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LinkedIn, Vista Equity Partners Acquire Sales Tech Companies, More News
LinkedIn and Vista Equity Partners each went after their share of the sales technology pie through separate acquisitions this week. LinkedIn announced it acquired Redwood City, Calif.-based sales tech provider Heighten in a move designed to bolster its Sales Navigator platform. Officials at LinkedIn made the announcement on Tuesday. Meanwhile,
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EU Fines Facebook Over 'Misleading' WhatsApp Deal
European Union regulators have fined Facebook $122 million for providing what it describes as misleading information during the European Commission’s (EC) investigation into Facebook’s 2014 acquisition of messaging service WhatsApp for $19 billion. The EC is the executive arm of the European Union.
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Will Jive's Acquisition Revive the Company's Fortunes?
Jive CEO Elisa Steele took the stage at the company's JiveWorld conference in Las Vegas today to reassure customers and partners alike following yesterday's announcement of its acquisition by ESW Capital. The message Steele shared was clear: the company faced some tough choices in the past which drove the
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Jive Software Acquired by ESW Capital for $462M
Jive Software kicked off its JiveWorld conference this morning with a surprise announcement: ESW Capital has acquired the enterprise collaboration provider for $462 million in cash. The move confirms what many analysts had predicted for Jive in the last few years: a buyout for a company whose value peaked at
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What Does Gimmal's RecordLion Buy Mean for IG? We'll Tell You
Jim Amsler of GlassIG recently asked the question, “What Does the Gimmal Acquisition of RecordLion Mean for IG? ” GlassIG is a thought leader in the information governance (IG) space and respected competitor of both Gimmal and RecordLion.
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Marketo Acquires Sales Engagement Provider ToutApp
Marketo announced today it acquired sales engagement software provider ToutApp, in a move aimed at helping organizations better coordinate their sales and marketing technologies. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Marketo, based in San Mateo, Calif., provides marketing automation software.
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Microsoft Buys Intentional Software to Enhance Team Productivity
Microsoft doubled down on its productivity vision yesterday with the announcement that it would buy Intentional Software. Bellevue, Wash.-based Intentional develops productivity tools across hardware devices and is pushing the boundaries of what can be done in the productivity space.
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Accenture Buys OCTO Technology to Boost Digital Transformation Services
Accenture announced it has bought Paris-based OCTO Technology, a consultancy firm specializing in digital transformation services and software development. Dublin-based Accenture will fold OCTO into Accenture Digital to "expand (its) digital service offering in France.
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Hootsuite Acquires Naritiv Solution; Conversocial Acquires HipMob
Consolidation among customer experience technology vendors continued today with two acquisitions. Hootsuite acquired a Snapchat analytics solution created by Naritiv, a Los Angeles startup that has helped companies understand and enhance the impact of their digital campaigns on Snapchat.
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SendGrid Acquires Email Marketing Automation Provider Bizzy
SendGrid, a customer communication platform that delivers more than 30 billion emails each month, just acquired email marketing automation startup Bizzy. The acquisition announced gives the Denver-based email provider and MailChimp competitor a tool that leverages an algorithm to segment users based on purchase behaviors.
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Spigit Acquires Kindling, Shrinking Fragmented Innovation Management Market
Two platforms designed to encourage crowd sourced innovation and ideation are coming together today with Spigit's acquisition of Kindling. San Francisco-based Spigit is acquiring New York City-based Kindling to grow its marketshare, Spigit CEO Scott Raskin told CMSWire. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
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AppDynamics Cancels IPO, Takes $3.7B Buyout from Cisco
Just a day before its much ballyhooed initial public offering (IPO), AppDynamics has called off plans to go public. The San Francisco-based provider of application optimization software instead accepted a $3.7 billion acquisition offer from Cisco. The decision puts a wrinkle in the tech IPO market, which had heralded AppDynamics entry
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Twitter Sells Fabric to Google, Plus Top Tech Acquisitions, Funding, More News
Twitter this week abandoned all plans of becoming an ecosystem with the sale of its suite of developer products, including its developer suite Fabric. That's the conclusion from Richard Windsor, an analyst at Edison Investment Research, who said the sale makes Twitter solely dependent on engagement around media consumption.
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AppDynamics Will Kick Off 2017 Tech IPO Market; Will Snap Follow?
Tech unicorn AppDynamics — a startup worth more than $1 billion — is expected to go public next week. The first tech initial public offering of 2017, its success or failure will set the stage for other companies to follow. According to its latest SEC filing, San Francisco-based AppDynamics
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