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Salesforce CEO: Deal is a thumbs-up for on-demand

September 12, 2005 Marc Benioff also takes a shot at the database giant. But an industry watcher sees the buyout as a challenge for Salesforce. TAGS: Marc Benioff, Siebel Systems Inc., Salesforce.com Inc., Oracle Corp., buyout, on-demand, Larry Ellison, challenge, CEO, software company, Microsoft Corp.

Benioff takes stock of software shifts

March 17, 2008 The Salesforce.com CEO weighs in on cloud computing, an uneasy economy, and why Microsoft is still a dinosaur. TAGS: Marc Benioff, Salesforce.com Inc., chief software architect, Ray Ozzie, Microsoft SQL Server, software-as-a-service, MSN Hotmail, Gmail, platform, Microsoft Corp., CEO, server

Beating Bill Gates at his own game

April 15, 2005 ZDNet's Dan Farber finds out from Marc Benioff why he thinks Salesforce.com can upend Microsoft as a platform provider. TAGS: Marc Benioff, Salesforce.com Inc., Bill Gates, ERP, business application, SAP AG, on-demand, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Oracle Corp., CEO

Salesforce CEO calls site outages unavoidable

January 18, 2006 Disruptions are expected to become less frequent with new data-redundancy technology, CEO Marc Benioff says. TAGS: Salesforce.com Inc., Marc Benioff, mirroring, outage, database software, disaster, CEO, database, San Francisco

Quiet no more

July 22, 2004 Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff returns to the limelight after an SEC-enforced time-out. TAGS: Marc Benioff, Salesforce.com Inc., enterprise software, Wall Street, CEO, Oracle Corp.

Salesforce.com to launch software marketplace

September 12, 2005 Online store for business applications built with company's development tools is expected by the end of the year. TAGS: Salesforce.com Inc., Salesforce.com AppExchange, Marc Benioff, Apple iTunes Music Store, Human Resources, CRM, business application, Apple iTunes, Apple Computer, eBay Inc.

Salesforce.com CEO: Customization is king

October 10, 2006 Marc Benioff argues that Apex will let customers diverge further from one-size-fits-all hosted applications approach. TAGS: Salesforce.com Inc., Marc Benioff, Salesforce.com AppExchange, sales force, customization, CEO, San Francisco, server

Salesforce CEO's vision for 'business Web'

January 18, 2006 Company further details "on demand" software marketplace, an effort to encourage more Web business. TAGS: Salesforce.com AppExchange, Salesforce.com Inc., Marc Benioff, mashup, Skype, Google Maps, on-demand, RSS, developer, vision, CEO, Adobe Systems Inc., Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Who is the mystery Salesforce megacustomer?

February 22, 2007 Latest figures from Salesforce.com show strong revenue growth, as the company drops hints about its biggest-ever customer. TAGS: Salesforce.com Inc., Marc Benioff, Cisco Systems Inc., subscriber

Salesforce.com buys into Google AdWords

August 22, 2006 Company acquires tiny start-up that built an add-on for purchasing and managing Google-driven Web ad campaigns. TAGS: Salesforce.com Inc., Marc Benioff, Google AdWords, Salesforce.com AppExchange, campaign, CRM, Boston, Google Inc., acquisition

Salesforce.com users lament ongoing outages

January 31, 2006 Monday's glitch knocked the online sales application offline, provoking a fresh round of customer complaints. TAGS: Salesforce.com Inc., Marc Benioff, outage, reliability, blogger, on-demand, blog, e-mail, Microsoft Corp.

Salesforce adds on-demand to CRM tools

November 2, 2004 Business applications provider launches latest version of its hosted services, emphasizing greater customization, new capabilities. TAGS: Salesforce.com Inc., customer service management, Marc Benioff, CRM, customization, on-demand, San Francisco, Cisco Systems Inc., customer service

Salesforce launches software for financial advisers

February 27, 2007 Some 25,000 Merrill Lynch employees are now using the Wealth Management Edition as part of a test-run partnership. TAGS: Salesforce.com Inc., Marc Benioff

Salesforce.com continues enterprise build out

August 19, 2005 On-demand CRM company adds additional Web services tools and operational infrastructure in its effort to recruit larger customers. TAGS: Salesforce.com Inc., Marc Benioff, data center, CRM company, CRM, on-demand, Web service, facility, Microsoft Corp.

Going from killer app to major Web platform

July 12, 2007 Applications that evolve into open platforms--and successful online businesses--are the wave of the future, execs say. TAGS: Salesforce.com Inc., Marc Benioff, Facebook, platform, Google Inc., developer

Microsoft to ship CRM 3.0 update in December

November 3, 2005 Update will include hosted version of the CRM product and subscription-style pricing. TAGS: CRM, Marc Benioff, Salesforce.com Inc., hosted CRM, Salesforce.com AppExchange, Microsoft CRM, pricing, Microsoft Corp.

Salesforce.com launches on-demand support

September 29, 2004 CEO says demand for automated support and service drives addition to customer resource management products. TAGS: Salesforce.com Inc., Supportforce.com, on-demand, customer resource management, CRM, Marc Benioff, call-center, help desk, CEO

Oracle sweeps up Siebel

September 13, 2005 Siebel's 12 years of independence comes to an end in the form of a $5.8 billion buyout. TAGS: Siebel Systems Inc., Oracle Corp., Larry Ellison, Salesforce.com Inc., buyout, Marc Benioff, acquisition, database company, CRM, Newsmaker, CEO, merger, software company, database

Salesforce.com's new gamble

July 26, 2005 Company aims to expand reach beyond CRM with new development, partnership strategy. One question: How will plan generate cash? TAGS: Salesforce.com Inc., Marc Benioff, ISV, software-as-a-service, CRM, Oracle Corp.

Salesforce buy extends reach to mobile devices

April 11, 2006 Web-based applications company makes its first acquisition as part of a new mobile strategy. TAGS: Salesforce.com AppExchange, Salesforce.com Inc., mobile device, Marc Benioff, on-demand, RIM BlackBerry, acquisition, software company, handheld, Microsoft Corp.
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