Moving on to less familiar names, packaged goods shopper targeting company Quotient has purchased Ubimo, which reports on consumer behavior by location. It’s yet another example of how important location data has become – and how many firms collect it.
When Microsoft bought LinkedIn for $26 billion, observers suspected the justification for the price was closer connection of LinkedIn data with Microsoft’s Dynamics CRM system. Sure enough, the company has just announced a “Data Validation” feature that will automatically update Dynamics CRM when LinkedIn learns that a contact has changed companies. As Microsoft puts it quite nicely, “It’s one simple field – but with a lot of powerful uses for Sales Operations teams and users alike.”
IntentData.io isn’t giving up on third party data quite yet. They’ve just announced a new intent data algorithm that combines custom category development with high-speed activation. No mention of privacy issues but you can bet they have an answer.
Salesforce’s Dreamforce mega-conference is next week and the company’s publicity elves are already working overtime. In the first of what are sure to be daily announcements this week, the company announced 100+ industry-specific prompts, data models, and AI capabilities across its fifteen industry clouds. It also launched an AI Use Case Library to house its industry-specific AI offerings.