DemandGen Reports

D&B, a provider of commercial information and business insight, has agreed with Microsoft to integrate D&B360, D&B's Data-as-a-Service (DaaS) solution, with Microsoft Dynamics CRM in both on-premise and on-demand environments. D&B360 will deliver data that has been optimized for enhanced accuracy and completeness — a competitive advantage that increases effectiveness at every stage in the sales, marketing and customer service lifecycle.

Focused on providing BtoB marketers with detailed customer and prospect data to enhance up and cross-selling, D&B360 is D&B's cloud-based, on-demand solution designed to provide data management, cleansing and enrichment capabilities, seamlessly integrating D&B data and other essential business information into CRM applications and other critical customer applications. D&B360 offers D&B's unparalleled business data, including the world's largest database of more than 195 million businesses, 53 million business contacts and Hoover's company research — along with relevant social media and news feeds.

Marketo recently announced that the company has surpassed the 1,000 customer mark, after adding 146 customers in the first quarter of 2011. After reaching that milestone in less than three years and serving customers across 24 countries worldwide, Marketo has now set its further international expansion.
The company announced the opening of its European headquarters in Dublin, Ireland and the appointment of Fergus Gloster to Managing Director of EMEA. Gloster was previously the Senior VP of Corporate Sales and a founding director of salesforce.com’s European operations.