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Microsoft plans sales force reorganization

April 13, 2005 Major revamp to focus on adding staffers with knowledge about particular industry segments. TAGS: sales force, Microsoft Corp., knowledge

Sun completes StorageTek acquisition

September 1, 2005 Some analysts frown on deal, saying Sun has blundered with buyouts before. But CEO says buy provides major sales force for storage products. TAGS: StorageTek, sales force, Sun Microsystems Inc., information lifecycle management, data management, acquisition, EMC Corp., CEO

Good Technology trims sales staff

September 13, 2005 Citing new relationships with carriers, mobile-software maker lays off 5 percent of its workforce. TAGS: Good Technology Inc., sales force, layoff, Sprint Nextel, Austin, workforce, carrier, Cingular Wireless, California, e-mail

Sun to buy StorageTek for $4.1 billion

June 2, 2005 Deal will expand Sun's storage product line, sales channels, sales force and partner network. TAGS: StorageTek, storage business, Sun Microsystems Inc., sales force, network computing, Scott McNealy, IBM Corp.

Salesforce.com woos Office programmers

February 2, 2005 At Microsoft's first conference for Office developers, Salesforce.com is detailing efforts to build Office applications that tap into its services. TAGS: Salesforce.com Inc., Microsoft Office, sales force, conference, programmer, developer, Microsoft Corp.

iPaqs turn up the security

November 30, 2004 Hewlett-Packard taps biometrics and other software tricks to protect its new line of handhelds. TAGS: HP iPaq, SFA, handheld, Singapore, sales force, security, HP, PC

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

Buying StorageTek: Sun's last big gamble?

June 2, 2005 Sun's $4.1 billion buyout of StorageTek is a huge bet: It's the last cash deal that size Sun will be able to make. TAGS: StorageTek, Sun Microsystems Inc., sales force, acquisition, EMC Corp., IBM Corp., server

Microsoft delays CRM release after exec shuffle

February 10, 2005 After division head departs, Microsoft puts off version 2.0 of its customer relationship management software. TAGS: CRM, PeopleSoft Inc., division, SAP AG, Microsoft CRM, sales force, exec, Oracle Corp., Microsoft Corp.

SAP: On-demand has its limitations

April 17, 2006 Chief Executive Henning Kagermann casts a skeptical eye on hosted software--and blogs and wikis, too. TAGS: Henning Kagermann, SAP AG, on-demand, SOA, applications company, sales force, enterprise software, enterprise application, CEO, CRM, solution

This week in Sun

June 3, 2005 Sun Microsystems takes out its checkbook this week and makes a big bet on its future. TAGS: StorageTek, Sun Microsystems Inc., sales force, bet, acquisition, eBay Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc.

Appeals court backs Apple in investor suit

April 8, 2005 Court upholds earlier decision that investors cannot sue Apple over fact that Power Mac G4, other products, failed to meet expectations. TAGS: Steve Jobs, plaintiff, Apple Power Mac G4, investor, Apple Computer, sales force, court, expectation, transition, Apple Power Mac

HP's PC dreams

January 14, 2005 newsmaker Vyomesh Joshi, leader of HP's printer unit, talks about the latest addition to his responsibilities--the PC business. TAGS: enterprise computing, HP PC, sales force, layoff, responsibility, printer, HP, organization, PC

Sun's 'Honeycomb' storage late, but imminent?

April 24, 2006 Company expects the storage technology will increase performance and reliability. TAGS: StorageTek, Sun Microsystems Inc., sales force, mainframe, Intel Xeon, reliability, acquisition, AMD, IBM Corp.

McNealy holds hope for 'iPod moments'

September 21, 2005 Sun CEO lays out six initiatives he hopes will transform his company's tarnished image. Photos: McNealy takes the stage TAGS: thin client, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Ray, Sun UltraSPARC, sales force, x86 server, server software, moment, CEO, Apple iPod, Apple Computer, server

Salesforce touts new integration options

June 21, 2005 Company updates online business tools and unveils technology to let customers integrate outside programs with its on-demand services. TAGS: Salesforce.com Inc., SFA, on-demand, sales force, CRM, SAP AG, operating system, Microsoft Windows

SAP updates tools for managing customer relations

May 18, 2005 One analyst says the package is "nothing revolutionary" but notes the company may pull ahead of rivals anyway. TAGS: SAP AG, CRM, SFA, ERP, sales force, business application, enterprise application, database company, Siebel Systems Inc., Oracle Corp., software company, database

Jamcracker reworks its software strategy

February 8, 2002 The company, which will also announce new funding next week, will begin selling its Platform software directly to businesses--a big shift from its software-as-a-service design. TAGS: Jamcracker, Microsoft ASP, SFA, TELUS Corp., sales force, software-as-a-service, ERP, business application, venture capital

Week in review: Betting on survival

June 3, 2005 Summer shopping gets off to an early start as Sun Microsystems takes out its checkbook and makes a big bet on its future. TAGS: Transmeta Efficeon, StorageTek, Sun Microsystems Inc., Transmeta Corp., notebook chip, Transmeta Crusoe, sales force, Week in review, bet, microprocessor, acquisition, eBay Inc., notebook computer, Yahoo! Inc., Intel, Google Inc.
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