Marketo Makes Award-Winning Waves: The Stevies, The CODiEs and Best in Biz 2012

SAN MATEO, Calif., May 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Marketo, the fastest growing provider of Revenue Performance Management (RPM) solutions, is proud to announce several key honors in the business technology industry:

• Spark by Marketo, its marketing automation solution for small businesses, has won a 2012 SIIA CODiE Award
• Spark also won silver in the Best In Biz Awards 2012 for EMEA
• Marketo president and CEO Phil Fernandez, author of the new groundbreaking book Revenue Disruption, has been named a Stevie Award Finalist for Executive of the Year in the Computer Software, as part of the American Business Awards

"Marketo is changing the way companies can grow their revenue more predictably," said Fernandez. "We are honored to receive recognition and distinction in for our marketing technology and thought leadership. We believe we are providing the essential business platform and know-how for any size company to grow and thrive."

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The American Business Awards
The Stevie Awards were created to honor and generate public recognition of the achievements and positive contributions of organizations and business people worldwide. Their mission is to raise the profile of exemplary organizations and individuals among the press, the business community, and the general public. In short order, the Stevie has become one of the world's most coveted awards.

The CODiE Awards
The CODiE Awards hold the distinction of being the industry's only peer-reviewed awards program, which provide winners with a unique opportunity to be recognized and honored by companies they respect and with whom they often compete. Now in its 27th year, the CODiE Awards program has raised the standard for excellence and serves as prestigious representation of outstanding achievement and vision in the software and information industries.

The Best in Biz Awards
Best in Biz Awards honor companies, teams, executives and products for their business success and is conferred in two programs covering the U.S. and Canada, as well as EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa), respectively. The Best in Biz Awards program is unique as it is the only independent business awards program judged by members of the press and industry analysts. Having researched and covered numerous successful companies, the judges have the expertise to objectively evaluate the entry pool to choose the top companies, teams, executives and products from among the submissions.

For a complete list of Marketo's awards, visit marketo.com/about/news/awards.

About Marketo
Marketo is the fastest growing provider in Revenue Performance Management. Marketo's powerful yet easy-to-use marketing automation and sales effectiveness solutions transform how marketing and sales teams of all sizes work — and work together — to drive dramatically increased revenue performance and fuel business growth. The company's proven technology, comprehensive services and expert guidance are helping more than 1,800 enterprise and mid-market companies around the world to turn marketing from a cost center to a business-building revenue driver. Marketo also offers Spark by Marketo™, a new brand of marketing automation tailored specifically for small businesses – the fastest-growing and largest segment of today's economy. Marketo acquired Crowd Factory in April, 2012 to deliver the world's first integrated solution for social marketing automation.

Marketo was recently named one of "America's Most Promising Companies" by Forbes Magazine, the fastest-growing private company of 2011 by the Silicon Valley Business Journal, and the "2011 CRM Market Leaders Awards Winner for Marketing Solutions" by CRM Magazine. For more information, visit www.marketo.com, or subscribe to Marketo's award-winning blogs at blog.marketo.com.

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