Most marketers don’t automatically think of data and analytics when it comes to ABM. However, industry experts agree that ABM is a data and analytics challenge because you have to leverage data and analytics to understand who you’re going to target, what you’re going to say to them and how you’re going to drive action throughout the company based on the accounts that matter most to you.

Maintaining quality data is a common challenge for most B2B marketers. In fact, new research from Lotame, a data management platform, revealed that 60% of marketers are concerned with the quality of data provided by data sellers.

Salesforce, a cloud-based CRM platform, announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Datorama, an AI-powered marketing intelligence platform. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.