customer data platforms

Atlas Technology Group’s Brian Andersen shares insights on investment trends in the ad tech market and how AI is changing the M&A landscape.

On Tuesday, data platform Hightouch announced it closed $80 million Series C funding at a $1.2 billion valuation.

On Tuesday, mar tech company GrowthLoop announced the launch of its new customer data platform, called The Loop.

Colgate-Palmolive redesigned all of its consumer-facing sites and apps to make it easier to collect opted-in first-party user data.

Last week, Gartner released its first-ever Magic Quadrant report for CDPs. The hot new tech five years ago, CDPs face increased scrutiny and significant headwinds.

Whereas some CDPs store copies of data to do identity resolution, composable CDPs are natively designed to integrate with data cloud warehouses, like Snowflake, AWS, Databricks or Google’s BigQuery, says Jason Davis, CEO and co-founder of Simon Data.

Privacy and data security aren’t just legal issues – they are also customer experience issues. Consumers don’t like their data “changing hands under the table,” says ActionIQ CEO Tasso Argyros.

The customer data platform market for B2B organizations has lagged behind the B2C space to date. But, at last, it’s starting to take shape. Going into 2022, we’re going to see a lot of B2B marketers contemplating whether – and how – a CDP might fit into their tech stack, writes Craig Howard, chief solution architect for Merkle B2B.

DMPs are dead – long live CDPs … at least according to Michael Katz, CEO and co-founder of customer data platform mParticle. After years of confusion, the CDP space is finally starting to shake out as marketers get smarter about what they need from the tech.

The customer data platform (CDP) market might be crowded, but savvy brands are to sifting through the category to fit their specific needs, says Cory Munchbach, chief operating officer at CDP BlueConic, on this episode of AdExchanger Talks.

“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Nancy Marzouk, CEO at MediaWallah. When you have a big, ugly end date staring you in the face, it makes sense to focus on it. And that’s what brands did […]

“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Tasso Argyros, CEO and founder of ActionIQ. Recently, martech influencer Scott Brinker posted the results of a survey that claims 67% of respondents plan to build their own “custom” customer data […]

Over half (52%) of marketers say that they use Salesforce or Microsoft as their customer data platform, according to the most recent Advertiser Perceptions report on the CDP market. Clear evidence that the marketing clouds are dominating the CDP category … right? Here are a few grains of salt. For one, when Advertiser Perceptions conducted […]

“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Tasso Argyros, CEO and founder of ActionIQ. The pandemic has disrupted every industry, forcing far too many businesses to shut their doors. But when it comes to digital transformation, COVID-19 […]

CDP acquisitions are a bit like snowflakes, no two have been quite alike, at least not so far. Cloud communications platform Twilio’s $3.2 billion all-stock purchase of Segment, confirmed on Monday, is the latest example. Notable acquirers in the space have included a British multibillion-dollar semiconductor firm, an American multinational financial services brand and the […]

Did the CDP category just have its DoubleClick moment? Twilio will acquire customer data platform Segment for a $3.2 billion in stock, the companies said Monday. Forbes first reported the deal on Friday. Twilio powers automated mobile communications for clients such as Airbnb, Lyft, Blue Apron, Netflix, Hulu and Salesforce. Its Flex platform supports billions […]

This is the 12th in AdExchanger’s “Meet the CDPs” series. Read previous interviews with mParticle, Acquia-owned AgilOne, Amperity, Segment, ActionIQ, Lytics, Bluecore, Microsoft, Tealium, Optimove, Adobe and BlueConic. Treasure Data is betting that the internet of things (IoT) is the next frontier for customer data platforms. “CDP as a category exists because there is so much […]

“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Matthew Greitzer, co-founder and CEO at Actable. There are a lot of customer data platforms in the market. And I mean a lot – my team tracks this closely and […]