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• Salesforce buys into Box.net’s online storage

  Strategy Eye - 2009-10-22

  Online storage firm Box.net is teaming up with cloud computing service Salesforce.com to allow users to access documents remotely from Salesforce’s customer relationship management CRM service. Tabs on Salesforce’s CRM will provide access to files stored on Box.net instead of on their desktop. Box.net is offering unlimited storage to...

  Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Box.net, Sales Force Management, Storage, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Sales, Hardware, Editorial

• Salesforce Cruising for a Financial Bruising?

  BNET - 2009-07-29

  Salesforce.com has been one of the leading SaaS "success" stories, and the company has been trying to ride that into a secure spot in future cloud computing. But it's facing the twin demons of slowing bookings and a time to customer profitability that makes you wonder whether the company can...

  Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Financial, Sales Force Management, Software As A Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Sales, Emerging Technologies, Erik Sherman

• SAP Claims 'Security Breaches At Salesforce.com'

  BNET - 2009-07-23

  Incredibly, SAP would still rather talk trash about software-as-a-service SaaS than bring its own innovative products to market. During an interview on SAP TV (approximately 57 seconds into the video), SAP's CTO, Vishal Sikka, tried to portray SaaS as the "cheap" and unreliable bastard child of surviving...

  Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Security, Software-as-a-service, SAP AG, Vishal Sikka, Software As A Service (SaaS), Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, Sales Force Management, Emerging Technologies, Sales, Michael Hickins

• Is VMware The New Salesforce.com?

  BNET - 2009-02-27

  Salesforce.com is more than simply the market leader for software-as-a-service SaaS. While others notably NetSuite came to market sooner, Salesforce.com was the first company to successfully sell the idea of hosting software in its own data centers and delivering it as a service via the Internet on any kind of...

  Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Software-as-a-service, VMware Inc., Software As A Service (SaaS), Managed Hosting, Sales Force Management, Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, Sales, Michael Hickins

• Salesforce.com Moves into Website Services with New Amazon and Facebook Alliances

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-11-06

  Despite the economy, election and lingering questions about whether Software-as-a-Service SaaS is enterprise-ready, this week's Salesforce.com CRM Dreamforce conference drew nearly ten thousand energetic attendees and exhibitors to celebrate the power of the 'cloud.' The event not only dispelled any questions about whether the SaaS movement can withstand today's...

  Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Facebook, Alliance, Software-as-a-service, Amazon.com Inc., Web Site, Seeking Alpha, Software As A Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, Jeff Kaplan, Software

• Cloud Computing Also Hit by IT-Spending Cutbacks

  BNET - 2008-11-05

  It’s a big week for the software as a service industry: Salesforce.com is establishing itself as a leading cloud computing provider, NetSuite is planning to take on SAP head on and Success Factors is upping its outlook. But underneath the surface there are more than a few questions marks lurking....

  Tags: Software, Salesforce.com Inc., Software-as-a-service, SuccessFactors Inc., NetSuite Inc., IT-spending, Software As A Service (SaaS), Sales Force Management, Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, Sales, Larry Dignan

• Head in the Cloud | BTalk Australia

  BNET - 2008-07-08

  The latest buzz in technology circles is what's called Cloud Computing. It's a term for using applications and storing data on the Internet, rather than from your computer hard drive or your corporate data centre. Salesforce.com has been offering software as a service for some time and...

  Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Google Inc., Application, Marketing, Business, Sales Force Management, Cloud Computing, Sales, Phil Dobbie

• Pay-Per-View ERP

  BNET - 2006-02-01

  Over the past few years, a number of software publishers have popularized on-demand delivery of business programs. Most notably, Salesforce.com Inc. and NetSuite Inc. have developed a loyal - some would say messianic - following by offering hosted Customer-Relationship Management CRM software along with other enterprise applications. Salesforce.com's rise to...

  Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., CFO Publishing Corp., On-demand, CRM, Cloud Computing, Sales Force Management, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Sales, Marketing, Software

• Salesforce.com Case Study: Cox Business Services

  BNET

  Cox Business Services has implemented salesforce.com's on-demand service for 410 employees nationwide. Cox Business Services, a division of Cox Communications, Inc. selected salesforce.com for its top-rated user experience, high degree of customization, and proven on-demand functionality that enables sales teams, sales support, management and operations to smoothly collaborate across 22...

  Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., On-demand, Cox Business Services, Sales Force Management, Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, Sales