Lithium acquires Klout? Whatever for?
There is an unconfirmed story lighting things up that community platform provider Lithium is process of acquiring Klout, the so-call Influence measurement service. Why? Especially since Lithium’s view of influence via their Chief Data Scientist Michae…
The New Engagement Platform Drives The Shift From Transactions
Convergence In The Five Forces Of Consumerization Of Technology Drives The Next Big Thing Social has given us the tools to connect. Mobile has given us the ability to interact any time and anywhere. Cloud delivers access points to us with a rich array of content and information. Big data provides us with the context […]
Event Report: Lithium Network Conference 2012 #LiNC
Lithium Technologies Shows Continued Customer Momentum And Success In Social Marketing And Support To the tune of 500 customers and prospects, Lithium kicked off LiNC on May 2nd, 2012, at the always stunning Intercontinental Hotel in San Francisco. Compared to previous years, the audience was not only bigger, but also more experienced and energized. Rob […]
Jive Offers Social Customer Service; Battles Lithium for Market
Earlier today Jive announced they launched a new product: Social Customer Service, extending their community platform for external communities. The offer includes an OEM integration with Bunchball, and will be available to the public at the end of March. I distributed this morning a note to my clients and certain interested parties, here is a summary of […]
Lithium Closes Round D of Funding – First Take
On January 5th, 2012 Lithium Technologies announced it had closed Round D funding to the tune of $53.4 million, adding to the $39 million it had raised in previous rounds. The proceedings will go towards “completing the suite” and international expansion according to the company. Among the new funding partners, Lithium signed up NEA as […]
News Analysis: Lithium Technologies Adds $53M in Financing
New Funding Shows Strength In Social Business Market And Lithium’s Business Model Emeryville, California based Lithum Technologies announced today that it raised $53.4M in financing. The lead round is from New Enterprise Associates (NEA). Other investors include SAP Ventures. NEA leads the round with Peter Sonsini joining the board. Peter‘s been active with ecommerce play […]
Monday’s Musings: A Working Vendor Landscape For Social Business
Confusion Persists In The Social Business Market As with any new disruptive technology, the social business solution landscape faces a dynamic, confusing, and converging market. As vendors seek to grab mind share and market share, customers and prospects remain confused as to what are the right business problems to address with social business. However, rampant […]
Executive Profiles: Disruptive Tech Leaders In Social Business And Cloud Computing
Executive Profile Series Delivers The Inside View On Disruptive Technologies Starting this week, we’ll be kicking off an on-going series of interviews with the people behind the technologies in Cloud Computing and Social Business. The interviews should provide insightful points of view from a customer, industry, and vendor perspective. The transcript of the 30 minute […]
Social Business 2011, An Update
It’s been a while since I’ve written a post that updated our current understanding of social business and in a concept that is evolving very rapidly, it’s important to frequently share what we’ve learned. Lately I’ve worked on an infographic…
News Analysis: Lithium’s Acquisition of Scout Labs Ups The Ante in Social CRM
Social Media Monitoring Addition Adds Social Customer Insight To Lithium’s Community and Social CRM Offerings
Lithium, a social CRM (SCRM) and community platform vendor announced today it had acquired Scout Labs, a social media monitoring (SMM) provider. According to a variety of sources, the estimated purchase price for the deal ranged between 20 and 25 million. […]
