The Pubmatic study also found that poor measurability is among the top obstacles to OTT TV advertising, with privacy and security close behind. Nielsen can’t help with privacy but they’re making a big push to improve measurement. They’ve recently added connections to 55 million devices including Vizio smart TVs, DISH and AT&T DIRECTV set-top boxes, and Nielsen’s Advanced Video Advertising panel.
Expect a slow week in martech news, Dear Reader. At least the nice people at Spiceworks Ziff Davis have tossed us a small bone by purchasing Aberdeen, which generates intent data about B2B buyers through research, media, and demand generation programs. It’s the latest expansion by Ziff, which purchased Spiceworks itself last year and Revenu8, which published MarTech Advisor, in 2018.
Meanwhile, this Rackspace survey finds there is no radical shift towards building rather than buying software, even though no code/low code technologies are widely adopted. But they also find that companies are focusing their building on customer-facing systems that create unique competitive advantages. Especially interesting, companies cite the same reasons in the same order for both building and buying: ease of use/implementation, competitive advantage, customization, and cost savings.
Do not confuse Snow Software, which helps companies track IT costs, with Snowflake, a cloud database often used for CDP-ish solutions. Do take note that Snow has just been sold to Flexera, which also helps companies optimize their return on tech investments. It’s a helpful reminder that cost-conscious IT departments are more than happy to “help” marketers who are doing a poor job of controlling tech spend.