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The CDP Reboot: The Promise

The CDP Reboot: The Promise

Part 1 of 4: Exploring the original promise of CDPs.

This is Part 1 of my four-part #CDPReboot series, where I take a critical look at the evolution, saturation, and potential rebirth of the Customer Data Platform (CDP) category.

In this article, I explore the promise that launched the CDP category: what it was supposed to solve, why it caught fire so quickly, and how that same momentum led us into murkier territory. It all started with good intentions, a mess of Martech tools, and a lot of scattered data pipelines.


The Context: Data fragmentation was killing marketing

So, in the early 2010s, I watched marketing departments struggle with a

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Has the CDP category failed? Amperity’s CTO Derek Slager weighs in.

Has the CDP category failed? Amperity’s CTO Derek Slager weighs in.

Why no one had a customer 360 and why CDPs still haven’t truly delivered.

Nine years ago, nobody had a unified customer view, yet every consumer brand wanted one. So why was it so hard to build?

In this episode of Martech Therapy's podcast Couch Confidentials, I sit down with Derek Slager, Co-Founder and CTO of Amperity, to dive deep into the evolution (and limitations) of Customer Data Platforms. Derek shares how Amperity grew out of the frustration that no one had truly solved the “customer 360” problem, and why that challenge still haunts brands today.

“We’ve always been a little out of place in the CDP category. Our obsession is getting

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Why I’m rebooting the CDP conversation...

Why I’m rebooting the CDP conversation...

The Customer Data Platform (CDP) category was built on a promise, clean, unified data and a single view of the customer. For a while, it looked like it might actually deliver. Then came the vendor land grab, the copycat features, and the acronyms no one could keep straight.

As a longtime CDP consultant, I’ve seen the best and worst of it, on the ground, inside orgs, in meetings where the tech made sense and where it absolutely didn’t.

So I’ve decided to do something about it.

This four-part blog series, The CDP Reboot, dives into how we

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Michael Katz discusses his CDP 2.0 manifesto

Michael Katz discusses his CDP 2.0 manifesto

In this inaugural episode of Martech Therapy, Matthew Niederberger interviews Michael Katz, CEO of mParticle, discussing the evolution and future of Customer Data Platforms (CDPs). They explore the importance of first-party data, the commoditization of CD

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In this inaugural episode of Martech Therapy, Matthew Niederberger interviews Michael Katz, CEO of mParticle, discussing the evolution and future of Customer Data Platforms (CDPs). They explore the importance of first-party data, the commoditization of CDPs, and the challenges faced by businesses in selecting the right solutions. The conversation emphasizes the need for collaboration between marketing and data teams, the role of the CFO in decision-making, and the impact of pricing models on customer value. Katz shares insights on the future of CDPs, including predictions for 2025 and

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