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Cloud fever: What will it take for a breakout?

Cloud fever: What will it take for a breakout?

News Some of the tech industry's best and brightest gather at a roundtable discussion offering a snapshot of cloud computing's progress--and lack thereof.

Monday, March 02 2009 10:46 AM

Tags: Web services, Marc Benioff, Davos, Cloud Computing, dot-com, World Economic Forum, Switzerland, CTO, TechCrunch, Mountain View


Salesforce preps new data center in S'pore

Salesforce preps new data center in S'pore

News The company's first facility outside of the United States will commence operations by end-2008, catering to the growing base of international Salesforce customers.

Monday, May 26 2008 05:34 PM

Tags: Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Web services, Data centers, Marc Benioff, client-server, software, East Coast, revenue, U.S., talent


SaaS may not live up to 'recession-proof' tag

SaaS may not live up to 'recession-proof' tag

Insight commentary In theory, software-as-a-service vendors such as Salesforce.com and NetSuite should thrive in a downturn, but in practice things may prove a little tougher.

Monday, November 17 2008 05:49 AM

Tags: Software-as-a-service (SaaS), NetSuite Inc., SAP AG, SuccessFactors Inc., ERP, Amazon.com Inc., Facebook, revenue, analyst, Software-as-a-service


Salesforce.com adds Twitter to cloud services

News Company's Service Cloud 2 option brings Twitter-based customer service options to its clients now and will bring knowledge bases and forums later.

Thursday, September 10 2009 09:52 AM

Tags: Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Web services, Cloud computing, Marc Benioff, InStranet Inc., Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Cloud computing, business software company, Facebook, knowledge


SAP chief: Big software isn't going away

News Web-based business software sold by companies like Salesforce.com will likely augment, not replace, complex enterprise systems, SAP CEO Henning Kagermann says.

Wednesday, June 25 2008 12:36 AM

Tags: Business applications, Software, Web 2.0, SAP AG, Security, Marc Benioff, Google Inc., business software, Wall Street Journal, strategy


Salesforce: Software is hand-to-hand combat

News Company wants the world to take up its software-as-a-service model, and company president Marc Benioff says he will "change the consciousness of the industry" to do it.

Friday, May 09 2008 09:36 AM

Tags: Business applications, Customer support, Best strategies, Sales force management, Marc Benioff, Server, PaaS, performance, software, journalist


Salesforce.com and Google expand alliance

News Force.com for Google App Engine is designed to enable developers to create applications in the cloud.

Tuesday, December 09 2008 11:36 AM

Tags: Search, Web services, Marc Benioff, Google Inc., CRM, Cloud Computing, Environment, API, News.com, alliance


Salesforce.com posts 43 percent revenue jump

News Online customer relationship management software maker reports revenue reached US$276 million, fueled by growth in the company's subscription and support business.

Friday, November 21 2008 10:28 AM

Tags: Customer resource management (CRM), Business applications, Earning reports/forecasts, Sales/revenue, Marc Benioff, CRM, Wall Street, News.com, applications company, revenue


SAP in SaaS strategy shift

News The business software maker, which has struggled to adapt to software-as-a-service, says it will allow customers to mix traditional applications with its online services.

Monday, June 15 2009 10:48 AM

Tags: Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Cloud computing, Customer resource management (CRM), Enterprise resource planning (ERP), SAP AG, Marc Benioff, CRM, Accenture Ltd., Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Cloud computing


Observing the US automated elections

Blogs Before boarding my Philippine Airlines flight to San Francisco last Sunday night, a document inspector at the Centennial...

Wednesday, November 05 2008 09:38 AM


Salesforce.com ditched Zoho for Google

News Web application company Zoho rejected acquisition offer from Salesforce.com after failed integration with AppExchange.

Wednesday, April 16 2008 11:16 AM

Tags: Web 2.0, Business applications


Salesforce.com to launch software marketplace

News Online store for business applications built with company's development tools is expected by the end of the year.

Tuesday, September 13 2005 10:18 AM

Tags: Customer resource management (CRM)


Salesforce hits 500,000-user milestone

News After being hit by performance issues last Christmas, the on-demand CRM firm sees revenues rise 64 percent year-on-year in second quarter.

Friday, August 18 2006 10:32 AM

Tags: Business applications, Customer resource management (CRM), Sales force automation


Salesforce update includes mashup tools

News Hosted CRM company introduces a new framework for linking analysis tools to its applications.

Thursday, September 14 2006 10:18 AM

Tags: Customer resource management (CRM), Sales force automation


Salesforce.com launches brain raid on Siebel

News In an email sent to his staff last week, Salesforce.com chairman and CEO Marc Benioff outlined a plan to poach talent from Siebel before the end of the year.

Tuesday, October 04 2005 12:24 PM

Tags: Business applications, Human resources


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