Dave Fleet

JULY 5, 2010

January 2010. February 2010. April 2010. April 2010. First reported by the Startup North blog , the news was later confirmed by Sysomos, although their blog comment and tweet have both since been deleted. Acquired by. Jive Software. Scout Labs. Lithium Technologies. Note: CNW Group is a 76design client.

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Net-Savvy Executive

APRIL 1, 2011

A couple of CEOs have pointed out how few of the vendors ever featured in Forrester's reports on social media analysis are still independent. The first report in the space was Peter Kim's Forrester Wave: Brand Monitoring (September 2006), which introduced us to seven companies: Biz360 Acquired by Attensity in 2010.

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Net-Savvy Executive

MARCH 30, 2011

Other acquisitions have tied SMA firms to PR/media (Sysomos/Marketwire, Brandtology/Media Monitors), market research (Cymfony/TNS, Umbria/JD Power, Evolve24/Maritz), and marketing management (Techrigy/Alterian). Despite the presence of 300+ companies in the space, only a handful of the product leaders are still independent companies.

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