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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, software-as-a-service, Ray Ozzie, Microsoft SQL Server, MSN Hotmail, Gmail, platform, Microsoft Corp., CEO, server

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

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, Salesforce.com Inc., Siebel Systems Inc., Oracle Corp., buyout, on-demand, Larry Ellison, challenge, software company, CEO, Microsoft Corp.

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

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

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

November 10, 2005 Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff tells employees Microsoft is a "dinosaur" and his company is poised to "demonstrate the next level." TAGS: Salesforce.com Inc., memo, Microsoft CRM, Marc Benioff, Ray Ozzie, speech, Bill Gates, response, Microsoft Corp., chairman, software company, Google Inc., CEO

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.

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., Marc Benioff, mobile device, on-demand, RIM BlackBerry, handheld, acquisition, software company, Microsoft Corp.

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