Following the news that Salesforce.com is to acquire ExactTarget for $2.5Bn, Gerry Brown, senior digital marketing analyst at Ovum analyses the key points of the deal, what it means for enterprise customers and the vendor ecosystem:
Key points:
Price: "Expensive. ExactTarget's revenue for year-end 31st December 2012 was $292m. It has never turned a profit, but its revenue growth has been high (c. 40% per annum) and its renewal rate is in the high 90s (%). The price was c. 8.6X revenue, which aligns with the multiple (X 9.2) Oracle paid for ExactTarget's peer Eloqua in December 2012. The
Key points:
Price: "Expensive. ExactTarget's revenue for year-end 31st December 2012 was $292m. It has never turned a profit, but its revenue growth has been high (c. 40% per annum) and its renewal rate is in the high 90s (%). The price was c. 8.6X revenue, which aligns with the multiple (X 9.2) Oracle paid for ExactTarget's peer Eloqua in December 2012. The
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