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• Salesforce.com: The Double-Edged Sword of Iterative Marketing

  Seeking Alpha - 2009-11-25

  I’ve always been an admirer of the marketing prowess of salesforce.com… although it always drives me crazy to comply with the lower-case spelling of their name because it seems to genericize their value in my eyes. One of the specific aspects of the company’s marketing tactics which I’ve...

  Tags: Software, Jeffrey M. Kaplan, Salesforce.com Inc.

• M & A 'Chatter' for Salesforce.com

  Seeking Alpha - 2009-11-25

  The 451 Group: Inorganic Growth submits: By Brenon Daly Official word from Salesforce.com CRM is that its recently announced Chatter product was developed in-house. And that would certainly be in keeping with the company’s history of staying away from M&A. Since it opened its doors a decade ago, Salesforce.com...

  Tags: Software, The 451 Group: Inorganic Growth, Salesforce.com Inc.

• Salesforce Earnings: The Price of Perfection

  Seeking Alpha - 2009-11-19

  Zachary Scheidt submits: What happens when investors expect perfection from the companies they are invested in? Chances are, those expectations will eventually be disappointed and investors can realize that the level of confidence is unrealistic. This appears to be the case with Salesforce.com CRM which traded...

  Tags: Software, Zachary Scheidt, Salesforce.com Inc.

• Salesforce Chatter: A Real-Time Social Network for the Enterprise

  Seeking Alpha - 2009-11-18

  TechCrunch submits: By Leena Rao We’re here at Dreamforce, Salesforce.com’s CRM annual cloud computing event in San Francisco. CEO Marc Benioff is delivering the keynote and we will be live-bogging the news below. Salesforce has had a banner year, reporting strong earnings Tuesday for the third...

  Tags: Software, TechCrunch, Salesforce.com Inc.

• Great Quarter, But Salesforce.com Stock Getting Punished

  Seeking Alpha - 2009-11-18

  Ockham Research submits: Not exactly sure what is not to like about Salesforce.com’s CRM performance in the last quarter, but the stock is getting hammered down more than 7% in post market activity. Earnings per share doubled from a year ago to 16 cents, which equaled the consensus...

  Tags: Software, Ockham Research, Salesforce.com Inc.

• Salesforce.com: Making Good Results Better

  Seeking Alpha - 2009-11-18

  George Gutowski submits: Salesforce.com CRM on Tuesday produced excellent results but disappointed some of its shareholders, who had expected better. The stock was at or near its 52-week high and reports of 20% increase in revenues in a terrible economy were not satisfactory to this very tough crowd. Who...

  Tags: Software, George Gutowski, Salesforce.com Inc.

• Salesforce Shorts Are Seen as Bellwether for Corporate Sector Health

  Seeking Alpha - 2009-11-17

  Jessica Johnson submits: The short base in Salesforce CRM has been trending lower for some months and currently stands at 10.2%, representing about 30% of the shares available to borrow. Its results are seen by some as a bellwether for the health of the corporate sector. They are at...

  Tags: Software, Data Explorers, Salesforce.com Inc.

• Salesforce.com: Absurdly Overvalued

  Seeking Alpha - 2009-11-05

  Sunil Shah submits: OK confession: I have a personal hate. Well, personal in the sense of the absurdity of Salesforce.com's CRM valuation. No company in this environment should trade at a trailing PE of 99, however immense the prospective market. Even after taking their deferred revenue cash, cashflow/share...

  Tags: Software, Sunil Shah, Salesforce.com Inc.

• Salesforce, Adobe Partner to Offer Flash-Based Applications in the Cloud

  Seeking Alpha - 2009-10-26

  TechCrunch submits: By Leena Rao With all of its SaaS offerings, Salesforce.com CRM is consistently integrating with other forms of cutting edge technologies, such as Twitter, Box.net, and more to offer clients more diverse and appealing options. Sunday, the company is partnering with Adobe ADBE to...

  Tags: Software, TechCrunch, Adobe Systems Inc., Salesforce.com Inc.

• Dell Becomes Salesforce.com Channel Partner

  Seeking Alpha - 2009-10-12

  I’ve been suggesting for years that PC vendors could be great channel partners for Software-as-a-Service SaaS vendors, and Dell DELL now has an opportunity to prove me right. Monday, Dell and saleforce.com CRM announced that Dell will offer salesforce.com’s SaaS solutions to its small- and mid-size business (SMB)...

  Tags: Software, Jeffrey M. Kaplan, Salesforce.com Inc., Dell Computer Corp.