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• Salesforce gets Flash options with Adobe tie-up

  Strategy Eye - 2009-10-25

  Salesforce customers will be able to access Adobe’s ‘Flash Builder’ tool from Force.com, Salesforce’s app-building platform, after the firms signed a partnership agreement. The move will allow developers to build cloud-based media applications from Force.com’s platform and extend the existing Salesforce customer relationship management CRM service. ...

  Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Adobe Systems Inc., Sales Force Management, Sales, Editorial

• 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

• Oracle Following Salesforce.com's Services Lead

  BNET - 2009-10-12

  Oracle is following in Salesforce.com's footsteps by trying to use knowledge-based applications to strengthen its call center management software offering. by Michael Hickins

  Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Oracle Corp., Sales Force Management, Call Centers, Sales, It Operations, Michael Hickins

• Dell moves into services with Salesforce deal

  Strategy Eye - 2009-10-11

  Dell is set to promote Salesforce.com software to US consumers in a bid to bolster its services revenue. The move reflects a trend to pursue services instead of physical goods, which have proved to be less profitable in the recession. Dell has suffered from the decline in hardware sales as PCs account for 60%...

  Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Dell Computer Corp., Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, Editorial

• Benioff To Ballmer: 'Now That's Efficient!'

  BNET - 2009-10-05

  Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer didn't make a lot of friends last week when he wrote that, with corporate budgets shrinking, customers will turn to Microsoft to get more technology bang for their beleaguered bucks. Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff is the most recent to express his displeasure while...

  Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Corp., CEO, Marc Benioff, Sales Force Management, Sales, Michael Hickins

• Salesforce, Cisco Lend Each Other A Hand

  BNET - 2009-10-05

  Salesforce.com and Cisco struck up a partnership giving Salesforce access to Cisco telephony applications while giving Cisco a leg up into the smaller end of the market and a look into the working of the software-as-a-service business model. by Michael Hickins

  Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Software-as-a-service, Cisco Systems Inc., Software As A Service (SaaS), Sales Force Management, Emerging Technologies, Sales, Michael Hickins

• Salesforce Proving Google Wave's Value

  BNET - 2009-10-05

  Salesforce.com is integrating Google Wave to its on-demand service center application, but more individual users will need to be using Wave for this to matter to Salesforce.com's customers. by Michael Hickins

  Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Google Inc., On-demand, Sales Force Management, Managed Hosting, Sales, Michael Hickins

• Mzinga Adds $10 Million In Funding; Could New Product Compete With Salesforce?

  PaidContent - 2009-09-23

  Enterprise-facing social software developer Mzinga has raised $10 million in funding, bringing its total raise to over $42.5 million; the company raised a double-digit round last year as part of its deal to acquire fellow software firm Prospero. New investor Acadia Woods Partners led the round; BlueCrest Venture Finance...

  Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Analytics, Social Software, Workflow Management, Mzinga, Financial Planning, Sales Force Management, Finance, Sales, Advertising, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Social Media, Technologies / Formats, Tameka Kee

• Salesforce Connects With Twitter, Facebook

  BNET - 2009-09-09

  Salesforce.com has added integrations with Twitter and Facebook to its call center management application, allowing to steal a further march on the likes of Oracle, SAP and Microsoft. by Michael Hickins

  Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Facebook, Twitter Inc., Sales Force Management, Call Centers, Sales, It Operations, Michael Hickins

• 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