Tapad has integrated its identity graph with Adobe Audience Manager, expanding the reach of Audience Manager by adding new device connections. Originally a cross-device matching vendor, Tapad has recently added full data ingestion capabilities which qualify it as a CDP.

Finally, marketing agency network Dentsu Aegis has found that CMOs rate individual-level targeting ahead of AI, digital technology, and new customer segments as their biggest strategic opportunity. Music to CDP ears: 57% are expanding use of existing (first party) customer data compared with just 37% expanding use of purchased data. Sadder tunes: CMOs number one fear is a data breach (29%) and 60% think GDPR will make it harder to build direct customer relationships. La la la.

Just over one-third of marketers plan to either buy a new CDP (21%) or replace an existing one (13%) this year, according to this Optimove survey. Unfortunately, it doesn’t report how many have a CDP already in place, which would put the other values in perspective. It does seem that CDPs are a relatively low priority: they rank sixth on the list of new systems and eighth on the list of systems to replace.