Can IBM buy success in the online marketing space?

Analysts have warned that, despite IBM’s continued push into the lucrative online marketing space after buying Unica for $480 million in cash, its dominance of the sector is by no means assured.

The acquisition is the vendor’s eighth in the marketing and data-related arena over the last two years, with the latest one being its purchase of web analytics software provider Coremetrics earlier this month.

Now Forrester analysts are warning that IBM must clarify its future product roadmap and enterprise marketing software strategy.

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