Richard Davies wrote: The UK has a good crop of technology pioneers in cloud computing - for example ElasticHosts, FlexiScale, Flexiant, OnApp - and also some strong government initiatives such as G-Cloud.
We will have to see whether this kind of technical leadership converts into swift mass-market adoption or not.
Aprimo®
Inc., a global provider of on-demand marketing software solutions, today
announced it signed more than 20 new customers with a combined 2,000
plus users with the latest release of Marketing Studio. Customer demand
continues to grow for Aprimo Marketing Studio, which enables marketers
to increase brand awareness and drive greater customer demand without
increased workload or budget.
“We have been thrilled with the overwhelming response to Aprimo
Marketing Studio,” said Rob McLaughlin, co-founder of Aprimo. “For more
than 12 years, marketers have turned to Aprimo for the tools that enable
them to capture and engage audiences and convert marketing activities
into results. Aprimo Marketing Studio is the evolution of our
award-winning solution, delivering the power and functionality of our
technology in a way that truly changes the game for marketers. 2010 is
set to be a banner year for Aprimo, as more and more companies turn to
Aprimo Marketing Studio to meet all of their marketing needs.”
Customer Success
Aprimo significantly grew its Marketing Studio customer portfolio across
North America, Europe and Asia Pacific, through new client wins such as Eastman
Kodak and organic growth as customers like MedImmune
expanded their Aprimo implementations to further capitalize on the
benefits of Aprimo Marketing Studio’s interactive online marketing
technology.
“We needed to establish on-going communication with our customers to
improve retention. With Aprimo Marketing Studio we found everything we
were looking for in one integrated system. We are excited about the
possibilities Aprimo Marketing Studio opens up for us and we are already
looking at expanding our use beyond our original plan,” said John
Wilson, CMO at Informa
Australia.
Partner Momentum
This past year, Aprimo joined forces with several strategic product and
delivery partners to promote Aprimo Marketing Studio and foster adoption
of online marketing technology. Aprimo’s implementation partners,
including Acceleration,
CoreMatrix,
Datalicious
and Numeric
Analytics, work with the Aprimo Marketing Studio team to help
customers implement the solution as well as provide valuable consulting
and professional services.
“We are excited about working with Aprimo and being able to provide this
suite of tools to our clients,” said Ted Stites, Manager of Consulting
Services at Numeric
Analytics. “The combination of Aprimo Marketing Studio with our
expertise in marketing and analytics makes for a powerful combination
that will yield great ROI. We pride ourselves in turning data into
actionable insight and profitable marketing. Having tools like Aprimo
Marketing Studio will enable us to quickly implement sophisticated
programs that many never achieve.”
Aprimo’s product partner, Omniture
is providing Web analytics to the Aprimo Marketing Studio solution.
“We are pleased that Aprimo, an accredited Omniture
Genesis™ partner, has chosen to leverage the powerful online
analytics and optimization capabilities of Omniture for Aprimo Marketing
Studio,” said John Mellor, vice president, business development, Omniture
Business Unit, Adobe
Systems Incorporated. “Through this relationship, marketers will be
able to provide consumers a more personalized, relevant experience.
Marketers will also be able to better optimize their own websites to
attract and engage prospects and customers with the combined knowledge
of site visitor information from Omniture and the behavioral and
demographic information contained in Aprimo Marketing Studio, giving
customers a valuable, actionable level of insight.”
About Aprimo
Aprimo is a leading provider of on-demand marketing software solutions
that increase revenues and improve the efficiency and effectiveness of
marketing organizations. Aprimo software manages online and offline
marketing activities, financials, projects and assets, while improving
execution of marketing campaigns and events, including social media,
email marketing and search engine management. Aprimo's on-demand
applications can work individually to address a specific marketing issue
or combine to provide an integrated suite. Aprimo’s solutions accelerate
the marketing productivity of hundreds of leading companies including
Adobe, Bank of America, Cabela’s, Ernst & Young, Honda, King
Pharmaceutical, Pearson Education Ltd, Time Warner Cable-NY, Wal-Mart
and Warner Bros.
For more information call + 1.317.803.4300 or visit aprimo.com.