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May - 2011 - issue > Technology
Move Over CRM, Marketing Automation has Arrived
Srihari Kumar
But that is becoming passé, thanks to Marketing Automation technology.
Marketing Automation pioneered as an on-premise module added on to key CRM functions in the early 1990’s, but the technology really gathered steam when the concept of SaaS took off in early 2000’s. It has taken more than a decade for marketing automation to become mainstream, but in the recent past, it is becoming a must-have for enterprise marketing departments.
1,500 new customers adopted Marketing Automation systems in 2010. The year also saw some big industry names like, Oracle, IBM and Teradata entering the market and it is estimated that taken together, the combined Marketing Automation revenue of all vendor companies in this space is well over $1billion.
In this article, we will explore the factors that have contributed to the recent rapid adoption of Marketing Automation, what is necessary to make the Marketing Automation implementation successful, and the astonishing results some enterprise marketing departments have achieved with Marketing Automation.
The Rise of Marketing Automation
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