Recently announced software updates:

• Engagor
  Major release: social profile management, workflow, more.

• Gnip
  Google+ coverage.

• HootSuite
  Localized versions.

• uberVU
  Scheduled reports, stored replies.

• Visible
  Social profile management, post to multiple accounts.
  

1 November (New York) - Business Insider's Social Media Analytics

1 November - Terametric is presenting a free online event, Relevant Influence: Discovering and Engaging with Influencers for Effective Social Marketing, 2:00 PM EDT (GMT -4).

3 November (New York) - Social CRM

9 November (San Francisco) - Sentiment Analysis Symposium (West)

9–10 November (Denver, CO) - Defrag

11 November - NetBase is presenting a free webinar, The Ultimate No BS Book Report, 2:00 PM EST (GMT -5). With Jason Falls.

16 November - Crimson Hexagon is presenting a free webinar, Social Media Analysis: Moving Beyond the Hype, 1:00 PM EST (GMT-5). With Altimeter's Susan Etlinger.

17 November (London) - Social media measurement – The Big Ask

6 December (Paris) - Social CRM

GeoIQ announced GeoIQ Social, a tool for analyzing social media data by time and location.

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• video demo

Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL) announced an agreement to acquire RightNow Technologies (NASDAQ: RNOW) for $1.5 billion. RightNow's customer experience management line includes products for social media monitoring and engagement.

• SMA's acquisitions scorecard
  
• press release

Next week, Katie Paine will host the first Social Media Measurement Standards Conclave, a gathering of professional associations to share programs and progress towards standards for measuring social media.

The Conclave will include representatives from IPR, AMEC, CPRF, IABC, PRSA, SNCR, WAA, and WOMMA, plus Procter & Gamble, SAS and Thomson Reuters. The event hashtag is #smmsc.

Recently announced software updates:

• Social Report
  Data extraction.

• Traackr
  Analytics Suite.

• Trackur
  Google+ coverage.
  

26 October (Chicago and live stream) - Acxiom Advanced Analytics Summit II

1 November (New York) - Business Insider's Social Media Analytics

3 November (New York) - Social CRM

9 November (San Francisco) - Sentiment Analysis Symposium (West)

9–10 November (Denver, CO) - Defrag

16 November - Crimson Hexagon is presenting a free webinar, Social Media Analysis: Moving Beyond the Hype, 1:00 PM EST (GMT-5). With Altimeter's Susan Etlinger.

6 December (Paris) - Social CRM

Spredfast announced it has raised $12 million in Series B funding from InterWest Partners and Austin Ventures.

• press release

Terametric announced the release of Inbox Influencer, a free, email-delivered service that recommends influencers, topics, and hashtags in Twitter based on a user's profile.

• press release
  
• blog post

Recently released research and white papers:

• Make the Voice of the Customer Your Business Asset, Attensity

• The Voice of Luxury: Social Media and Luxury Brands in China, CIC/GroupM

• Twitter Study (PDF), evolve24/Maritz Research (via Jay Baer)

• Research Industry Trends: Fall 2011 (PDF), GreenBook

• Global Chief Marketing Officer Study, IBM (via Todd Watson)

• Understanding the Value ofa Social Media Impression, Nielsen

• Strategically Social: 5 Keys to Becoming a Social Business, Radian6
  

Recently announced software updates:

• eCairn
  Customizable dashboard, influencer directory, data export.

• Meltwater
  Meltwater Buzz 2.5: filter by country, click in reports, data export, contact database, real-time Twitter/Facebook alerts, post pictures, reporting, admin.

• Scup
  Increased comparisons, Twitter conversations, Foursquare venue monitoring.

• Sysomos
  MAP: Google+ coverage.

21–22 October (Paris) - Webdeux.Connect

1 November (New York) - Business Insider's Social Media Analytics

3 November (New York) - Social CRM

9 November (San Francisco) - Sentiment Analysis Symposium (West)

9–10 November (Denver, CO) - Defrag

6 December (Paris) - Social CRM

Recently announced software updates:

• Attentio
  Dashboard: major release (video).

• BuzzStream
  Email integration.

• Livebuzz
  User access profiles.

8 October (London) - TweetCamp

11–12 October (Paris) - MIS

12 October (New York) - Social Media Marketing & Monitoring

21–22 October (Paris) - Webdeux.Connect

1 November (New York) - Business Insider's Social Media Analytics

3 November (New York) - Social CRM

9 November (San Francisco) - Sentiment Analysis Symposium (West)

9–10 November (Denver, CO) - Defrag

6 December (Paris) - Social CRM

Recently released research and white papers:

• Social media around the world 2011, InSites Consulting

• From news to numbers: How media coverage affects sales figures, MediaMiser

• Usos e Percepções do Monitoramento de Mídias Sociais, Tarcízio Silva