Salesforce is the most popular customer relationship management (CRM) solution, according to a new infographic charting the 20 most popular CRM software solutions by Capterra, a business software resource and recommendation website. In terms of popularity, compiled by a software solution’s customer…
Chartio, a San Francisco-based visual analytics startup, is expanding its platform by adding support for a major source of data for a growing number of businesses. Starting today, Chartio users can connect to Salesforce and use data from the leading…
One of the top 10 business intelligence trends for 2013, based on interviews with experts conducted by Enterprise Apps Today, is the emergence of the data analyst, a kind of cross between a data scientist and a business analyst. George…
Amsterdam-based Big Data search startup Elasticsearch announced it just closed on a Series B round of funding valued at $24 million. Index Ventures headed the round, which was backed by Benchmark Capital, an existing investor, and newcomer SV Angel. The funds,…
Virool, a San Francisco startup that specializes in social video advertising, has raised $6.62 million in an early round of funding. Virool positions its advertising technology as a cost-effective alternative to big-budget social ad platforms. Instead of spending upwards of…
Persado, a marketing and Web advertising software-as-a-service (SaaS) provider, today announced that the company closed on a round of Series A funding valued at $15 million. The funding round was led by Bain Capital Ventures. The company’s platform, which it…
New York City-based startup Sailthru today announced that it had raised $19 million to grow its “Smart Data” platform and staff up. The funding round was led by Benchmark Capital, with backing from AOL Ventures, DFJ Gotham and RRE. Sailthru offers businesses…
A new study from enterprise resource planning (ERP) specialist ISF and market research firm IDC indicates that businesses developing customer relationship management (CRM) apps for smartphones and tablets are on the right track. In a survey of 450 C-suite executives worldwide, 31…
Boston-based DataXu announced today that it had raised $27 million in a round of funding led by Thomvest Ventures and backed by Atlas Venture, Flybridge Capital Partners and Menlo Ventures. DataXu’s marketing platform employs Big Data analytics to identify prospective customers, automate…
Google is acquiring online and social marketing and e-commerce specialist Channel Intelligence for $125 million, the latter’s parent company ICG Group announced today. The companies expect to finalize the deal during the current quarter. Channel Intelligence provides Internet and social marketing services…