Kvarby joins Next Performance as COO
14 May 2012: Next Performance, the real-time advertising marketing platform specialising in next generation retargeting services, has announced that Bjorn Kvarby has joined the company’s management team as Chief Operating Officer.
Celebration of life and work of Derek Holder set for July
11 May 2012: A tribute event to celebrate the life and achievements of the late Professor Derek Holder F IDM will take place at London’s Royal Geographical Society on Friday 6 July 2012 from 2.30pm.
Hortonworks strikes Hadoop deal with Kognitio
8 May 2012: Hortonworks, a leading commercial vendor promoting the innovation, development and support of Apache Hadoop, has partnered with in-memory data analytics pioneer Kognitio.
NICE launches new analytics-driven real time customer interaction solution
3 May 2012: Global intent-based solutions provider NICE has introduced an integrated customer interaction management solution that it says impacts on every stage of the interaction lifecycle.
Semphonic and iJento announce global partnership
3 May 2012: Multichannel customer intelligence specialist iJento and web analytics consultancy Semphonic have announced a new global partnership to collaboratively help organisations track and understand both digital and multichannel customer journeys.
What is the value of a name?
30 Apr 2012: Why do some businesses generate far more from their databases than others? It often comes down to lack of measurement and proper ROI metrics, says Mark Patron.
Teradata to acquire eCircle
1 May 2012: Teradata, the global analytic data solutions company, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Munich-based eCircle, the European leader in cloud-based digital marketing.
Could it be Magiq?
27 Apr 12: The complexity of managing behavioural targeting and real-time web personalisation has meant that very few practical solutions exist for marketers but all that could be about to change with the launch of LifecycleMAGIQ, discovers James Lawson.
Callcredit powers through tough year with 11% hike in profits
27 Apr 2012: Callcredit Information Group has posted its annual results for 2011, showing a hike of 11.2% in profits from operations from a 50% increase in revenues.
Energy supplier First Utility selects StrongMail
26 Apr 2012: UK energy supplier First Utility has selected StrongMail On-Demand to drive its lifecycle email marketing campaigns.
Over-contact, poor data management hits charities
25 Apr 2012: More than 50% of UK adults would stop donating to a charity if it contacted them too frequently, according to new research examining consumer perceptions of how charities market their services and the way they use and manage supporter data.
Google Analytics boss joins Acxiom
23 Apr 2012: Acxiom, the global marketing services and technology business, has announced that former Google Analytics Product Manager Dr Phil Mui has joined the company as Chief Product and Engineering Officer, a newly created position at Acxiom.
Communicator Corp appoints new MD
23 Apr 2012: Global enterprise email management company Communicator Corp has promoted Chief Operating Officer James Bunting to Managing Director.
REaD Group redefines suppression with Qinetic file
23 Apr 2012: The REaD Group launches an audacious unified file that combines deceased, goneaway, relocated and latest occupier records all within a single file.
Callcredit launch set to Define the data market
20 Apr 2012: Callcredit Marketing Solutions and its specialist data division The Trading Floor have launched what they believe is "the most granular, most accurate and most up to date consumer database of its kind".
Anonymous prospects contactable with new Neolane functionality
20 Apr 2012: Conversational marketing technology provider Neolane has added new features to its Interaction application which will now allow marketers to interact with anonymous prospects online.
MySQL creator secures £2.5m of funding
18 April 2012: SkySQL, the creator of MySQL, has announced that it has raised $4m in Serie A funding from a number of investors
Toshiba falls foul of Data Protection Act
17 Apr 2012: Toshiba Information Systems (UK) is the latest organisation to breach the Data Protection Act (DPA) after the personal details of 20 competition entrants were compromised by a security flaw on its website.
Watson Phillips Norman picks up charity DM account
17 Apr 2012: DM agency Watson Phillips Norman has been appointed by international animal welfare charity the Brooke to work on its acquisition direct marketing programme and new product development.
Judging panel confirmed for inaugural IoF SIG Awards
16 Apr 2012: A strong and experienced panel of judges has been announced for the Insight in Fundraising Special Interest Group’s first awards scheme.
Bulk Mail: what it means to direct marketers
13 Apr 12: Bob Carter of BBS offers an in depth guide to the implications for marketers of The Royal Mail's recent overhaul of its Mailsort service.
Apteco names top partners for 2011: D&B, Celerity-IS & Callcredit
13 Apr 2012: Apteco has recognised its top three performing FastStats reseller partners for 2011 from its network of over 50 partners in the UK, Europe, North America and Australia.
Poor data costs UK firms £1 for every £6 spent
12 Apr 12: Around £1 in every £6 of departmental budget is wasted on average by UK companies because of poor data quality according to new Experian QAS research.
Hopewiser celebrates 30 years at the forefront of addressing
12 Apr 2012: Hopewiser is celebrating three decades as a leading provider of addressing software and address management expertise this year.
Respondez appoint financial services veteran to board
12 Apr 2012: Hartlepool-based contact centre Respondez has appointed banking expert Les Stillwell as Non-Executive Director. With over 38 years of experience in the financial services industry.
Postcoder.com achieves Investors In People standard
14 Dec 2011: Specialist address lookup software provider PostCoder.com has joined the top 8% of businesses in the UK to achieve the Investors in People Silver status award.
Dennis creates customers with LifecycleMAGIQ
Publisher increases registrations using tailored content
Magiq launches "quick & effective" cookie law compliance solution
30th Apr 2012: MAGIQ has launched an upgrade to its lifecycle marketing solution, LifecycleMAGIQ, to provide a quick, easy and effective way of dealing with the so called ‘cookie law’ legislation that affects all UK online businesses from the end of May.
IDM adds Marketing Capabilities Council
6 Apr 2012: The Institute of Direct and Digital Marketing has added a Marketing Capabilities Council to its body of professional advisory Councils.
PlacePunch doubles revenue in 6 months since acquisition by Silverpop
19 Mar 2012: Email marketing and marketing automation specialist Silverpop has announced that the PlacePunch location-based marketing platform it acquired just five months ago has already doubled turnover.
Tangible veterans launch data and insights agency
6 Mar 2012: Three of the UK’s most experienced data and insight professionals have joined forces to create a new agency, Adroit Data & Insight.
CDC unveils new high volume customer complaint management tools
17 Jan 2012: CDC Software has announced a number of significant enhancements to its customer complaints and feedback management platform, CDC Respond 5.6.
Stibo makes Gartner MDM for Product Data Quadrant for first time
6 Jan 2012: Stibo Systems has been positioned in the latest Gartner Magic Quadrant for Master Data Management for Product Data for the first time.
Eight Maximizer partners achieve Elite status
4 Jan 2012: CRM system provider Maximizer Software has announced the latest round of business partners to achieve Elite Partner status with eight firms achieved Elite status.
Celebrus makes site visitors' YouTube usage transparent
6 Dec 2011: New Celebrus Technologies functionality means website owners can now grain far greater understanding of site visitors' usage of embedded YouTube clips, as well as gather deeper understanding of facebook usage.
DataFlux releases version 2.2 of data management platform
2 Dec 2011: Latest release of DataFlux Data Management Platform expands support for MDM and data governance and includes new capabilities to help business and IT users better manage business terms and reference data and utilise web-based dashboard and monitoring tools.
RAPP 'gives a grad a go' after BBC Breakfast interview
3 Nov 2011: RAPP CEO Marco Scognamiglio hires Edinburgh graduate after appearance on BBC Breakfast programme.
Beaverbrooks sparkles with Sanderson multi-channel system
25 Oct 2011: Beaverbrooks the Jewellers implements Euclid multi-channel software from Sanderson to streamline mail order and onlines sales operations.
Blackbaud grows fundraising portfolio with Everyday Hero purchase
7 Oct 2011: Nonprofit software and services specialist Blackbaud acquires Everyday Hero and its suite of online fundraising tools.
Lloyd James appoints Jeremy Whitaker as Non-Exec Director
29 Sep 2011: Data solutions supplier Lloyd James Group has announced that industry veteran Jeremy Whitaker has joined the group as Non-Executive Director.
Crayon technology drives up conversion at BT
21 Sep 2011: A new online messaging tool from integrated agency Crayon has helped BT call centre agents to significantly increase conversion across their range of consumer products.
Iron Mountain appoints Grass Roots to measure customer experience
9 Sep 2011: Information management solutions provider Iron Mountain has appointed business services outfit Grass Roots to deliver a customer satisfaction programme in the UK.
QuestBack unveils social media insight tool
8 Sep 2011: Enterprise feedback management specialist QuestBack launches new insight tool to help marketers create real business value and better understand their customers through social media activity.
Lateral Group sold to IOS
8 Aug 2011: Innovative Output Solutions (IOS), a UK-based printing subsidiary of US outfit DST Systems, has acquired Lateral Group.
GB Group acquires Data Discoveries
15 Jul 2011: Leading Identity Management business GB Group has acquired Edinburgh-based Data Discoveries, a provider of marketing and tracing software and services in the UK.
36% of marketing emails not reaching their target
15Jun 11: Complaints, unknown users and spam traps kill reputation and block up to 36% of email, says new report from Return Path.
Emailvision acquires smartFOCUS
14 Jun 2011: Emailvision has completed the acquisition of Bristol-based multi-channel marketing and customer intelligence software provider smartFOCUS Group.
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