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Recent Press

IBM Advances Analytics With Acquisition of Coremetrics

June 15, 2010

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IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced a definitive agreement to acquire Coremetrics, a leader in web analytics software. Coremetrics, a privately held company based in San Mateo, CA, will expand IBM's business analytics capabilities by enabling organizations to use a cloud-based delivery model to gain real-time insight into consumer interactions internally and through social media networks to develop faster, more targeted marketing campaigns. Financial terms were not disclosed. _______________________________________________________________________________________________

Bazaarvoice Teams Up with Google to Bring Product Reviews to Google Search and Ads

April 21, 2010

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Bazaarvoice, the market and technology leader in hosted social commerce applications that drive sales, today announced at the Social Commerce Summit 2010 that it has partnered with Google to share high-quality product review content from Bazaarvoice client sites on Google Web Search, Google Product Search, and Google AdWords ads. _______________________________________________________________________________________________

Bazaarvoice Serves Over 100 Billion User-Generated Reviews, Answers, and Stories

March 3, 2010

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Digital word of mouth delivers tremendous consumer value, drives measurable ROI, and powers organizational transformation for more than 750 leading brands in 25 languages _______________________________________________________________________________________________

Coremetrics Announces ROI Measurement Capabilities for Facebook

March 2, 2010

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– Impression Attribution Connects Facebook Exposure—Clicked or Unclicked—With Online Sales, Orders and Conversions – _______________________________________________________________________________________________

ezRez Software Hosts Second Annual Thought Leadership Summit

February 17, 2010

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Travel and Loyalty Industry Leaders Discuss Trends for 2010 and Beyond _______________________________________________________________________________________________

Coremetrics Reports Record Revenue and Growth in Enterprise Customers for 2009

February 9, 2010

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Coremetrics, the leader in marketing optimization, today announced that it has achieved record revenue for the fiscal year ending on December 31, 2009. Revenue in 2009 from Coremetrics web analytics and marketing applications grew by 20 percent over 2008. _______________________________________________________________________________________________

ezRez Software, Inc. Powers Enhanced Reward Redemption for Delta SkyMiles Members

January 22, 2010

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As an emerging player in the loyalty space, more than 30 billion loyalty points were redeemed for travel through ezRez’s software platform in 2009. _______________________________________________________________________________________________

Bazaarvoice Data Shows Product Reviews, Answers, and Stories Play a Greater Role in Holiday Purchases Than Ever Before

December 4, 2009

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Social commerce leader serves 1.9 billion pieces of user-generated content during Thanksgiving Week 2009; increase in consumer questions & answers outpaces increase in review usage _______________________________________________________________________________________________

Haagen-Dazs Extends Social Media Effort with Experience Project

November 10, 2009

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Haagen-Dazs extends its relationship with Experience Project after seeing 13 million impressions - 13x the company's initial target. _______________________________________________________________________________________________

Ask a VC: Join Ryan McDonough in Palo Alto for a Q&A Venture Capital Roundtable

October 22, 2009

Join Ryan McDonough on the evening of October 22 in Palo Alto for a Q&A Roundtable with a panel of venture capitalists. VC Connect will be hosting the 'Ask A VC' event from 6:00-8:00PM at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati's office at 950 Page Mill Road. Register now! _______________________________________________________________________________________________

Coremetrics Reports Record Bookings for Third Quarter

October 13, 2009

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Coremetrics today announced that it has achieved record bookings for the quarter that ended on September 30, 2009. The company has experienced a surge in demand for its analytics and online marketing solutions, bringing a raft of new clients on board, as well as receiving industry recognition from leading analyst firm Forrester Research in The Forrester Wave™: Web Analytics, Q3 2009 report (July 2009). _______________________________________________________________________________________________

Coremetrics Announces Significant Enhancements to Platform for Continuous Optimization

October 6, 2009

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Coremetrics, the leader in marketing optimization, today announced significant enhancements to the Coremetrics Continuous Optimization Platform, a unique system that addresses the need to more successfully convert and retain customers online. _______________________________________________________________________________________________

Sim Ops Studios readies new selling tools, expands Game Jam in PA

September 9, 2009

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Sim Ops Studios is preparing to launch yet another innovative tool for game developers, Pocket Change, a YouTube-like website that allows developers to sell their games through their own sites and make money too. _______________________________________________________________________________________________

Interview with Armen Berjikly, Founder of the Experience Project

September 9, 2009

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BlogTalkRadio.com interview with Armen Berjikly. _______________________________________________________________________________________________

Bazaarvoice #1 for Customer Ratings & Reviews Among Internet Retailer 500

August 3, 2009

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Bazaarvoice dominates 2009 list of America’s largest online retailers, serving more of the IR 500 than any other social commerce vendor and beating out nearest competitor 7:1 in IR 50 and 4:1 in IR 100 _______________________________________________________________________________________________

Independent Research Firm Cites Coremetrics as a Leader in Web Analytics

July 24, 2009

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Congratulations to Coremetrics for being named as a Web Analytics "Leader" in the latest Forrester Wave. _______________________________________________________________________________________________

Constantin Partners working with The V Foundation to Reach Its $1,000,000 Goal

July 1, 2009

The V Foundation Wine Celebration, founded by Julie and Andrew Constantin, are betting on an aggressive social media campaign designed to encourage "everyday" philanthropy. Between now and August 8th, the Wine Celebration hopes to raise $1,000,000 to fund a cancer research grant honoring Emily Miner's current battle against lung cancer. Lung cancer kills more women each year than breast cancer and all forms of cervical cancer combined. One in 16 women today will be diagnosed with lung cancer.Visit www.winecelebration.org to learn more. _______________________________________________________________________________________________

Bazaarvoice Voted Best Place to Work in Austin

May 22, 2009

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Congratulations to Bazaarvoice for being voted the Best Place to Work in Austin. Truly a testament to Brett and his team. _______________________________________________________________________________________________

Bazaarvoice Serves More Than 50 Billion User-Generated Answers, Stories, Ratings & Reviews

May 15, 2009

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More Than 525 of the World’s Biggest Brands in Retail, Manufacturing, Pharmaceuticals, Travel, Healthcare, Media and Financial Services Embrace Authentic UGC Hosted by Bazaarvoice to Drive Sales, Increase Operational Efficiencies, and Create a Customer-Focused Culture _______________________________________________________________________________________________

Tripwire Named Software Company of the Year by TechAmerica Oregon 2009 Technology Awards

May 12, 2009

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Tripwire has experienced a sustained growth of 27 percent year over year, more than 6,550 customers, $62 million dollars in revenue, and $70.5 million in recorded bookings. _______________________________________________________________________________________________

Experience Project Featured on Good Morning America

May 4, 2009

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Experience Project featured on Good Morning America on Monday, May 5, 2009. In the segment titled, "Anonymous Secrets Find Life Online", an Experience Project user speaks out about the freedom of sharing your inner-most thoughts anonymously. _______________________________________________________________________________________________

Shanna Tellerman of Sim Ops a finalist in Business Week's Best Young Tech Entrepreneurs List

April 20, 2009

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Congratulations to Shanna Tellerman, founder of Sim Ops Studios. Shanna is a finalist in Business Week's Best Young Tech Entrepreneur. _______________________________________________________________________________________________

Wild Pockets featured on CBS 5

April 2, 2009

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Watch Wild Pockets CEO Shanna Tellerman on CBS 5 _______________________________________________________________________________________________

Bazaarvoice and User Reviews Discussed in the Economist

March 5, 2009

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The Economist looks into the fact that books and other products sold by online retailers can attract thousands of reviews. _______________________________________________________________________________________________

Google Analytics helps Experience Project organize the human experience

February 18, 2009

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Experience Project featured in a Google Analytics case study on how to leverage the tools to better understand your users. _______________________________________________________________________________________________