Topix: Startups, Salesforce.com, Heroku, Assistly, Radian6, Activa Live

TechCrunch

An $800M Buddy Media Acquisition Would Be Worth 8X Its Current Revenue

Anthony Ha is a writer at TechCrunch, where he covers media, advertising, and startups.

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Related Topix: Startups, Salesforce.com, Radian6, Social Media Marketing, Marketing

Tue May 29, 2012

Forbes.com

Good News For Facebook: Salesforce.com Doubles Down On Social Selling

This might be a reason to rethinking buying up beaten-down shares of Facebook . Salesforce is reportedly purchasing Buddy Media, the Facebook ad-targeting technology company, for $800 million, and supposedly beating out Google in the deal, says Peter Kafka of All Things Digital .

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Related Topix: Startups, Facebook, Social Software, Salesforce.com, Radian6, Buddy Media

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