Enriching data with information from third parties is one important integration use case. Dresner Advisory Services reports that 25% of companies do it frequently or constantly. There’s plenty more here in this 101-page report on data preparation, including feature lists and vendor rankings.
Hubspot has added a new Web content management system to its collection of sales, marketing, and service modules. It’s hard to slap a label on every-changing Hubspot, which is approaching the scope of cloud marketing platforms from Adobe, Salesforce, and such. Old-timers will recall that Web content management was the core of Hubspot’s original “inbound marketing” position.
We could finish with last week’s 5.2 million name data breach at Marriott but that is barely news these days. So let’s instead share this 23-country study on consumer trust in digital media from GroupM. Just half of global consumers feel technology improves their lives and people in richer countries are even more skeptical. Only 18% think sharing data leads to improved products and services and just 20% are willing to share their data for free. Another 42% would share if rewarded and 38% don’t want to share at all.
It’s tough to get brand safety right, but the industry keeps trying. IPG Mediabrands announced a new set of tools to find and block inappropriate ad placements, while IAS expanded its suitability measurements to include standards from the Global Alliance for Responsible Media (GARM). Meanwhile, DoubleVerify admitted a mistake made brand safety on X/Twitter look worse than it really was in October 2023 and March 2024.