Business Strategy

B2B marketing teams are treating identity resolution as an ops problem, not a martech feature

New 2026 benchmarks and fall event agendas point to the same bottleneck: fragmented buyer signals. The fix is governance, not another dashboard.

Agentic B2B buying is making structured data the new homepage

As AI agents take over enterprise product research, your brand's discoverability now depends on data architecture, not design or ad spend.

CMOs are shrinking marketing's role to survive short-term pressure, the 2026 data shows

The 2026 CMO Survey finds AI adoption rising faster than team readiness, while Forbes' influential CMOs list shows the function absorbing broader commercial man

Most B2B GTM programs fail because data, strategy, and execution never actually connect

B2B companies have data, strategy, and execution teams. The gap is alignment, and in 2026, misalignment is showing up in pipeline, win rates, and GTM spend.

Clari + Salesloft embeds conversation intelligence directly into revenue execution, targeting the 87% of businesses that missed 2025 revenue goals

Clari + Salesloft launches Conversation Intelligence to turn buyer signals into real-time revenue actions, targeting the 87% of businesses that missed 2025 goal

95% of B2B marketers use AI in 2026, but fewer than 4 in 10 say it's actually working

CMI's 2026 B2B research exposes the gap between AI adoption and real performance gains, while buying committees hit 11.2 members on average.