Technology Integration

Oracle’s 14th Gartner Leader nod and its AI plan to keep Eloqua running

Oracle says it was named a Leader in Gartner's 2026 B2B marketing automation report. Its roadmap adds AI to Eloqua without replacing live campaigns.

Salesforce and HubSpot are taking CRM updates out of the CRM screen

Salesforce, HubSpot, Zeotap and Zendesk are pushing CRM data into AI agents and collaboration tools. The customer record now has more editors.

Retailers need a separate Performance Max campaign for Google's new local shopper setting

Google's Local Customer Optimization won't run on feed-based Performance Max campaigns, and Store Sales lands in Data Manager at the end of September.

Google Ads Adds AI Dashboards and In-Store Sales Tools

Google Ads rolled out prompt-based AI dashboards and new in-store sales measurement tools in early September 2026, per Search Engine Land.

CDPs are still getting budget, but the architecture around them is shifting toward the warehouse

CDP spending is rising, but operations teams are rewriting specs around warehouse-native, zero-copy activation and consent controls.

Adobe pitches one dashboard to cut marketing handoffs as marketers brace for 5x content demand

Adobe’s GenStudio updates target fewer handoffs by bringing Workfront, Frame.io, and activation partners closer to a single dashboard as Adobe says content dema

Marketing teams are buying AI before they can govern it

Benchmarks from The CMO Survey, Forrester, and CMI show AI rising on budget lists while governance and fundamentals lag. Plan for measurement, data, and workflo

Clay is moving intent data into GTM workflows instead of a dashboard

Intentsify’s new Clay integration pushes 1.1T monthly intent signals into GTM workflows, shifting how RevOps teams route, score, and govern outbound.

AI search is pushing marketing, HR and facilities onto one set of AI rules

New AEO guidance, creator briefs, and workplace AI rules are colliding with building analytics. Ops leaders are treating “AI visibility” as a governed system.

Rallio’s RevIntel links franchise marketing to CRM revenue, pushing local teams higher

Rallio added RevIntel to connect local marketing activity to CRM outcomes and revenue, pushing multi-location brands to tighten data integration and conversion

Gartner’s $6.37T IT spend forecast is pulling marketing AI agents into enterprise buying cycles faster

Gartner expects IT spending to hit $6.37T in 2026. That infrastructure surge is changing how marketing AI agents get funded, secured, and procured.

Gong is pushing Revenue AI from insight to execution as agentic workflows collide with Azure procurement

Gong is using Microsoft Marketplace distribution and new agentic-workflow messaging to move Revenue AI into governed, IT-owned systems, not rep-installed tools.

Walmart’s 38% ad growth is turning retail media into an operating-margin lever, and procurement teams should treat Connect like a platform, not a channel

Walmart’s Q2 results put retail media, CTV, and Sparky on the same P&L arc. That shifts how brands should spec data, measurement, and CTV buys.

Optimizely’s Forrester Wave leader slot turns “agentic” marketing into an enterprise architecture decision

Optimizely’s Forrester Wave recognition spotlights a shift: “experience optimization” is being bought as agent-driven workflow plus data architecture, not just

Demand Gen Report’s 2026 benchmark survey turns AI in B2B marketing into an operations problem, not a tooling debate

Demand Gen Report’s 2026 survey is asking where AI actually produces measurable lift in content, lead scoring, campaign optimization, and orchestration, and whe

6sense embeds buyer intelligence into Claude, ChatGPT, Writer, and Agentforce with four new product releases

6sense announced four product innovations that push its B2B buyer intelligence directly into major AI agent platforms, including Claude, ChatGPT, Writer, and Sa

Zeotap's composable CDP now runs entirely inside a customer's Snowflake account, eliminating data copies

Zeotap's new Snowflake Marketplace native app runs identity, segmentation, journey orchestration, and activation without ever moving data outside the customer's

CTM's native OpenAI Ads integration gives call-attribution parity to ChatGPT campaigns for the first time

CTM now ties ChatGPT ad-driven phone calls back to campaigns and syncs conversion events to OpenAI, closing the attribution blind spot on AI advertising.

CTM closes the ChatGPT ad attribution gap with native OpenAI integration

CTM now connects ChatGPT ad campaigns to phone call conversions, giving performance marketers closed-loop attribution on OpenAI's ad channel for the first time.

CapCut earns back-to-back Software Experts recognitions for AI-powered content and design production

Software Experts named CapCut a top AI marketing and design platform in July 2026, citing its unified creative workspace and Seedream 5.0 integration.

Klaviyo's new Social Marketing product connects social engagement directly to CRM profiles

Klaviyo Social Marketing, now generally available, pulls social signals into its B2C CRM so brands can convert followers into subscribers and unify omnichannel

Cvent commits $1 billion to AI-powered event tech as new research shows 70% of planners say live events matter more in an AI-saturated world

Cvent unveils 70+ product innovations at CONNECT 2026, launches a new research center, and backs both with a $1B product investment.

CTM brings closed-loop attribution to ChatGPT advertising with native OpenAI Ads integration

CTM launches a native OpenAI Ads integration and AskCTM agent, giving performance marketers the same closed-loop call attribution for ChatGPT campaigns they alr

RainFocus connects Adobe Workfront and AEM to eliminate manual event content workflows

RainFocus adds two Adobe Experience Manager integrations to automate session data sync and enforce brand governance across global event programs.

DriveCentric's new Service-to-Sales Agent turns service appointments into trade-in leads without adding a vendor

DriveCentric launches a native AI agent that identifies high-potential trade-in customers in the service drive and engages them automatically inside the existin

Clari + Salesloft and Glean unite buyer signals and enterprise knowledge in a single AI layer for revenue teams

Clari + Salesloft launched Conversation Intelligence on July 14 while Glean expanded its sales connector ecosystem to include both platforms, targeting the 87%

Klaviyo launches Social Marketing to turn Instagram engagement into owned customer data

Klaviyo's new Social Marketing product makes Instagram a fully owned channel, capturing DMs, comments, and tags directly into customer profiles.

Sprinklr’s Summer ’26 release speeds AI-assisted CXM execution

Sprinklr's Summer '26 platform update adds agentic Voice AI, MCP integration, and ViralMoment video analytics to help teams act on customer signals faster.